Men's Soccer: Ohio Northern (1-1-1 Overall, 1-1-1 OAC) at Wilmington (2-1-0 Overall, 2-1-0 OAC)
Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021, 7 p.m. - Williams Stadium, Wilmington, Ohio
Thursday's Preview: Ohio Northern will continue its abbreviated 2020-21 men's soccer season on Tuesday with a 7 pm contest at Wilmington at Williams 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 5-0 victory over Muskingum on Sunday ... Junior Levi King scored two goals and junior Seth Gundlach had a goal and two assists to lead Ohio Northern ... Gundlach was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for the week of March 16-22 as he scored two goals and dished out two assists for six points in two home matches last week ... Through three matches this season, King leads the team with 3 goals and 6 points ... Junior John 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 Sunday with a 2 pm home contest with John Carroll at Kerscher Stadium ... Wilmington is coming off a 2-1 loss at Mount Union on Sunday ... Senior Zach Burgmeier scored for WC in the 54th minute to tie the game, but UMU scored in the 89th minute to post the win ... Junior Elorm Dogbey leads the Quakers in scoring this season with three goals, two assists and eight points ... Burgmeier and senior Ian Molfenter have two goals, one assist and five points each.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | King | 3 | 1. | Yoder | 2 | 1. | King | 6 | 1. | Lombardo | 9 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Gundlach | 2 | Gundlach | 2 | Gundlach | 6 | 2. | Ellis | 4 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.35 | ||||||
| 3. | Yoder | 1 | 3. | Kern | 3. | Yoder | 4 | |||||||||||
| Kern | 1 |
Series Record: Wilmington leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 16-12-2 margin ... ONU is 6-7-2 at home and 6-9 at Wilmington ... ONU is 9-1-1 in the series since 2009, but WC won last year's match 2-1 at Wilmington.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his second season as head coach of the Ohio Northern men's soccer program ... He has a 14-7-4 record, a winning percentage of .613.