Men's Soccer: Heidelberg (7-5-3 Overall, 3-1-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-6-1 Overall, 2-2-1 OAC)
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, 7 pm, Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
| Game Day Program |
Wednesday's match: The men's soccer team will host Heidelberg Wednesday evening at 7 pm at Kerscher Stadium .... Ohio Northern enters the contest at 9-6-1, 2-2-1 OAC after defeating conference opponent Capital Saturday, 2-1, in overtime ... With the win, the Polar Bears became the first team to defeat Capital this season in conference play ... The Polar Bears were led by sophomore Austin Horton who scored the game winning goal in overtime ... Freshman Grant Cayot also scored in the match, giving ONU the early 1-0 lead ... Capital, however, was able to find a goal just seconds later to lock the game at 1-1 ... Horton's goal came in the 98th minute as he played a ball to the far post ... Senior Keegan Ross and sophomore Dustin Lorenzo both had an assist in the game ... Capital out shot ONU in the game 16-14 ... Freshman goalkeeper Dean McNeil recorded four saves in the game .... Ohio Northern is led this season by sophomore Matt Kinkopf with 18 points on a team-high eight goals and two assists ... Horton is second with 15 points on four goals and a team-high seven assists, and is currently ranked third in the OAC in assist this season ... McNeil is currently ranked fifth in the OAC with 48 saves this season ... Heidelberg enters the contest 7-5-3 overall, 3-1-1 OAC after defeating conference opponent Mount Union Saturday, 3-0 .... The Student Princes are led this season by senior Hamid Shariff who has 11 points on three goals and five assists.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Goals |
Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kinkopf | 8 | 1. | Horton | 7 | 1. | Kinkopf | 18 | 1. | McNeil |
48 | 1. | Bader | 1.20 | ||||
| 2. | Ross |
5 | 2. | Lorenzo |
5 | 2. | Horton | 15 | 2. | Bader | 22 | 2. |
McNeil | 1.46 | ||||
| 3. |
three tied | 4 | 3. |
D'Imperio | 4 | 3. | Ross | 13 | ||||||||||
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Series Record: Ohio Northern and Heidelberg meet for the 45th time in program history, ONU leads the series 33-7-4, and the Polar Bears are 16-2-3 at home ... Ohio Northern has won the last four meetings between the two teams.
Head Coach Brent Ridenour: Ridenour is in his 17th season at ONU with a 246-100-12 overall record, a winning percentage of .716.