Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (6-7 Overall, 3-2 OAC) at John Carroll (11-2 Overall, 4-1 OAC)
Saturday, April 21, 2018, 1 pm - Don Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday's Game: The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team will travel to University Heights for a contest at John Carroll ... ONU is coming off a 19-9 non-conference loss to Wooster on Wednesday ... Sophomore Rachel Shipman led the Polar Bears offensively, recording her third hat trick of the season scoring a game-high five goals. ... Through 13 games this season, freshman Sydney Skelding leads the team with 28 goals and 37 points ... Sophomore Betsy Naugle is second in scoring with 24 goals and 31 points ... Shipman leads the team with 11 assists and 28 caused turnovers this season and has an ONU record 19 career assists ... Sophomore Ann McArn leads the team with 42 ground balls ... Senior Shannen Larsen Van Alstine has 83 saves and a 14.25 GAA and sophomore Kelli Hill has 48 saves and a 9.92 GAA in goal ... Larsen Van Alstine owns ONU records with 331 saves and 15 wins in her career ... The Blue Streaks enter Saturday's game off a 14-8 loss to Denison on Wednesday ... Meghan Harte had three goals and Colleen Grombala had two goals, three assists and five points to lead JCU ... Gina Vilsack leads JCU and the OAC with 57 goals and 78 points ... Harte has 49 goals and 60 points ... Helena Enders has 44 goals, league-best totals of 53 assists and 97 points ... Elyssa Zable has 84 saves and a 11,25 GAA in goal ... As a team, JCU ranks third nationally, averaging 19.46 goals per game.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Skelding | 28 | 1. | Shipman | 11 | 1. | Skelding | 37 | 1. | Lohman | 65 | 1. | McArn | 42 | ||||
2. | Naugle | 24 | 2. | Skelding | 9 | 2. | Naugle | 31 | 2. | Skelding | 64 | 2. | Hershberger | 40 | ||||
3. | Shipman | 19 | 3. | Naugle | 7 | 3. | Shipman | 30 | 3. | Naugle | 55 | Cousins | 40 |
All-Time Series: John Carroll leads the series between the two schools by a 2-0 margin ... JCU topped ONU 27-5 in 2017 and 20-9 in 2016.
ONU head coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger in her second season at ONU with a 16-29 record, a winning percentage of .356.