Women’s Soccer: #11 Case Western Reserve (4-0-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (3-1-1 Overall)
Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
| Case Western Reserve Program (.pdf) |
Wednesday's Preview: Wednesday's match is the third in Ohio Northern's current four-game homestand … The Polar Bears have won three straight games, all of which were shutouts … Northern is coming off of Saturday's 2-0 win over Grove City (Pa.) in which it got goals from sophomore Alaina Casey and freshman Alyssa Beckett … ONU has attempted 56 shots, including 29 on goal … Casey and Sophomore 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 Beckett and freshman Jess Gast … Roberts leads the team in both assists (3) and points (7) … Senior goalkeeper Kristy Catrine has made 22 saves, posting an .846 save percentage and 0.79 GAA in almost 457 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 leaderboard in that category with 11 … No. 11 Case Western Reserve enters the game at 4-0-0, posting three shutouts and outscoring their opponents by a combined 10-2 margin … CWR's four victories have come at Capital and Otterbein and at home over Adrian (Mich.) and Baldwin Wallace … CWR has attempted 74 shots, including 38 on goal … Christina Hickson and Anika Washburn have scored three goals apiece to lead the Spartans … Maggie Storti has played the majority of minutes in goal for CWR, registering 8 saves and a GAA of 0.57 … Head coach Jen Simonetti is in her third season leading the Spartans with a record of 18-5-1 for a win percentage of .750.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roberts | 2 | 1. | Roberts | 3 | 1. | Roberts | 7 | 1. | Catrine | 22 | 1. | Moss | 0.00 | ||||
| Casey | 2 | 2. | 3 tied | 1 | 2. | Casey | 4 | 2. | Moss | 1 | 2. | Catrine | 0.79 | |||||
| 3. | Beckett, Gast | 1 | 3. | Beckett, Gast | 2 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern is 5-4-1 all-time against Case Western Reserve, including 3-1-1 at home … The Polar Bears last played CWR in 2019 in a road game that resulted in a 3-1 Spartan victory … The teams' last meeting in Ada was in 2018 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 228-85-33, a .691 win percentage.
