Men's Soccer: Ohio Northern (6-3-1 Overall) at John Carroll (8-0-0 Overall) - OAC Tournament Semifinals

Thursday, April 15, 2021, 7 p.m. - Don Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio

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Thursday's Preview: Thursday night's contest between No. 4 seed Ohio Northern and No. 1 seed John Carroll is a semifinal match of the 6-team OAC Tournament ... The winner will play either No. 2 seed Marietta or No. 3 seed Wilmington in the finals on Sunday ... 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 ... Ohio Northern is making its 21st appearance in the OAC Tournament and has a 20-10-4 overall record in the event ... The Polar Bears have won a league-leading seven titles and have reached the finals 11 times ... ONU won the crown in 2006, 08, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15 ... Ohio Northern advanced to the semifinals with a 1-0 overtime victory over Mount Union on Tuesday night at Kerscher Stadium ... Junior Bryan Kern scored with 5:15 remaining in the first overtime period to break the scoreless tie and advance ONU ... JCU edged ONU 2-1 in double overtime in the teams' regular season contest at Kerscher Stadium on March 28 ... Freshman Cade Winchester headed in a pass from freshman Ryan Augustine with 2:26 left before intermission to tie the match at 1-1 ... JCU then scored the match-winner with 2:23 left in the second OT ... Junior Levi King leads the Polar Bears and the OAC with 6 goals and is second with 12 points this season ... Junior Bryan Kern is fifth in the OAC with four goals and 10 points ... Seth Gundlach has 3 goals and 2 assists for 8 points ... King leads all active players with 24 career goals, 13 career assists and 61 career points ... Senior Zach Yoder leads the OAC with 4 assists ... Junior John Lombardo is 27-13-4 with 142 saves and a 1.01 GAA in 45 career matches for ONU ... He ranks fourth all-time at ONU with 16 career shutouts ... John Carroll is making its league-leading 27th OAC Tournament appearance ... JCU has also won seven OAC Tournament titles, including crowns in 2016, 2018 and 2019 ... The Blue Streaks have reached the OAC Tournament finals on 18 occasions ... JCU is the top-seed after going 8-0-0 in the regular season ... Benjamin Hryszko and Jared Mattei have 7 points on 3 goals and an assist each to lead the JCU offense ... 12 different players have scored at least one goal as JCU has out-scored its opponents 19-4 this season ... Connor Robinson is 8-0-0 with 12 saves and a 0.38 GAA in goal.

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Series Record: John Carroll leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 21-14-8 margin ... ONU is 3-11-5 at University Heights and is 5-2-3 in the OAC Tournament ... JCU is 4-0-4 in the last eight meetings, including a 2-1 overtime win in Ada earlier this spring ... JCU has advanced by penalty kicks each of the last the last three times the two teams have met in OAC Tournament play in 2015, 2016 and 2018.

Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his second season as head coach of the Ohio Northern men's soccer program ... He has a 19-9-4 record, a winning percentage of .635.