Men's Soccer: Baldwin Wallace (0-1-0 Overall, 0-1-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (0-1-0 Overall, 0-1-0 OAC)
Thursday, Mar. 17, 2021, 7 p.m. - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Thursday's Preview: Tonight's contest will be the home opener for the abbreviated 2020-21 men's soccer season ... The Polar Bears will play a round-robin OAC schedule from March 14-April 11 with a crossover game on April 18 ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... Ohio Northern opened its 2020-21 season with a 2-1 setback at Marietta on Saturday ... Junior Levi King scored an unassisted goal with 8:57 left in the match to pull ONU within 2-1 ... The Pioneers scored on a penalty kick in the 22nd minute and scored again in the 75th minute to go up 2-0 ... Marietta out-shot Ohio Northern 15-13 ... Junior John Lombardo had 4 saves in goal for ONU ... King leads all active players with 20 career goals, 13 career assists and 53 career points ... Ohio Northern has won 13 consecutive home openers and is 16-0-1 in its last 17 home openers, starting with a 9-0 win over Thomas More (Ky.) on Sept. 8, 2004 ... The Polar Bears will return to action on Sunday with a 2 pm home contest with Muskingum at Kerscher Stadium ... Baldwin Wallace opened its 2020-21 season on Sunday with a 3-1 loss at Capital ... Senior midfielder Owen Feeley scored his first collegiate goal off the assist from freshmen defender CJ Kessler at the 75:02 mark ... In net for the Yellow Jackets, sophomore netminder Nolan Kellogg took the loss as he as he allowed three goals on 16 shots with four saves.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | King | 1 | 1. | 1. | King | 1 | 1. | Lombardo | 4 | 1. | Lombardo | 2.00 | ||||||
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 30-12-3 margin ... ONU is 17-3-1 at home and is 4-0 at Kerscher Stadium ... ONU has won 4 of the past 5 in the series, including a 1-0 win in 2019.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his second season as head coach of the Ohio Northern men's soccer program ... He has a 13-7-3 record, a winning percentage of .609.