Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (7-5-2 Overall, 2-2-0 OAC) at John Carroll (6-3-3 Overall, 3-0-1 OAC)
Saturday, October 16, 2021, 7 p.m. — Don Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Saturday's match coming off of Wednesday's 3-1 home loss to Wilmington … Senior Joe Bement scored his first career goal in the game on an assist from senior Levi King … 12 different players have scored a goal for ONU this season … Northern has scored 28 goals while allowing 15 this season … Freshman Trevor Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 8 goals, which is tied for second in the Ohio Athletic Conference … Tabb and King share the team lead in points with 16, which ranks fifth in the OAC … King has 5 goals this season to go with 3 from senior Seth Gundlach … King leads the team in assists with 6, which ranks second in the OAC … Senior Bryan Kern has attempted a team-high 46 shots, which leads the OAC … Senior goalkeeper John Lombardo has registered 5 shutouts, 39 saves, a .722 save percentage and a GAA of 1.13 … Lombardo is tied for second in the OAC lead in shutouts and ranks fourth in saves and GAA … 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 … John Carroll enters Saturday's match riding a 4-game unbeaten streak coming off of Wednesday's scoreless draw with Otterbein … The Blue Streaks are unbeaten in conference play at 3-0-1 and are 3-1-2 overall at home … They have outscored their opponents 20-11 on the season … Senior Benjamin Hryszko and freshman Jack Foht have scored a team-high 4 goals each for JCU … Hryszko leads the team in points with 10 … Seniors Connor Robinson and Connor Gynn have split time in goal for JCU, starting 6 games each … Robinson leads the OAC in goals against (2), GAA (0.31) and save percentage (.882).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 8 | 1. | King | 6 | 1. | Tabb | 16 | 1. | Lombardo | 39 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | King | 5 | 2. | Locke | 5 | King | 16 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.13 | |||||
| 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 9 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with John Carroll by a 14-22-8 margin and is 3-12-5 against the Blue Streaks in University Heights … ONU is looking to end a 3-game losing streak to JCU … The teams last met in the OAC Tournament in April as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season with JCU getting a 2-1 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 26-15-6, a .596 win percentage, and an OAC record of 12-8-2 (.576 winning percentage).