Men’s Soccer: Heidelberg (0-11-1 Overall, 0-3-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (7-2-3 Overall, 2-0-1 OAC)
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday hosting Heidelberg … The Polar Bears are coming off Saturday's 4-3 home win over Capital … All seven goals came in the second half … Northern scored via a Capital own goal and goals from senior Aaron Shelton, junior Cade Winchester and sophomore Ryan Parker … The Polar Bears have not lost since Sept. 4, going 6-0-3 in their last nine games … Northern is listed fourth in the "Also receiving votes" category in this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, putting the Polar Bears at No. 29 in the poll … ONU is ranked No. 3 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll behind Kenyon and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) … Through 12 games, 11 different players have scored goals for ONU this season, and 17 different players have recorded at least one point … Fifth-year senior Bryan Kern has a team-high five assists and 11 points and is tied with Parker, Shelton and Winchester with a team-best three goals … Kern ranks second in the OAC in assists, is tied for sixth in points and is tied for 10th in goals … Parker and Shelton have eight points each … Senior goalkeeper Josh Ellis has 31 saves on the season along with a 1.35 GAA and a .705 save percentage … Ellis is tied for 10th all-time at ONU with six career shutouts … Fifth-year senior Levi King has 34 career goals, which is tied for ninth on the program's all-time career goals list … King ranks eighth in program history with 91 career points, and his 23 assists ranks 11th all time … Heidelberg enters Wednesday's game winless on the season … The Student Princes played a 1-1 draw with Defiance to open the season and have since lost 11 straight games, including 10 by shutout … HU is coming off Saturday's 5-0 home loss to Mount Union … HU's two goals on the season were scored by Kelly Itito and Zane Paul … Josh Daum has two assists on the season … Sigurd Ilestad has started eight games in goal for HU, posting 60 saves, a 2.42 GAA and .769 save percentage … Ilestad leads the OAC in saves … Thomas Abraham has started four games in goal, recording 34 saves, a 5.25 GAA and .586 save percentage.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kern | 3 | 1. | Kern | 5 | 1. | Kern | 11 | 1. | Ellis | 31 | 1. | Ellis | 1.35 | ||||
| Parker | 3 | 2. | Sommerfeld | 3 | 2. | Parker | 8 | 2. | Hickey | 9 | 2. | Hickey | 2.11 | |||||
| Shelton | 3 | 3. | 6 tied | 2 | Shelton | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Winchester | 3 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Heidelberg by a 40-9-4 margin, including a 21-2-3 mark in Ada … ONU has won seven straight meetings by a combined score of 22-4 … ONU defeated HU 1-0 in Ada last season.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his fourth season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 37-19-10 for a winning percentage of .611 and is 17-9-4 in OAC games for a winning percentage of .611.
