Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (5-4-2 Overall, 0-1-0 OAC) at Baldwin Wallace (6-5-1 Overall, 0-1-0 OAC)
Wednesday, October 6, 2021, 7 p.m. — George Finnie Stadium, Berea, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Wednesday's match marks Ohio Northern's first Ohio Athletic Conference road game of the season … ONU enters the game coming off of Saturday's 2-1 loss to Marietta … Senior Levi King scored the Polar Bears' goal on an assist from senior Cameron Picard … The Polar Bears have scored 21 goals while giving up 12 this season … Ten different players have scored a goal this season … Freshman Trevor Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 6 goals and 12 points, which ranks tied for third and tied for sixth, respectively, in the OAC … King and senior Seth Gundlach have tallied 3 goals each … King leads the team in assists with 5, which is tied for first in the OAC … Senior Bryan Kern has attempted a team-high 31 shots, which is tied for third in the OAC … As a team, the Polar Bears have attempted 176 shots, including 69 on goal … Senior John Lombardo has played almost 943 minutes in goal, registering 33 saves, a .733 save percentage and a GAA of 1.15 … Lombardo ranks third 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 … Baldwin Wallace enters Wednesday's matchup coming off of Saturday's 1-0 loss to Capital … BW is 3-3-1 at home this season … The Yellow Jackets have scored 21 goals while giving up 17 this season … BW is averaging 16.4 shots per game and has 92 shots on goal … Sophomore Julian Kieres has scored a team-high 7 goals, which ranks second in the OAC, and his 4 assists are tied for third in the conference … Kieres ranks second in the OAC with 18 points and is first in shots with 39 … Senior Nick Surowicz (4 goals) and sophomore Michael Tusick (3 goals, 2 assists) both have 8 points … Freshman Zoltan Nagy has started the most games in goal for BW, allowing 6 goals and registering 22 saves, a .786 save percentage and 0.99 GAA … Reid Ayers is in his 20th season as head coach of the Yellow Jackets … The 2-time OAC Coach of the Year and Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Hall of Famer has won more than 300 games in his career.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 6 | 1. | King | 5 | 1. | Tabb | 12 | 1. | Lombardo | 33 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Gundlach | 3 | 2. | Locke | 3 | 2. | King | 11 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.15 | ||||
| King | 3 | 3. | Gundlach, Studenic | 2 | 3. | Gundlach | 8 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Baldwin Wallace by a 30-12-4 margin and is 13-9-2 in Berea … The teams last met in March as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season for a game that resulted in a 1-1 draw in Ada … The Yellow Jackets' last win over ONU was a 1-0 home victory in October 2018.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his third season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 24-14-6, a .591 win percentage, and an OAC record of 10-7-2 (.561 winning percentage).