Women’s Soccer: Denison (4-2-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (3-2-1 Overall)
Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 5 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Wednesday's match is the last in Ohio Northern's current four-game homestand … The Polar Bears are coming off a tight 1-0 loss against #11 Case Western Reserve ... ONU's defense held strong until allowing a goal in the 84th minute ... Sophomores Alaina Casey and Jill Roberts have scored two goals apiece to lead the Polar Bears this season … Northern's other two goals on the season have come from freshmen Alyssa Beckett and Jess Gast … Roberts leads the team in both assists (3) and points (7) and has registered a point in all but one game this season … Roberts is tied for second in the Ohio Athletic Conference in assists ... Senior goalkeeper Kristy Catrine, the reigning OAC Defensive Player of the Week, has made 31 saves (4th in OAC), posting an .861 save percentage (1st in OAC) and 0.82 GAA (2nd in OAC) in almost 547 minutes played … Catrine's three shutouts this season have moved her into a tie for eighth place with Sheryl Walter in the program's all-time career list with 11 … Denison is fresh off a 3-1 loss to No. 16 Centre (Ky.) on Saturday ... The Big Red are led in scoring by Abby King with 4 goals and 9 points ... Sophomore Callie Davis is second with 2 goals and 5 points ... Junior Amy Cheiro has a team-leading 2 assists ... Senior goalkeeper Patil Tcholakian leads Denison with 19 saves and a 1.43 GAA ... Denison starts conference play Saturday against Ohio Wesleyan.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roberts | 2 | 1. | Roberts | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 7 | 1. | Catrine | 31 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| Casey | 2 | 2. | 3 tied | 1 | 2. | Casey | 4 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.82 | |||||
| 3. | Beckett | 1 | 3. | Beckett | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Gast | 1 | Gast | 2 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern is 3-11-3 all-time against Denison, including 2-5-1 at home and 2-1-0 at Kerscher Stadium … The Polar Bears last played the Big Red in 2019 in a road game that ended in a 2-2 tie after two overtime periods … The teams' last meeting in Ada was in 2017 with Northern scoring a 1-0 win.
Head Coach Mark Batman: Batman is in his 18th season with the ONU women's soccer program … He is the winningest head coach in program history with an overall coaching record of 228-86-33, a .689 win percentage.