Women’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (13-4-3 Overall) at NCAA III Tournament First and Second Rounds at Case Western Reserve

Friday, November 12, 2021, 4 p.m. — DiSanto Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Saturday, November 13, 2021, 3:30 p.m. — DiSanto Field, Cleveland, Ohio

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Friday's Preview: Friday's NCAA Division III Tournament First Round game pits Ohio Athletic Conference champion Ohio Northern against Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion Hope (Mich.) at 4 p.m. at DiSanto Field on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland … The ONU-Hope winner will face either No. 10 Case Western Reserve (14-1-2 overall) or Chatham (Pa.) (12-5-1 overall) in the Second Round on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. … Case Western Reserve and Chatham will play their First Round game on Friday at 1:30 p.m. … The Polar Bears are making their sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history … ONU has played in three of the past four NCAA Tournaments, advancing to the third round in their last appearance in 2019 … The Polar Bears are 4-4-1 in NCAA Tournament play all-time, advancing as far as the quarterfinals in 2017 … ONU qualified for the NCAA Tournament by winning its fourth OAC Tournament title in program history in a thrilling 1-0 victory over Otterbein on Saturday to earn the league's automatic bid … Sophomore Alaina Casey scored the game-winning goal … Seniors Kristy Catrine and Carissa Beckham, junior Lauren Naso and freshman Emma Bowman earned All-OAC Tournament accolades … ONU has outscored its opponents 29-13 this season and has registered 13 shutouts … Casey leads the team with 6 goals and 14 points … Sophomore Jill Roberts has 5 goals and 13 points, while freshman Alyssa Beckett has 4 goals and 10 points … Bowman leads the team in assists with 4 … Catrine has an OAC-high 12 shutouts, is tied for first in the conference in save percentage (.829) and ranks second in GAA (0.63) and third in goals against (13) while tallying 63 saves on the season … Catrine's 12 shutouts are tied for third-most in a season in program history, and her 20 career shutouts tie her with Erin Waehner ('09-'12) for fifth place all-time … Catrine's current GAA is sixth-best all-time at ONU, and her 0.09 GAA from the 2020 season is tops in program history … Hope (Mich.) is making its eighth NCAA appearance and fifth since 2014 … The Flying Dutch reached the third round in their last appearance in 2018 … Hope earned the MIAA's automatic bid with its 3-1 win over Trine (Ind.) in the conference tournament championship game … The Flying Dutch have outscored opponents 40-17 and have 10 shutouts this season … Senior Sarah Mikesell has a team-high 32 points, 13 goals and 6 assists … Sophomore Madison Holloway ranks second on the team with 20 points and 10 goals … Freshman Margaret Owsiany has 10 points on 4 goals and 2 assists … With 990 minutes in 11 games and 9 starts, sophomore Parker Hutchinson has played the most time in goal for Hope, tallying a 0.82 GAA and .824 save percentage along with 42 saves and 6 shutouts.

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Series Record: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Hope (Mich.) by a 2-4-1 margin … The teams' last meeting was a 1-1 draw in double overtime in Ada in September 2019 … ONU fell to Hope 1-0 in overtime in the 2018 Illinois Wesleyan Tournament … The Polar Bears are looking for their first win against Hope since defeating the Flying Dutch 7-1 in 2010 ... ONU is 5-4-1 all-time against Case Western Reserve and has never played Chatham (Pa.).

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 238-88-35, a .692 win percentage.