Women's Lacrosse: Otterbein (6-7 Overall, 3-3 OAC) at Ohio Northern (3-11 Overall, 2-4 OAC)
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 7 pm, Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears will host Otterbein on Wednesday in the final home game of the season ... Ohio Northern is coming off a loss to John Carroll on Saturday ... Freshman Katie McCourt scored twice to lead ONU ... In 14 games this year, freshman Rachel Shipman leads the team with 26 goals, 8 assists and 34 points ... Freshman Betsy Naugle is second with 22 goals and 24 points and freshman Elizabeth Carter is third with 15 goals and 16 points ... McCourt is fourth with 11 goals ... Freshman Kelli Hill has 63 saves and a 13.18 GAA and junior Shannen Larsen Van Alstine has 79 saves and a 15.99 GAA in goal ... The Polar Bears will play at Capital to wrap up the regular season on Saturday ... The 4-team OAC Tournament will be May 3 and 6 on campus sites ... The Cardinals enter Saturday’s game after a 17-6 loss to BW last Saturday ... Ema Pusecker (2G, 1A) and Veronica Wagner (1G, 2A) each had 3 points in the game ... Katy Williams leads OU with 45 goals and 47 points ... Pusecker is second with 39 points on 19 goals and a team-best 20 assists ... Wagner is second with 20 goals and is third with 24 points ... Tasha Williams is 5-6 with 62 saves and a 9.92 GAA in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders (2017 Stats):
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Shipman | 26 | 1. | Shipman | 8 | 1. | Shipman | 34 | 1. | Shipman | 65 |
1. |
Larsen Van Alstine | 39 | ||||
2. |
Naugle | 22 | 2. |
Reuss | 7 | 2. | Naugle | 24 |
2. | Naugle | 41 | 2. |
Shipman | 37 |
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3. |
Carter | 15 | 3. |
Lohman | 6 |
3. |
Carter | 16 |
3. |
Carter | 34 | 3. |
Hershberger |
31 |
All-Time Series: Otterbein leads the series between the two schools by a 1-0 margin ... OU topped ONU 15-5 in Westerville last season.
ONU head coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger in her second season at ONU with a 10-20 record, a winning percentage of .333.