Sunday, September 23
Evanston, Ill.
12 p.m.
Northwestern
vs
Ohio State
Photo by: Colin B Photography
No. 21 'Cats Continue Homestand Against Buckeyes on Sunday
9/22/2018 1:47:00 PM | Women's Soccer
| 2018 NORTHWESTERN WOMEN'S SOCCER | ||||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME (CT) | LOCATION | WATCH | LISTEN | LIVE STATS |
| Sunday, Sept. 23 | Ohio State | Noon | Evanston, Ill. | ESPNU | WNUR | Sidearm |
| Match Notes: NU | OSU Social: Twitter (@NUWSoccer) | Instagram (@NUWSoccer) | Facebook | ||||||
EVANSTON, Ill. – No. 21 Northwestern continues its Big Ten homestand on Sunday when it welcomes Ohio State to Martin Stadium for a noon kickoff.
The match will be nationally televised on ESPNU.
The Wildcats are coming off of a ranked 1-0 win over No. 20 Penn State on Thursday, taking down the Nittany Lions in the regular season for the first time since 1998. Senior center back Kayla Sharples scored the game's lone goal with eight seconds remaining in the first half.
Senior Marisa Viggiano earned an assist, boosting her career total to 17 and giving her sole possession of third place on the all-time assist list in program history.
The Northwestern defense kept its seventh shutout of the year, and first year goalkeeper Mackenzie Wood made six saves, improving her season save percentage to .897, the best mark in the Big Ten.
The Wildcats trail the all-time series against the Buckeyes, but won last year's meeting in Columbus, 1-0, thanks to a Sharples set piece goal. Two years ago the teams drew 0-0 in Columbus as well. Ohio State has not played in Evanston since 2012.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Ohio State
The Buckeyes are 4-4 to start the season, and 1-1 in the Big Ten with a loss to Penn State and a win on Thursday over Illinois. The team started its season with three-top ten matchups, dropping results to Duke and North Carolina, but pulling off an upset against Florida.
Emaly Vatne leads the squad with eight points on three goals and two assists, while Eleanor Gabriel has two goals and two assists.
Goalkeeper Devon Kerr has started every match so far and has allowed nine goals in eight games while making 34 saves.
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