Men's Soccer: #7 Ohio Northern (8-0-1 Overall, 0-0-0 OAC) at Anderson (Ind.) (5-2-0 Overall, 0-0-0 HCAC)
Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, 2 pm, AU Soccer Field, Anderson, Indiana
Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears enter Saturday's contest ranked No. 7 in the third weekly d3soccer.com poll, moving up two spots from last week ... Northern is coming off of a 9-0 victory over area-rival Defiance Wednesday evening at Kerscher Stadium ... In all, eight different Ohio Northern players scored during the 9-0 route ... Senior Patrick Sabol (Lancaster/Lancaster) led the way with two goals and added an assist ... Seniors Grant Allbritten (Warsaw, Ind./Warsaw Community), Tommy Troy (Toledo/Central Catholic), Austin Horton (Lewis Center/Olentangy), Dustin Lorenzo (Sydney/Sydney), Anthony Clark (Amelia/Amelia) and Matt Kinkopf (Hamilton/Cincinnati Christian) and sophomore Joseph Schulte (Copley/Copley) each scored for Northern ... Seniors David Janusz, Kinkopf and Sabol each rank first on the team with five goals ... The trio are currently tied for second in the Ohio Athletic Conference with five goals ... Kinkopf leads the team and nation with nine assists ... Kinkopf also leads the conference and team with 19 points ... The senior currently ranks fourth all-time at ONU with 46 goals, ranks fourth all-time with 117 points and is tied for sixth all-time at ONU with 25 assists ... Senior Nathan Libertowski (Medina/Medina) currently ranks second on the team in the OAC with five assists ... Janusz currently ranks fourth in the OAC with four assists ... Junior Dean McNeil (Medina/Medina) currently leads the OAC in shutouts (6) and saves (31) and ranks second in the conference in save percentage (.912) ... McNeil ranks third all-time at ONU with 21 career shutouts and is one shy of tying former Polar Bear Aaron Collins ... McNeil is also tied for fourth in the OAC with only three allowed goals this season and ranks second in conference with a 0.33 goals against average ... McNeil's .912 save percentage currently ranks 11th nationally, while his 0.33 goals against average ranks 13th nationally ... The Ohio Northern men's coaching staff, led by head coach Brent Ridenour, is the winningest coaching staff in OAC history ... Anderson (Ind.) enters Saturday's contest after dropping a 3-1 decision to Wabash ... The Ravens own a 3-1-0 record at home this season ... AU is led by sophomore Jacob Pokorski with four goals and 11 points ... Freshman Daniel Collins currently ranks first on the team with four assists ... Junior Brandon Weer leads the Ravens in the goal with a 4-2-0 record and a team-high 18 saves.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Janusz | 5 | 1. | Kinkopf | 9 | 1. | Kinkopf | 19 | 1. | McNeil | 31 | 1. | McNeil | 0.33 | ||||
| 2. | Kinkopf | 5 | 2. | Libertowski | 5 | 2. | Janusz |
14 | ||||||||||
| 3. | Sabol | 5 | 3. | Janusz | 4 | 3. | Sabol | 11 | ||||||||||
Series Record: Northern leads the all-time series by a 12-3-1 margin, including a 5-1 victory at Kerscher Stadium in 2015 ... The Polar Bears have won 9 of the last 10 meetings between the two schools.
Head Coach Brent Ridenour: Ridenour is in his 19th season as head coach with a 274-107-29 career record and a winning percentage of .704 ... Ridenour is also the winningest coach in OAC history.