Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (1-0 Overall) at Hiram (0-0 Overall)
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, Noon - Henry Field, Hiram, Ohio
Saturday's Game: The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team will take to the road for the first time this season on Saturday with a noon contest at Hiram ... The Polar Bears opened their 2020 season with a 12-10 victory at Kalamazoo (Mich.) on Wednesday under the lights at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... Freshman Kiersten Schultz scored five goals in her first collegiate appearance to lead Ohio Northern ... Junior Sydney Skelding added three goals and two assists to also finish with five points on the night ... Senior Kelli Hill had 13 saves on 23 shots in goal for ONU to pick up the win ... Skelding's two assists move her into second place all-time in ONU history with 23 assists ... Skelding also ranks third all-time with 63 goals and 85 career points ... Senior Maddie Storr is ONU's all-time career leader in goals (93) and points (115) ... Hill ranks second all-time with 336 career saves and is just nine away from the school record 345 by Shannen Larsen Van Alstine from 2016-18 ... Hiram returns a core of their roster as they enter the 2020 season ... HC returns two of their three leading scorers from 2019 ... Senior Tayler Hall led the team with five assists, while ranking second on the team in goals (20), total points (25), and draw controla (31) ... Senior Alexis Hirsch Hirsch finished third, with 19 goals, 20 points, and posted 28 draw controls.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Schultz | 5 | 1. | Skelding | 2 | 1. | Schultz | 5 | 1. | Schultz | 6 | 1. | Wells | 5 | ||||
2. | Skelding | 3 | 2. | Miller | 1 | Skelding | 5 | 2. | Skelding | 5 | 2. | Miller | 3 | |||||
3. | Green | 2 | 3. | Green | 2 | 3. | McArn | 4 | 3. | 5 Tied With | 2 | |||||||
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 2-1 margin ... ONU has won the last twp games 18-3 and 16-9 after HC won the first meeting 13-12 in 2017.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her fifth season at Ohio Northern with a 24-41 record, a winning percentage of .369 ... She is 56-52 in six years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .519.