Junior Gage Foster scores two goals 15 seconds apart, #17 Men's Soccer runs win streak to five with 8-0 victory at Heidelberg

Junior Gage Foster scores two goals 15 seconds apart, #17 Men's Soccer runs win streak to five with 8-0 victory at Heidelberg
October 16, 2024

TIFFIN — Junior Gage Foster (Mason) scored a pair of first half goals just 15 seconds apart to lead the No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern men's soccer team to an 8-0 victory at Heidelberg on Wednesday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: #17 Ohio Northern (10-2-2 overall, 4-0-0 OAC), Heidelberg (0-11-1 Overall, 0-4-0 OAC).
  • Venue: Hidden Valley Soccer Complex — Tiffin, Ohio.

The Match

  • Foster got his first goal at the 15:03 mark off an assist from fifth-year senior Will Shaffer (Galena/St. Francis DeSales) to make it 2-0.
  • Foster then scored on a penalty kick just 15 seconds later and it was 3-0 Polar Bears.
  • Northern got its first four goals in a span of just 7:49.
  • Will Shaffer got ONU on the board with a penalty kick with just 13:12 gone in the match.
  • Fifth-year senior Cade Winchester (Knoxville, Tenn./Alcoa) made it 4-0 at the 21:01 mark of the half with an unassisted goal.
  • Sophomore Aidan McMahon (Naperville, Ill./North) scored with 10:01 left in the half as Northern led 5-0 at intermission.
  • Will Shaffer picked up his second goal of the match off an assist from freshman Wil Baker (Hilliard/Davidson) just 2:41 into the second half.
  • Senior Noah Zebrak (Cleveland/St. Ignatius) scored off an assist from senior Ryan Parker (Lexington) with 71:16 elapsed.
  • Parker then scored off an assist from Baker at the 75;21 mark to make it 8-0.
  • Senior Lucas Hickey (Conroe, Tex./Oak Ridge) had one save in goal for ONU.
  • ONU out-shot HU 41-3 and had an 11-1 advantage in corner kicks.

Notables

  • Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 43-9-2 margin.
  • Northern is 28-8-1 in Tiffin.
  • ONU has now won 10 straight in the series.
  • Senior Ryan Sommerfeld (Dublin/Coffman) leads the team with 18 points, 6 goals and 6 assists.
  • Will Shaffer also has six goals to go with four assists and 14 points.
  • Hickey recorded his fifth consecutive shutout and ran his scoreless streak to 464:57.
  • This is the 50th season of Ohio Northern men's soccer. The Polar Bears are now 537-297-77 all-time in program history.
  • Sixth-year head coach Chris Matejka is now 66-29-18 at Ohio Northern.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action Saturday at Capital at 7 p.m.