Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (5-3-1 Overall) at Kalamazoo (Mich.) (5-2-1 Overall)
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, 7 p.m. — MacKenzie Field, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Wednesday's Preview: Wednesday's match marks the end of Ohio Northern's non-conference schedule … The Polar Bears will open conference play on Saturday at home against Marietta … ONU enters Wednesday's game coming off of Saturday's 4-0 win at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) for its third victory in four games … The Polar Bears got goals from freshman Trevor Tabb, sophomore Ryan Augustine and senior Levi King in addition to an R-H own goal in the contest … Senior goalkeeper John Lombardo posted his third shutout of the season and 19th of his career, putting him three shy of tying Aaron Collins for third place on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … ONU has scored 18 goals (2.0 per game) while giving up 8 (0.89 per game) this season … Ten different players have scored a goal this season … Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 5 goals, which is tied for fourth in the Ohio Athletic Conference, and 10 points … King and seniors Seth Gundlach and Bryan Kern have scored 2 goals each … King leads the team in assists with 5, which is tops in the OAC … Kern and King lead ONU in shots with 20 each … As a team, the Polar Bears have attempted 137 shots (15.2 per game), including 59 on goal … Lombardo has played almost 743 minutes in goal, registering 27 saves, a .771 save percentage and a GAA of 0.97 … Lombardo ranks third in the OAC in saves … Kalamazoo (Mich.) enters Wednesday's matchup riding a 4-game unbeaten streak and 3-game winning streak … KC is coming off of Saturday's 2-1 win at Hope (Mich.) … The Hornets are 3-1-1 at home … KC has scored 11 goals (1.38 per game) while giving up 7 (0.88 per game) this season … The Hornets have attempted 130 shots (16.3 per game), including 57 on goal, and have posted 4 shutouts on the season … Juniors Aidan Gillig and Emilio Romo lead the team in goals with 3 each for a team-high 6 points … Freshman Colin Halloran has a team-leading 3 assists, and sophomore Michele Alia leads the team in shots with 23 … Senior Luke Kastran and freshman Gavin Houtkooper have each started 4 games in goal for the Hornets and have each posted 2 shutouts … Kastran has allowed 5 goals and made 15 saves while posting a .750 save percentage and 1.31 GAA, and Houtkooper has allowed 2 goals and made 17 saves while posting an .895 save percentage and 0.47 GAA … Lumumba Shabazz is in his 10th season as head coach at Kalamazoo and entered the year with a career record of 77-61-17 for a winning percentage of .552.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 5 | 1. | King | 5 | 1. | Tabb | 10 | 1. | Lombardo | 27 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | Kern | 2 | 2. | Locke | 3 | 2. | King | 9 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 0.97 | ||||
| Gundlach | 2 | 3. | Gundlach | 2 | 3. | Gundlach | 6 | |||||||||||
| King | 2 | Studenic | 2 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Kalamazoo (Mich.) by a 7-1 margin and is 1-0 in Kalamazoo … The teams last met in 2017 with the Polar Bears scoring a 3-1 home win … ONU won 1-0 in Kalamazoo in 2014 … The Polar Bears have outscored the Hornets 22-6 in the series … KC's lone win in the series was a 2-1 victory in Ada in 2003.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his third season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 24-13-5, a .611 win percentage.