Men’s Soccer: Wilmington (9-0-2 Overall, 2-0-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (7-4-2 Overall, 2-1-0 OAC)
Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Wednesday's match coming off of Saturday's 4-0 win at Muskingum … Senior Levi King scored 2 goals in that game to go with 1 each from freshmen Trevor Tabb and Sam McKee … Freshman Tanner Locke registered 2 assists in the game to go with 1 from senior Seth Gundlach … 11 different players have scored a goal for ONU this season … Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 8 goals and 16 points, which ranks second and tied for fourth, respectively, in the Ohio Athletic Conference … King has 5 goals this season to go with 3 from Gundlach … King and Locke lead the team in assists with 5 each, which ranks second in the OAC … Senior Bryan Kern has attempted a team-high 42 shots, which leads the OAC … Senior goalkeeper John Lombardo has registered 5 shutouts, 37 saves, a .755 save percentage and a GAA of 0.96 … Lombardo is tied for the OAC lead in shutouts, ranks third in saves, fourth in GAA and sixth in save percentage … Lombardo has 21 career shutouts, putting him one shy of tying Aaron Collins for third place on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … Wilmington enters Wednesday coming off of Saturday's 2-1 overtime win over Mount Union … The Quakers are unbeaten thus far with 9 wins and 2 ties and are 4-0-1 on the road … They have outscored their opponents 35-6 on the season … Seniors Yusef Muqtadir and reigning OAC Forward of the Year Elorm Dogbey lead the team in goals with 7 and 6, respectively … Muqtadir is tied for third in the OAC in goals, is third in points (17) and tied for fourth in shots (35) … Senior goalkeeper Felix Maurer ranks second in the OAC in save percentage (.846) and GAA (0.54), is tied for second in goals allowed (6) and is fifth in saves (33).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 8 | 1. | King | 5 | 1. | Tabb | 16 | 1. | Lombardo | 37 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | King | 5 | Locke | 5 | 2. | King | 15 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 0.96 | |||||
| 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 9 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Wilmington by a 12-17-2 margin and is 6-7-2 against the Quakers in Ada … ONU is looking to end a two-game losing streak to WC … The teams last met in March as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season with Wilmington getting a 1-0 home win.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his third season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 26-14-6, a .609 win percentage, and an OAC record of 12-7-2 (.603 winning percentage).
