SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist will look to remain unbeaten in Great American Conference play when it hosts East Central on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
In last week's matches against Southwestern Oklahoma State and Northwestern, the Bison won 3-2 over the Bulldogs before a hard-fought, 0-0 draw with the Rangers. Coming into Wednesday's matchup with ECU, the green and gold have a dominant series history with the Tigers.
Over 20 D2 matches since 2015, OBU has 14 wins, four ties and just two losses. In fact, OBU hasn't been defeated by its neighbors from Ada since Nov. 2, 2015. That's a span of 17 contests.
Here are notes on both teams as the Bison get ready for their lone match of the week.
OBU Notes:
- Sophomore Hali White was named GAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1. That was her first career honor. She has two goals this season, one off the GAC lead.
- Classmate Lex Williamson ranks fourth in the league in shots per match (2.86).
- Ashley Bell, a junior, has two assists this fall. That is the second-best mark in the GAC.
- Freshman goalie Claire Stoermer's two clean sheets are one off the GAC lead while her .795 save percentage is third-best.
- A season ago, OBU scored four times in two matches with ECU. Three of those goal-scorers are still on the Bison roster: Williamson, Alanna Bloomingdale and Krissy Fulton.
- In 12 of the Bison's 14 wins over ECU since 2015, the team has scored multiple goals in those matchups against the Tigers.
ECU Notes:
- In eight matches this fall, ECU has attained one win. That came in its season opener with Texas Woman's University on Sept. 5.
- Most recently, the Tigers lost 2-1 to Ouachita on Sept. 28.
- Brooklyn Meisner leads the team with two goals. However, she hasn't scored in the last three contests.
- Four different Tigers have tallied assists: Kaylee Bruce, Emily Cavazos, Ximena Resendiz and Paige Jones.
- For Bruce, she is seventh in the GAC in shots per match (2.38).
- ECU goalie Madison Mayhall has given up 16 goals so far, a league-high. Her goals against average checks in at 2.133.
