Women’s Soccer: Ohio Wesleyan (5-1-2 Overall) at Ohio Northern (4-3-1 Overall)
Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
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Wednesday's Preview: Wednesday's match marks the conclusion of the non-conference portion of Ohio Northern's 2021 schedule … Conference play begins Saturday with a 1 p.m. game at Marietta … The Polar Bears are coming off of Saturday's 2-0 loss at Hanover (Ind.) in which they out-shot HC 13-12 and got a team-high 2 shots on goal each from Elizabeth Pierce and Lauren Naso … Northern has shut out 4 opponents this season … The Polar Bears have scored 7 goals and ceded 7 goals on the season … ONU has attempted 77 shots (9.6 per game), including 39 that were on goal … Sophomore Alaina Casey leads ONU in goals with 3 to go with 2 from sophomore Jill Roberts and 1 each from freshmen Alyssa Beckett and Jess Gast … Roberts leads the team with 3 assists and 7 points … Roberts is tied for second in the Ohio Athletic Conference in assists …Senior Kristy Catrine has made 38 saves on the season, posting 4 shutouts, an .844 save percentage and 0.87 GAA in just under 727 minutes … Catrine needs 5 shutouts to tie Kristin DeWees for seventh on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category with 17 … Catrine ranks second in the OAC in save percentage, is second in GAA, tied for third in goals against and is fifth in saves … Ohio Wesleyan enters Wednesday riding a 4-game unbeaten streak, posting a 2-0-2 record in its past 4 games … OWU is 3-1-2 against Ohio Athletic Conference teams this season with victories over Wilmington, Muskingum and Marietta, a loss to Otterbein and ties with Capital and John Carroll … The Battling Bishops have scored 14 goals (1.8 per game) while giving up 6 (0.8 per game) on the season … OWU has attempted 135 shots (16.9 per game), including 72 that were on goal … The Bishops have gotten goals from 7 different players, including a team-high 6 from freshman Makayla Watkins … Watkins also has 2 assists, giving her a team-leading 14 points on the season … Freshman Avery Maxeiner is second on the team in points with 7 via 3 goals and 1 assist … OWU's primary goalkeeper is senior Taylor Floyd, who has allowed 6 goals in just over 739 minutes while posting 3 shutouts and 31 saves along with a save percentage of .838 and GAA of 0.73 … Pat Ferguson is in his first season coaching the Bishops and entered the year with a career coaching record of 224-176-45 for a win percentage of .554.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Casey | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 7 | 1. | Catrine | 38 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Roberts | 2 | 2. | 4 tied | 1 | 2. | Casey | 6 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.87 | ||||
| 3. | Beckett, Gast | 1 | 3. | Beckett, Gast | 2 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Ohio Wesleyan by an 8-5-1 margin and is 3-3 at home … The teams last met in 2013 at OWU with ONU coming away with a 4-1 win … The Polar Bears have won 4 straight games in the series … The Bishops' last win over ONU was a 9-0 victory in Ada in 2003.
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 229-87-33, a .688 win percentage.
