Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (2-0 Overall) at Wooster (0-0 Overall)
Thursday, March 1, 2018, 7 pm - Papp Stadium, Wooster, Ohio
Thursday's Preview: The Polar Bears will take their 2-0 record to North Coast Athletic Conference foe Wooster for a 7 pm non-conference match with the Scots ... Sophomore Rachel Shipman scored four goals and Betsy Naugle added three goals to lead Ohio Northern to a 15-8 victory over Trine (Ind.) on Saturday at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... Sophomores Maggie Fuller and Hailey Green each added two goals for ONU ... Through 2 games this season, freshman Sydney Skelding leads the team with 7 goals, 2 assists and 9 points ... Shipman and Naugle are tied for second with 5 goals, 2 assists and 7 goals each ... Senior Shannen Larsen Van Alstine and junior Kelli Hill split time in goal ... Larsen Van Alstine has 10 saves and an 11.00 GAA annd Hill has 5 saves ad a 6.00 GAA ... Wooster, who turned in an 11-5 overall record and 4-4 mark in conference play, graduated one senior and returns over 80 percent of its total point production ... In addition, the Fighting Scots return to their entire defensive unit to go along with some welcomed first-year additions ... Leading Wooster's backline contingent is junior all-Great Lakes Region selection Megan Healy, who ended last season with 49 groundballs, 47 draw controls and 37 caused turnovers to go along with 11 goals and five assists ... Senior Helena Enders posted career-bests in goals (40), assists (13) and points (53) last season.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Skelding | 7 | 1. | Skelding | 2 | 1. | Skelding | 9 | 1. | Skelding | 14 | 1. | McArn | 9 | ||||
2. | Fuller | 5 | Fuller | 2 | 2. | Fuller | 7 | 2. | Naugle | 13 | 2. | Woosruff | 7 | |||||
Shipman | 5 | Naugle | 2 | Shipman | 7 | 3. | Shipman | 11 | Shipman | 5 | ||||||||
Shipman | 2 | Hersberger | 5 |
All-Time Series: Wooster leads the series between the two schools by a 1-0 margin ... Wooster topped ONU 15-5 in Ada in 2017.
ONU head coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger in her second season at ONU with a 12-22 record, a winning percentage of .353.