Women’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (9-4-2 Overall, 5-1-0 OAC) at Capital (7-6-1, 6-0-0 OAC)
Saturday, October 23, 2021, 1 p.m. — Bernlohr Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Saturday's match coming off of Wednesday's 2-0 loss at Heidelberg, which ended its 6-game shutout streak … The Polar Bears sit in third place in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings behind co-leaders Otterbein and Capital … ONU has outscored its opponents 18-9 this season and has registered 10 shutouts … Sophomore Jill Roberts leads the team with 5 goals, 3 assists and 13 points, which rank tied for 10th, tied for ninth and tied for 11th in the OAC, respectively … Sophomore Alaina Casey has 4 goals and 9 points, while freshman Elizabeth Pierce has 3 goals and 8 points … Senior goalkeeper Kristy Catrine leads the OAC in shutouts (9) and save percentage (.845) and ranks second in GAA (0.50) while tallying 49 saves on the season … Catrine is tied with Kristin DeWees ('08-'11) for seventh on the program's all-time career leaderboard in shutouts with 17 and needs 2 more to tie Emily Brodict ('12-'16) for sixth place … Capital enters Saturday's game riding a 7-game win streak following Wednesday's 7-0 victory at Muskingum, which was its seventh shutout of the season … The Comets have outscored their opponents 19-11 and are 4-3-1 at home this season … Freshman Grace Estes and junior Avery Hart have a team-high 5 goals, 3 assists and 13 points … Hart leads the OAC in shot attempts with 75 … Junior goalkeeper Lauren White has played the entirety of all 14 games for the Comets, registering 57 saves … White ranks second in the OAC in save percentage (.838), third in GAA (0.77) and fourth in goals against (11).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roberts | 5 | 1. | Roberts | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 13 | 1. | Catrine | 49 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Casey | 4 | 2. | 4 tied | 2 | 2. | Casey | 9 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.59 | ||||
| 3. | Pierce | 3 | 3. | 3 tied | 1 | 3. | Pierce | 8 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Capital by a 22-14-3 margin, including a 9-9-1 record in Columbus … The Comets' last win over ONU was on penalty kicks in the 2015 OAC Tournament … ONU defeated CU on penalty kicks in the OAC Tournament semifinals in April as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season.
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 234-88-34, a .689 win percentage, and a conference record of 127-24-8 (.816 winning percentage).