Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (4-3-1 Overall) at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) (3-3-1 Overall)
Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, 3 p.m. — Rose-Hulman Soccer Field, Terre Haute, Ind.
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Saturday's game at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) coming off of Wednesday's 1-0 home loss to Hanover (Ind.) … ONU has scored 14 goals (1.8 per game) while giving up 8 (1.0 per game) this season … Nine different players have scored a goal this season … Freshman Trevor Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 4 goals, which is tied for fourth in the Ohio Athletic Conference, and 8 points … Seniors Seth Gundlach and Bryan Kern have scored 2 goals each for ONU … Senior Levi King leads the team in assists with 5, which is tops in the OAC … Kern and King lead ONU in shots with 17 and 16, respectively … As a team, the Polar Bears have attempted 117 shots, including 50 on goal … Senior John Lombardo has played almost 653 minutes in goal, registering 2 shutouts, 25 saves, a .758 save percentage and a GAA of 1.10 … Lombardo has 18 career shutouts and needs four more to move into a tie with Aaron Collins for third place on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … Rose-Hulman enters Saturday's matchup coming off of Tuesday's 2-0 loss at North Central (Ill.), marking the second time it has been shut out this season … The Fightin' Engineers have scored 13 goals (1.9 per game) while giving up 11 (1.6 per game) this season … R-H has attempted 104 shots , including 48 on goal, and is led in that category by junior Takezo Kelly … Kelly and sophomore Jackson Seida lead the team in goals with 5 and 3, respectively … Junior Caleb Urban has a team-high 6 assists while Kelly leads the team in points with 11 … Sophomore Evan Hofer has played the majority of minutes in goal for the Engineers and has allowed 8 goals and made 21 saves while posting a .724 save percentage and 1.33 GAA … Head coach Sean Helliwell is in his 14th season leading the Engineers and entered the year with a .695 winning percentage.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 4 | 1. | King | 5 | 1. | Tabb | 8 | 1. | Lombardo | 25 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Kern | 2 | 2. | Locke | 3 | 2. | King | 7 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.10 | ||||
| Gundlach | 2 | 3. | Gundlach, Studenic | 2 | 3. | Gundlach | 6 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Rose-Hulman (Ind.) by a 4-0 margin and is 2-0 in Terre Haute … The teams last met in 2019 with the Polar Bears scoring a 2-0 home win … ONU won 2-0 in Terre Haute in 2018 … The Polar Bears have outscored the Engineers 8-1 in the series.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his third season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 23-13-5, a .602 win percentage.