Men's Soccer: Muskingum (0-2-0 Overall, 0-2-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (0-1-1 Overall, 0-1-1 OAC)
Sunday, Mar. 21, 2021, 2 p.m. - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Sunday's Preview: Ohio Northern will continue its abbreviated 2020-21 men's soccer season on Sunday with a 2 pm contest with Muskingum at Kerscher Stadium ... The Polar Bears will play a round-robin OAC schedule from March 14-April 11 with a crossover game on April 18 ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... Northern is coming off a 1-1 double overtime draw with Baldwin Wallace in its 2021 home opener on Thursday ... Junior Seth Gundlach scored the equalizer with 2:22 left in regulation off an assist from senior Zach Yoder ... Junior John Lombardo had 5 saves in goal for ONU ... Gundlach and junior Levi King lead the Polar Bears in scoring this season with 1 goals and 2 points each ... Yoder is third scoring with his assist ... King leads all active players with 20 career goals, 13 career assists and 53 career points ... He also has a team-best 10 shots this season ... Lombardo is 22-11-4 with 127 saves and a 1.07 GAA in 38 career matches for ONU ... The Polar Bears will return to action on Thursday with a 7 pm road contest at Wilmington at Williams Stadium ... Muskingum is coming off a 5-0 loss at Wilmington on Thursday ... MU also dropped a 2-0 decision in its season opener to John Carroll last Sunday ... Senior Damon Spaeth had six saves in goal against JCU and sophomore Jacob Clevenger had three saves in goal against Wilmington ... MU has been out-shot 38-13 in its two games this spring ... Junior Bailey Adams leads all Muskingum returners with 4 goals last season.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
1. | King | 1 | 1. | Yoder | 1 | 1. | King | 2 | 1. | Lombardo | 9 | 1. | Lombardo | 1.35 | ||||
Gundlach | 1 | Gundlach | 2 | |||||||||||||||
3. | Yoder | 1 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 29-6-2 margin ... ONU is 17-1-2 at home and is 4-0-0 at Kerscher Stadium ... ONU has won 15 consecutive in the series, including a 4-0 road win in 2019.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his second season as head coach of the Ohio Northern men's soccer program ... He has a 13-7-4 record, a winning percentage of .597.