Lady Bison Face SWOSU Showdown Saturday

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist faces its toughest test of the Great American Conference Saturday with a trip to Weatherford to take on Southwestern Oklahoma State.
 
The 11 a.m. match pits the titans of the GAC against one another as both the Lady Bison and Bulldogs enter with perfect 5-0 conference ledgers.
 
Last year, after a pair of regular season ties, Southwestern edged OBU in the GAC championship game, 3-2, in Shawnee.
 
OBU, at 7-4 overall, has won five straight matches and ride west with three GAC Players of the Week on the bus.
 
Ruth King, who had a four-goal match last week, scored three more Thursday in a 4-0 rout at Northwestern Oklahoma State to throw her hat in the Player of the Week mix again. King has a team-leading eight goals and 19 points. Kerregan Edwards has three goals and three assists.
 
Two-week reigning Goalkeeper of the Week Emily Griffith has a 1.30 goals-allowed average and has not allowed more than one goal in the last seven games.
 
Jennifer Goethe anchors the back line for OBU and has won Defender of the Week the past two weeks.
 
Southwestern offers a special challenge with Alimata Rabo and Sandra Nabweteme, who together, have 29 goals – more goals than any other team in the conference.
 
Keeper Steffi Silvera, at 1.19 goals allowed per game, is the only player in the GAC with a better average than Griffith.
 
While the winner gets a distinct advantage in the standings, the teams meet again on the OBU pitch October 25.