Men's Soccer: Wilmington (7-6-2 Overall, 1-3-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-5-1 Overall, 2-3-0 OAC)
Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, 7 pm, Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's soccer team enters Tuesday evening's contest after dropping a heartbreaking 2-1 decision at No. 10-ranked John Carroll on Saturday evening ... Days after shutting out No. 8-ranked Heidelberg 4-0 at Kerscher Stadium, ONU dropped its third contest in the last four games ... In the game against JCU, the Polar Bears answered the first John Carroll goal almost immediately after senior Chris Garbig found senior Cory Lains to knot the game at 1-1 ... JCU was able score in overtime to claim the victory ... Through 15 games this season, senior J.J. Fortner leads the team and is second in the OAC with 10 goals ... Fortner also leads the team and is tied for third in the conference with 22 points ... Senior Grant Cayot's four assists currently lead the team, while Lains and freshman Zachary Yoder are tied for second on the team with three assists each ... Junior Joseph Schulte currently ranks second on the team is both goals (6) and points (14) ... Defensively, freshman Dylan Plank leads the team and ranks third in the OAC with a 0.90 goals against average ... The freshman also leads the team and is tied for first in the OAC with only 10 goals allowed this season ... Plank's save percentage of .792 also ranks first on the team and is fifth in the OAC ... The Quakers enter the contest after defeating Marietta 2-1 in overtime ... In 15 games this season, junior Niklas Martensson currently leads the team and is tied for fourth in the OAC with eight goals ... Martensson also leads the team and is tied for fifth in the OAC with six assists and is tied for third in the OAC with 22 points ... In the goal, senior Chris Bourque currently leads the team with a 7-5-1 record ... Bourque leads the team and OAC with 70 saves this season.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Fortner | 10 | 1. | Cayot | 4 | 1. | Fortner | 22 | 1. | Plank | 38 | 1. | Plank | 0.90 | ||||
| 2. | Schulte | 6 | 2. | Lains | 3 | 2. | Schulte | 14 | 2. | Dunnavant | 18 | 2. | Dunnavant | 1.63 | ||||
| 3. | Tomkins | 3 | Yoder | 3 | 3. | Lains | 9 | |||||||||||
| Lains | 3 |
Series Record: Wilmington owns a 15-9-2 lead in the all-time series between the two schools ... ONU owns a 6-0-1 record in the last seven matchups, including a 6-2 victory at Wilmington in 2016.
Head Coach Brent Ridenour: Ridenour is in his 20th season as head coach with a 292-114-33 career record and a winning percentage of .703 ... Ridenour is the winningest coach in ONU men's soccer history.
