Men's Soccer: Ohio Northern (3-2-1 Overall, 0-0-0 OAC) at Oberlin (3-1-1 Overall, 0-0-0 NCAC)
Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, 7 pm, Kahn Track & Shults Field, Oberlin, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Saturday's contest winners of three of its last four matchups ... The Polar Bears ar coming off of a 3-2 loss to Ohio Wesleyan in a thrilling contest ... Seniors Cory Lains and J.J. Fortner led the way for Northern offensively as each scored a goal ... Senior Grant Cayot added an assist for the Polar Bears ... Junior Joseph Schulte currently leads the team with three goals, while Fortner and freshman Zachary Yoder are tied for second with two goals each ... Cayot currently ranks first on the team with three assists ... Schulte is tied for second in the Ohio Athletic Conference with three goals and is tied for third in the conference with seven points ... Cayot is currently tied for fourth in the OAC with three assists ... Northern is led defensively by freshman goalkeeper Dylan Plank ... Plank owns a 2-1-0 record and has a goals against average of 1.33 ... The Yeomen enter the contest after playing to a 1-1 draw with Grove City (Pa.) on Wednesday evening ... OC is led this season by senior Timothy Williams ... Williams leads the team with eight goals, including a 4-goal effort in a 5-1 victory at Earlham (Ind.) ... Sophomore Jack McMillin currently ranks second on the team with three goals ... Junior midfielder Trenton Bulucea currently leads the way for the Yeomen with five assists ... Defensively, senor goalkeeper Connor English owns a 3-1-1 record ... English has recorded 19 saves and owns a GAA of 1.19.
ONU Statistical Leaders
Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
1. | Schulte | 3 | 1. | Cayot | 3 | 1. | Schulte | 7 | 1. | Dunnavant | 12 | 1. | Plank | 1.33 | ||||
2. | Yoder | 2 | 3. | Lains | 2 | 2. | Yoder | 5 | 2. | Plank | 11 | 2. | Dunnavant | 1.55 | ||||
Fortner | 2 | 6 tied | 1 | Fortner | 5 |
Series Record: Northern owns a 10-9-2 record all-time against Oberlin ... The Polar Bears have won the last six contests between the two schools.
Head Coach Brent Ridenour: Ridenour is in his 20th season as head coach with a 286-111-33 career record and a winning percentage of .703.