Men’s Soccer: Marietta (3-4-1 Overall, 0-0-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (5-3-2 Overall, 0-0-0 OAC)

Saturday, October 2, 2021, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio

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Saturday's Preview: Saturday's match marks the start of Ohio Athletic Conference play for both teams … The game is part of ONU's Homecoming Weekend … Northern enters the game coming off of Wednesday's 2-2 draw at Kalamazoo (Mich.) … Freshman Trevor Tabb and senior Seth Gundlach scored the Polar Bears' 2 goals while senior goalkeeper John Lombardo made 5 saves … ONU has scored 20 goals while giving up 10 this season … Ten different players have scored a goal this season … Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 6 goals and 12 points, which ranks tied for second and fifth, respectively, in the OAC … Gundlach has tallied 3 goals on the season … Senior Levi King leads the team in assists with 5, which is tops in the OAC … Senior Bryan Kern has attempted a team-high 27 shots, which ranks fifth in the OAC … As a team, the Polar Bears have attempted 162 shots (16.2 per game), including 65 on goal … Lombardo has played almost 853 minutes in goal, registering 32 saves, a .762 save percentage and a GAA of 1.06 … Lombardo ranks second in the OAC in saves and has 19 career shutouts, putting him three shy of tying Aaron Collins for third place on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … Marietta enters Saturday's matchup having won 3 of its past 4 games, including last Saturday's 2-1 double-overtime victory over Chatham (Pa.) … MC is 0-3-1 on the road … The Pioneers have scored 13 goals while giving up 10 this season … Marietta is averaging 16.5 shots per game and has 54 shots on goal … Gavin Long and Reggie Grayek lead MC in goals with 4 each, and Long has a team-high 11 points … Grayek ranks second in the OAC in shots with 34 while Caden Ferguson is second in the conference with 4 assists … Ryan Riccillo and Joey Backhaus have split time in goal for the Pioneers, getting 4 starts each and combining for 32 saves … Joe Bergin is in his ninth year coaching the Pioneers and entered the season with a record of 68-71-8 at MC.

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Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Marietta by a 23-15-2 margin and is 12-8-2 in Ada … The teams last met in March for the opener of the COVID-delayed 2020 season with the Pioneers getting a 2-1 home win … The Polar Bears' last win over Marietta was a 5-1 road victory in October 2019 before falling 2-0 to the Pioneers at home in the OAC Tournament that year.

Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his third season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 24-13-6, a .605 win percentage.