Men's Soccer: Mount Union (4-3-0 Overall, 4-3-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (4-3-1 Overall, 4-3-1 OAC)
Sunday, April 11, 2021, 2 p.m. - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Sunday's Preview: Thursday night's contest will be the regular season finals of the Ohio Northern men's soccer team's abbreviated 2020-21 schedule ... The Polar Bears will play a round-robin OAC schedule from March 14-April 11 with the 6-team OAC Tournament on April 13-18 ... 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 ... Sunday's match is also Senior Day, where ONU will honor its five seniors - Todd Federici, Josh Grant, Luke Oberto, Logan Whinery and Zach Yoder ... Ohio Northern would likely lock up a spot in the OAC Tournament with a victory ... The OAC will release the OAC Tournament pairings on Monday ... Northern is riding a 3-match win streak, which includes a 2-0 win over Otterbein on Thursday ... Sophomore Jeffrey Firestone and junior Levi King scored goals just 28 seconds apart to lead Ohio Northern ... ... King leads the Polar Bears and the OAC with 5 goals and is second with 10 assists thiss eason ... Juniors Bryan Kern and Seth Gundlach have 3 goals and 2 assists for 8 points each ... King leads all active players with 24 career goals, 13 career assists and 61 career points ... Yoder leads the OAC with 4 assists ... Junior John Lombardo is 25-13-4 with 136 saves and a 1.04 GAA in 43 career matches for ONU ... He ranks fourth all-time at ONU with 15 career shutouts ... Mount Union is coming off a 2-0 loss at Baldwin Wakkace on Thursday ... MtU out-shot BW 11-7 ... Junior Rylan Wikle leads the team and is third in the OAC with 4 goals and is fourth with 8 points ... Four other Purple Raiders have 1 goal each ... Junior Mikey Contreras is 4-3 with 29 saves and a 1.14 GAA in goal ... Mount Union would likely clinch a spot in the OAC Tournament April 13-18 with a win on Sunday.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
1. | King | 5 | 1. | Yoder | 4 | 1. | King | 10 | 1. | Lombardo | 18 | 1. | Ellis | 0.84 | ||||
2. | Gundlach | 3 | 2. | Gundlach | 2 | 2. | Gundlach | 8 | 2. | Ellis | 5 | 2. | Lombardo | 0.97 | ||||
Kern | 3 | Kern | 2 | Kern | 8 | |||||||||||||
Yoder | 8 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 27-13-6 margin ... ONU is 15-4-3 at Ada and is 2-1at Kerscher Stadium ... MtU has won the last two meetings, including a 2-0 win in Ada 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 17-9-4 record, a winning percentage of .611.