Men's Soccer: Manchester (Ind.) (6-0-2 Overall, 0-0-0 HCAC) at #6 Ohio Norhern (9-0-1 Overall, 0-0-0 OAC)
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, 7 pm, Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears enter tonight's contest ranked No. 6 in the fourth weekly d3soccer.com poll, moving up one spot from last week ... Northern is coming off of a 2-1 victory over Anderson (Ind.) Saturday afternoon Seniors Tommy Troy and Nathan Libertowski led Northern offensively as the pair each scored second half goals to lift Northern to a 2-1 victory Seniors Patrick Sabol and Dustin Lorenzo each added an assist ... Seniors David Janusz, Matt Kinkopf and Sabol each rank first on the team with five goals ... The trio are currently tied for third in the Ohio Athletic Conference with five goals ... Kinkopf leads the team and nation with nine assists ... Kinkopf also leads the Ohio Athletic Conference and team with 19 points ... The senior currently ranks fourth all-time at ONU with 46 goals, ranks fourth all-time with 117 points and is tied for sixth all-time at ONU with 25 assists ... Libertowski currently ranks second on the team in the OAC with five assists ... Janusz currently ranks fourth in the OAC with four assists ... Junior Dean McNeil currently leads the OAC in shutouts (6) and ranks third in the conference in saves (35) and save percentage (.897) ... McNeil ranks third all-time at ONU with 21 career shutouts and is one shy of tying former Polar Bear Aaron Collins ... McNeil is also tied for third in the OAC with only four allowed goals this season and ranks second in conference with a 0.40 goals against average ... McNeil's .897 save percentage currently ranks ninth nationally, while his 0.33 goals against average ranks 15th nationally ... Manchester enters tonight's matchup riding a 3-game winning streak ... Senior Ola Ladapo and sophomore Ben Niederhelman lead the Spartans offensively with four goals each ... Junior Tod Oram currently leads the team with four assists ... The Spartans are led in the goal by junior Brady Forman ... Forman owns a 6-2-0 record and has recorded 19 saves.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Janusz | 5 | 1. | Kinkopf | 9 | 1. | Kinkopf | 19 | 1. | McNeil | 35 | 1. | McNeil | 0.40 | ||||
| 2. | Kinkopf | 5 | 2. | Libertowski | 5 | 2. | Janusz |
14 | ||||||||||
| 3. | Sabol | 5 | 3. | Janusz | 4 | 3. | Sabol | 12 | ||||||||||
Series Record: The Polar Bears own a perfect 19-0 record in the all-time series between the two schools ... Northern was able to take a 1-0 victory at Manchester in 2015 in OT.
Head Coach Brent Ridenour: Ridenour is in his 19th season as head coach with a 275-107-29 career record and a winning percentage of .704 ... Ridenour is also the winningest coach in OAC history.