Women's Soccer: Capital (7-2-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (8-0-1 Overall) - OAC Tournament Semifinals
Thursday, April 15, 2021, 7 p.m. - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
| Match Program (.pdf) | 2020-21 OAC Tournament page |
Thursday's Preview: The Ohio Northern women's soccer team hosts No. 3-seeded Capital in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals on Thursday night at Kerscher Stadium in Ada … The second-seeded Polar Bears shared the OAC Regular Season title with Otterbein with an 8-0-1 record ... OU earned the top seed due to the goal-differential +19 to +15 ... ONU received a first round bye … The finals are slated for Sunday afternoon at the highest seeded semifinal winner ... Top-seeded Otterbein hosts fourth-seeded WIlmington in the other semifinal match ... Northern has not allowed a goal in any of its nine matches, setting a school record with 831 consecutive scoreless minutes ... Junior Kristy Catrine has played 813 of those minutes and has a school record 816 minute scoreless streak to her credit ... Senior Siena Ward leads the Polar Bears in scoring with four goals and eight points ... Freshman Alex Hoeffel is second with three goals and seven points ... Ohio Northern is making its 23rd OAC Tournament appearance ... ONU is the defending OAC Tournament champion and is 19-20-1 in its tournament appearances ... Northern has reached the OAC Tournament Finals 15 times, winning the championship in 2012, 2017 and 2019 ... Capital is the #3 seed and avanced to the semifinals with a 2-0 victory over #6 seed John Carroll on Tuesday ... Capital has outscored its opponents 31-2 this season ... Senior Bridget Mallin and freshman Lexi Snider scored first half goals for CU ... Sophomore Madeline Woodruff leads the team and is third in the OAC with six goals and 14 points this year ... Sophomore Lauren White is 6-1-0 with 10 saves and a 0.15 GAA this season in goal ... Capital is appearing in its 24th OAC Tournament in program history, which is tops among the league's 10 schools ... The Crusaders are 24-14-2 all-time in conference tournament action ... CU has 8 OAC Tournament titles, which includes three consecutive titles from 2013-15.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Ward | 4 | 1. | Cabana | 2 | 1. | Ward | 8 | 1. | Catrine | 24 | 1. | Catrine | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Hoeffel | 3 | 2. | 8 Tied With | 1 | 2. | Hoeffel | 7 | Pritchett | 0.00 | ||||||||
| 3. | McGuire | 2 | 3. | Cabana | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Morris | 2 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern owns a 22-14-2 all-time record in the series … The Polar Bears are 13-5-1 at home and are 5-2-0 at Kerscher Stadium against CU ... CU holds a 5-4-1 advantage in OAC Tournament matches ... ONU won this year's regular season meeting 1-0 in Ada.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 17th season with the ONU women's soccer program ... He has an overall coaching record of 225-83-31, a winning percentage of .694.