Men's Soccer: Ohio Northern (0-0-0 Overall) at Grove City (Pa.) (0-0-0 Overall); Geneva (Pa.) (0-0-0)

Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, 5 pm - College Field, Grove City, Pennsylvania
Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, 5 pm - Merriman & Reeves Field, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

This Weekend's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's soccer team opens its 2017 campaign in Grove City, Pennsylvania as it competes in the Geneva (Pa.) Tournament ... The Polar Bears will take on Grove City in its first contest on Friday before competing at Geneva on Saturday evening ... The Polar Bears are coming off a succesful season in which they made their ninth appearance in school history in the NCAA III Tournament ... Northern welcomes back nine letterwinners in 2017, led by senior Chris Garbig .... Garbig returns after being named First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference in 2016 and being named a Second Team Scholar All-American ... Also returning for Northern in 2017 are seniors and 3-time letterwinners Mac Tompkins, Cory Lains, Ben Conkin and Grant Cayot ... Cayot, a 2016 Second Team All-OAC honoree, returns after starting in all 23 games for Northern a season ago ... Grove City (Pa.) will also be competing in its first contest in 2017 ... The Wolverines welcome back six seniors to the team in 2017 ... Junior Christian Caporaso returns in 2017 after ranking second on the team with 10 goals a season ago ... Geneva welcomes back seven seniors to the team, including senior Abel Carleton, who led the team with 14 goals in 2016 ... Senior Gib McCracken returns to the team after ranking second on the team in 2016 with nine goals and 19 points.

ONU Returning Statistical Leaders (2016)

Series Record: The Polar Bears meet Grove City (Pa.) and Gevena (Pa.) for the first time in school history.

Head Coach Brent Ridenour: Ridenour is in his 20th season as head coach with a 283-109-32 career record and a winning percentage of .693.