Women's Soccer falls to OAC-leading Otterbein 3-1

Kaitlin Sanders

By Patrick Massara

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WESTERVILLE - The Ohio Northern women’s soccer team lost a 3-1 decision at Otterbein Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears move to 11-5-1 overall and 5-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference while the Cardinals improve to 12-1-2 overall and 5-1-1 in the OAC.

At the 4:16 mark, Megan Cooper gathered a loose ball in the ONU box and put it in the back of the net for her third goal of the year to put the Cardinals up 1-0.

Ohio Northern’s Chelsea Albert quickly responded at 13:06 as she put in a header off of a Kaitlin Sanders corner kick to even the score at 1-1.

The goal gives Albert six on the year while the assist increases Sanders’ OAC-lead to 11.

About ten minutes later, Sarah Sharbaugh took a rebound off of an ONU goalkeeper Kristen Dewees save and shot it into the goal to give Otterbein the lead back at 23:18.

Sharbaugh extended the Cardinals’ lead as she took a pass from Rachel Degen to score her team-leading eighth goal of the season to put Otterbein up 3-1 at the 63:15 mark.

The assist gives Degen six on the season.

The Polar Bears next play Wednesday afternoon, as they host Wilmington at 4 pm.