Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (6-4-2 Overall, 1-1-0 OAC) at Muskingum (3-8-0 Overall, 0-2-0 OAC)
Saturday, October 9, 2021, 7 p.m. — North Athletic Turf Field, New Concord, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Saturday's game coming off of Wednesday's 2-0 win at Baldwin Wallace … ONU got goals from senior Cameron Picard and freshman Trevor Tabb in the game … The Polar Bears have scored 23 goals while giving up 12 this season … Ten different players have scored a goal … Freshman Trevor Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 7 goals and 14 points, which ranks tied for second and tied for fourth, respectively, in the Ohio Athletic Conference … Seniors Levi King and Seth Gundlach have tallied 3 goals each … King leads the team in assists with 5, which ranks second in the OAC … Senior Bryan Kern has attempted a team-high 38 shots, which ranks third in the OAC … As a team, the Polar Bears have attempted 205 shots, including 81 on goal … Senior John Lombardo has registered 4 shutouts, 34 saves, a .739 save percentage and a GAA of 1.05 … Lombardo ranks third in the OAC in saves and has 20 career shutouts, putting him two shy of tying Aaron Collins for third place on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … Muskingum enters Saturday coming off of Wednesday's 3-0 loss to Wilmington … MU is 2-3-0 at home this season … The Fighting Muskies have scored 11 goals while giving up 36 … MU is averaging 11 shots per game and has 46 shots on goal … Sophomore Morgan McKenna, junior Edwin Palou and senior Blake Weatherholt led MU with 2 goals each … Palou leads the team in points with 5 … Freshman goalkeeper Zach Marchesano leads the OAC in saves with 50 … Marchesano has allowed 18 goals, posting a .735 save percentage and a 2.47 GAA.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 7 | 1. | King | 5 | 1. | Tabb | 14 | 1. | Lombardo | 34 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Gundlach | 3 | 2. | Locke | 3 | 2. | King | 11 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.05 | ||||
| King | 3 | 3. | Gundlach, Studenic | 2 | 3. | Gundlach | 8 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Muskingum by a 30-6-2 margin and is 12-5-0 at Muskingum … The teams last met in March as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season with ONU getting a 5-0 home win … ONU has won 16 straight games in the series … The Muskies' last win over ONU was in 2005.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his third season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 25-14-6, a .600 win percentage, and an OAC record of 11-7-2 (.583 winning percentage).