OUACHITA BAPTIST (3-8-1, 3-4 GAC) at OKLAHOMA BAPTIST (11-1-1, 6-0-1 GAC) |
Saturday, Oct. 14 | 1 p.m. |
OBU Soccer Complex | Shawnee, Okla. |
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SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist women's soccer enters Saturday looking for their third win of the week when they face Ouachita Baptist in Great American Conference play at 1 p.m. at the OBU Soccer Complex.
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The Lady Bison (11-1-1, 6-0-1 GAC) continue to sit at the top of the league standings with 19 points. Ouachita (3-8-1, 3-4 GAC) currently resides in third place in the GAC, and is riding a two-match skid after a pair of one-goal defeats against East Central and Southern Nazarene.
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Ruth King leads an OBU offense averaging 2.23 goals per match with nine goals and seven assists. The sophomore currently ranks 24th in Division II with 1.92 points per match.
Hannah White and
Abigail Parker have combined for nine goals in their debut system.
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Oklahoma Baptist's formidable offense will face an Ouachita side that carries a minus-1.33 scoring margin and allows 2.25 goals per match. Erin Webster, the Tigers' goalkeeper, holds a 1.94 goals-against average and is averaging 7.92 saves per match.
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Defensively, OBU has been stingy all season, but has taken a step forward since the SWOSU match by allowing an average of just five shots to their last three opponents. Of those shots, just 1.33 per match has been on-goal.
Emily Griffith leads the league with five clean sheets and a .97 GAA.
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Offense has been hard to come by for the Tigers, who have scored a GAC-worst 11 goals through 12 matches this campaign. Bryson Thomas paces Ouachita with four goals to her credit.
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