Lady Bison Close Out Home Stand Against Ottawa

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Ottawa (0-2) at Oklahoma Baptist (1-1) Saturday, February 27, 3 p.m. Shawnee, Okla. (OBU Lacrosse Complex) Game Notes (pdf)

SHAWNEE, Okla. – The Lady Bison play their final game of a three-game home stand this Saturday when they welcome the Braves of Ottawa University to the Oklahoma Baptist University Lacrosse Complex for a 3 p.m. contest. It is the first meeting between the two teams, and OBU will be looking to end February with a winning record for a second straight season.
 
Oklahoma Baptist (1-1) are back in action after suffering an overtime loss to Montevallo last Saturday evening. The team is currently averaging 16 goals per game, paced by freshman attacker Alexis Martin who has a team-high 12 goals. Paige Morrison and Hannah Dowell have also been major contributors on the goal-scoring front as well with eight and seven goals, respectively.
 
On the defensive end, the Lady Bison have caused 29 turnovers over the first two games of the season, including 22 against the Montevallo Falcons. The midfield pair of Allison Ingrim and Emily Gilbert have combined for 12 caused turnovers already, and Ingrim leads the squad with seven caused turnovers. A stingy defense, OBU has given up just 20 shots per contest and Sabrina Attaway holds a 9.89 goals-against average.
 
Ottawa (0-2) is in their first year of competition, led by first-year head coach Brittany Frankenfeld. The Braves have suffered back-to-back losses to open the season, most recently dropping a 19-1 road decision to Rockhurst. Megan Kaufman leads the team with four goals, but was held without a shot in the team's most recent game. Freshman goalie Bailey Williams sports a .347 save percentage and has allowed 32 goals over the course of two games.
 
GAME NOTES
 
Scouting the Braves
Current Record: 0-2
- Ottawa has taken two losses to open the season, most recently suffering a 19-1 reversal to Rockhurst on Monday, February 22
- A first year program, the Braves feature a squad with eight freshmen, but do have some seasoned leadership with four sophomores, two juniors and two seniors
- Defender Megan Kaufman is the team's leading scorer with four goals, all against the University of Dallas in a 13-8 loss on the road. Kiarah Thomas is second on the team with two goals
- Ottawa has won 48.8 percent of their draws this year, led by Dylann Finley. She accounts for 11 of the Braves' 21 total draw controls
- The Braves hold a .426 ground ball percentage. Thomas leads the team with six ground balls, but they all came in the season opener against Dallas
- Freshman goalie Bailey Williams holds a .347 save percentage, and has allowed 32 goals over two games
 
Lady Bison Facts
- Twenty-two caused turnovers for the Lady Bison against Montevallo represents the third-best mark in the category in program history. It is the fourth time OBU has broken the 20 caused turnover barrier
- With a clear percentage of .884, Oklahoma Baptist has failed to successfully transition the ball from offense to defense just five times this season (38-43)
- The 17 goals scored in Saturday's loss are tied for the fourth most in a single game for the Lady Bison. The squad's 21 points (17 goals, 4 assists) also tied for the fourth-highest total in a single game
- Scoring 32 goals in two games marks the second-highest scoring output over two games since OBU scored 39 combined goals against Missouri Baptist (13G) and Cornell College (26G) last year
- Averaging 34.5 shots per game, the Lady Bison have a +14.5 margin in the category, and are averaging 16.0 goals per game
- Martin leads the team with 13 points on 12 goals and one assist. She has scored at least a hat trick in each of her first two games with OBU
- Morrison is second on the team with 11 points thanks to eight goals and a team-best three assists
- Haley Ballard earned her first career point in the loss to Montevallo, assisting on Morrison's game-tying goal with 5.1 seconds left on the clock
- Dowell leads the team in ground balls with nine. Martin is second on the team with eight, while Ingrim and Savannah Tompkins each have seven
- The Lady Bison are .455 on draws through two games. Ingrim leads the team with five draw controls. Dowell and Emily Joslin are tied for second on the team with four apiece
- Attaway currently holds a 1-1 record for 2016, sporting a 9.89 goals-against average and .355 save percentage
- Dowell's goal eight minutes into the opening half Saturday made her just the second Lady Bison to score in a man-down situation
- Oklahoma Baptist is now 1-1 all-time in overtime games
 
Looking Ahead
- OBU kicks off a seven-game road swing with a game against Missouri Baptist in St. Louis on Friday, March 4 at 1 p.m.
- The Spartans, the 11th-ranked team in NAIA, have yet to start their season. They will open up on the road against Lindenwood-Belleville on March 1
- Oklahoma Baptist and Missouri Baptist are currently tied in the all-time series 1-1, with both meetings coming during the 2015 season.  Dowell scored the overtime winner for the Lady Bison in the first-ever meeting between the programs off a feed by Kyra Gilbert