Women's Lacrosse: Wittenberg (2-2 Overall) at Ohio Northern (2-1 Overall)
Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: The Polar Bears will begin the home portion of their 2022 schedule on Wednesday night with a non-conference contest against Wittenberg ... Ohio Northern is riding a modest two-game winning streak after an 18-7 win at Adrian (Mich.) on Wednesday and a 12-9 win at Franciscan on Saturday ... Sophomore Elizabeth Graham had career-highs of five goals, three assists and eight points to lead ONU ... Sophomore Molly Dixson earned her second win of the season in goal, recording 8 saves on 17 shots ... Through 3 games this season, Graham leads the Polar Bears in scoring with 11 goals and 16 points ... Sophomore Sydney Kilgore is second with 10 goals and 11 points and freshman Keaghan Burden is third with 2 goals, a team-high 5 assists and 7 points ... Kilgore currently ranks fifth on ONU's all-time career goal scoring list with 59 in just 16 games ... She is also sixth with 21 assists and fifth with 80 career points ... Junior Meredith Miller is 10th all-time at ONU with 36 career goals, is 9th with 34 draw controls and is 8th with 33 caused turnovers ... Senior Kate Naugle is eighth on the all-time career ground ball list with 70 ... Junior Lacey Wernoch is 9th in caused turnovers with 30 ... The Tigers are 2-2 on the season and are coming off a 16-4 victory over Franklin (Ind.) on Sunday ... Sophomore Jessica Flick had 6 goals and junior Mya Wolfe added three goals for WU ... Flick leads Wittenberg in scoring this season with 17 goals and 20 points ... Wolfe and freshman Grace Hehman are tied for second in scoring with seven goals each ... Sophomore Grace Kennedy had 6 goals and a team-best 4 assists for 10 points ... This will be a Homecoming of sorts, as WU's head coach Becca Joseph was an assistant at ONU from 2020-21.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Draw Controls | Caused TOs | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Graham | 11 | 1. | Burden | 7 | 1. | Graham | 16 | 1. | Miller | 9 | 1. | Kilgore | 24 | 1. | Naugle | 6 | |||||
| 2. | Kilgore | 8 | 2. | Graham | 5 | 2. | Kilgore | 11 | 2. | Wernoch | 8 | 2. | Miller | 9 | 2. | Miller | 5 | |||||
| 3. | Perry | 4 | 3. | Kilgore | 1 | 3. | Burden | 9 | 3. | Hannam-Zatz | 6 | 3. | Wells | 8 | 3. | Wernoch | 4 | |||||
| Miller | 4 | Naugle | 1 | Snyder | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Snyder | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wells | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Perry | 1 |
All-Time Series: This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools ... ONU is 3-5 all-time against NCAC school, going 3-1 v Hiram and 0-2 v Kenyon and Wooster.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her seventh season at Ohio Northern with a 35-54 record, a winning percentage of .393 ... She is 67-66 in 10 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .504.