Women's Soccer opens 2024 season with 3-0 victory over Rose-Hulman (Ind.)

Women's Soccer opens 2024 season with 3-0 victory over Rose-Hulman (Ind.)
September 1, 2024

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's soccer team opened its 2024 season on a beautiful Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 victory over Rose-Hulman (Ind.) at Kerscher Stadium.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (1-0-0 overall), Rose-Hulman (0-1-0 overall).
  • Venue: Kerscher Stadium - Ada, Ohio.

The Match

  • Senior Elizabeth Pierce (Liberty Township/Mount Notre Dame) scored twice and senior Alyssa Beckett (Monroe) scored once to lead the Polar Bear offense.
  • Beckett got ONU on the board with a goal off an assist from senior Emma Bowman (Novi, Mich./Northville) with 14:01 gone in the second half.
  • Pierce added an unassisted goal at the 65:25 mark to make it 2-0 and finished off an assist from fifth-year senior Jill Roberts (Bellbrook/Carroll) with 8:47 left in the match to finish the scoring.
  • Sophomore Morgan Moeller (Harrison/Roger Bacon) played all 90 minutes in goal for ONU and recorded two saves to post her eighth career shutout.
  • Ohio Northern out-shot Rose-Hulman 20-2 and had a 7-1 edge in corner kicks.

Notables

  • This is the 37th season of Ohio Northern women's soccer. The Polar Bears are now 430-213-56 all-time in program history.
  • Ohio Northern is 78-15-14 in 10 seasons at Kerscher Stadium.
  • The Polar Bears are undefeated in their last six season openers, going 4-0-2 since 2019.
  • Northern is 7-0-3 in its last 10 home openers, dating to 2015.
  • ONU is now 2-0-0 all-time against RHIT
  • Second-year head coach Ben Tierney is now 11-9-1 at Ohio Northern.