Men's Soccer: John Carroll (3-0 Overall, 3-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (1-2-1 Overall, 1-2-1 OAC)
Sunday, Mar. 28, 2021, 2 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Sunday's Preview: Ohio Northern will continue its abbreviated 2020-21 men's soccer season on Sunday with a 2 pm contest with John Carroll at Kerscher Stadium ... The Polar Bears will play a round-robin OAC schedule from March 14-April 11 with the 6-team OAC Tournament on April 13-18 ... 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 ... Northern is coming off a 1-0 loss at Wilmington on Thursday ... Ohio Northern out-shot Wilmington 17-10, but WC's Felix Maurer made six saves in goal to keep ONU off the board ... Junior Levi King had 7 shots, including 4 on goal for ONU ... Junior Seth Gundlach and King lead the Polar Bears in scoring this season with 1 goals and 2 points each ... Senior Zach Yoder is third scoring with his assist ... King leads all active players with 20 career goals, 13 career assists and 53 career points ... He also has a team-best 10 shots this season ... Junior John Lombardo is 22-12-4 with 128 saves and a 1.07 GAA in 39 career matches for ONU ... The Polar Bears will return to action on Thursday with a 7 pm road contest at Heidelberg at Hoernemann Stadium ... John Carroll is a perfect 3-0 this season, outscoring its opponents 8-0 ... JCU topped Otterbein 1-0 on Thursday, giving head coach Hector Marinaro his school-record 178th career victory ... Senior William Turrittin leads the Blue Streaks in scoring with 5 points on 2 goals and 1 assist ... Junior Connor Robinson is 3-0 with seven saves and an 0.00 GAA in goal ... JCU has out-shot its opponents 43-18 this season.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
1. | King | 3 | 1. | Yoder | 2 | 1. | King | 6 | 1. | Lombardo | 10 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
2. | Gundlach | 2 | Gundlach | 2 | Gundlach | 6 | 2. | Ellis | 4 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.24 | ||||||
3. | Yoder | 1 | 3. | Kern | 3. | Yoder | 4 | |||||||||||
Kern | 1 |
Series Record: John Carroll leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 20-14-8 margin ... ONU is 11-9-3 at home and is 1-1-2 at Kerscher Stadium ... ONU is 0-3-4 in the last 7 matches against JCU.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his second season as head coach of the Ohio Northern men's soccer program ... He has a 14-8-4 record, a winning percentage of .590.