Men's Soccer: Ohio Northern (9-2-1 Overall, 1-0-0 OAC) vs. Baldwin Wallace (8-4-0 Overall, 1-0-0 OAC)
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 7 p.m. - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's soccer team returns home Wednesday and plays host to Baldwin Wallace at 7 p.m. at Kerscher Stadium in Ada … The Polar Bears are currently riding an eight-game winning streak and own a 9-2-1 overall record, which includes a 1-0 mark in Ohio Athletic Conference play … During that span, Northerns outscoring its opponents 20-3 … The Polar Bears' opened conference play with a decisive 5-1 victory at Marietta last weekend … In that game, junior Beelal Hasan netted a pair of goals — bringing his season total to four — while sophomore Seth Gundlach also scored his fourth goal of 2019 … Junior Jimmy Walkinshaw logged his third score of the season, and sophomore Caiman Moore scored his first-career goal against the Pioneers ... Sophomore Levi King leads the team with six scores in 2019 … Sophomore goaltender John Lombardo has registered an OAC-best 45 saves, which includes six shut outs … Baldwin Wallace lays claim to an 8-4-0 overall record and a 1-0 mark in OAC play … The Yellow Jackets have won each of their last three matches, outscoring its foes 14-0 … Baldwin Wallace averages 3.3 goals per contest, and Danny Ruple leads the offensive charge, boasting an OAC-best 15 goals in 2019 … Patrick Mehal has started nine game sin net for the Yellow Jackets and has recorded 29 saves.
Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
1. | King | 6 | 1. | King | 4 | 1. | King | 16 | 1. | Lombardo | 45 | 1. | Lombardo | 0.89 | ||||
2. | Gundlach | 4 | 2. | Hasan | 3 | 2. | Hasan | 11 | ||||||||||
2. | Hasan | 4 | 3. | 2 Tied | 2 | 3. | Gundlach | 8 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern owns a 28-13-3 all-time record versus Baldwin Wallace … The Polar Bears are 15-3-1 against the Yellow Jackets in Ada … Baldwin Wallace won last year's meeting 1-0 in Berea, and before that Northern had won three in a row.
Interim Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his first season as the interim head coach of the Ohio Northern men's soccer program. He was an assistant coach with the Polar Bears the last six years.