SHAWNEE – A pair of road matches are coming for Oklahoma Baptist this week. The Bison will head to Southern Nazarene on Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. before traveling a couple hours to Alva on Oct. 14 to face Northwestern Oklahoma State at 11 a.m.
Wednesday's match with SNU will be the second occurrence this season. During the Sept. 20 home contest, the Bison held a plus-10 advantage (18-8) in shots but fell 2-0. As for Saturday's affair with Northwestern, that will be the first meeting between the schools this season.
Bison Notes
- The green and gold went 1-1 last week with a win over Ouachita and loss to Harding.
- Those results moved OBU's record to 3-7-1 and 2-2-1 in the GAC.
- OBU's victory over Ouachita, by a 2-0 tally, dealt the Tigers their first defeat of the year.
- Sophia Ziesemer and Avril Baccam registered goals in the game, their firsts for OBU.
- Then over the weekend, Harding's 2-0 win in Shawnee snapped OBU's 12-game winning streak in that series.
- With less than a month left in the regular season, Alanna Bloomingdale continues to lead the team with three goals and seven points. She ranks seventh in the GAC in the latter.
- Fellow classmate Kaylee Swaner bumped her season assist total to four last week. That total is the most in the GAC.
- Another senior, Mia Pendleton, dialed up nine saves a week ago. She ranks second in the league with 52 stops.
- Offensively, the Bison have struggled this year with eight goals through 11 matches. They are one of three GAC teams so far not to have scored double-digit goals.
Southern Nazarene Notes
- SNU is 7-2-2 and its 3-1-1 GAC mark is tied for the conference lead with Ouachita.
- Last week, the Crimson Storm won 1-0 over Harding but fell at home to Ouachita, 2-0.
- The shutout loss to the Tigers marked just the second time in 11 matches that SNU was held scoreless.
- Of note, during the Sept. 20 win in Shawnee, SNU's victory snapped OBU's 13-match unbeaten streak in the series.
- Bella Morgas is the league leader with 10 goals and 21 points. However, in her last four matches, she has been held to one goal.
- Karla Ramirez is one assist off the GAC lead with a trio of helpers.
- In the goalie's box is Gianna Bonnett. Her five shutouts are tops in the GAC while her 55 saves are too. Plus, she has a .859 save percentage that's a top-three mark.
- SNU's offense is very good, leading the conference in shots (161), points (62) and goals (25).
Northwestern Notes
- The Rangers have quite the record: one win, five losses and five ties (1-5-5). That includes a 0-1-3 GAC record.
- Over their last eight matches, NWOSU is 0-3-5. They are coming off a 2-0 loss to East Central on Oct. 7.
- Isabella McMillan leads the Rangers with three goals while Carlie Massingale has two.
- Senior midfielder Lily Anderson has a team-high two assists.
- Goalie Rachel Brown's five saves per game is tied for first in the league. She also has an .811 save percentage.
- As a team, the Rangers are third in the GAC with 10 goals, and but rank seventh in shots per game (10.27).
- Northwestern commits the least amount of fouls in the conference at 6.0 per match.
- OBU has owned this matchup since 2006. The green and gold are 20-2-1 against the Rangers.
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