Men’s Soccer: Heidelberg (5-7-2 Overall, 1-2-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (7-6-2 Overall, 2-3-0 OAC)
Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Wednesday's game coming off of Saturday's 2-1 overtime loss at Ohio Athletic Conference co-leader John Carroll … Freshman Noah Zebrak scored his first career goal in the game on an assist from senior Levi King … 13 different players have scored a goal for ONU this season … Northern has scored 29 goals while allowing 17 this season … Freshman Trevor Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 8 goals, which ranks third in the OAC … King leads the team in assists with 7, which is tied for the top spot in the OAC, and in points with 17, which ranks fifth in the OAC … Senior Bryan Kern has attempted a team-high 48 shots, which leads the OAC … Senior goalkeeper John Lombardo has registered 5 shutouts, 45 saves, a .726 save percentage and a GAA of 1.18 … Lombardo is tied for second in the OAC in shutouts and is tied for third in saves … Lombardo has 21 career shutouts, putting him one shy of tying Aaron Collins ('05-'08) for third place on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category … Heidelberg enters Wednesday's game coming off of Saturday's 2-0 loss to conference co-leader Otterbein … The Student Princes have scored 17 goals while giving up 19 this season and are 4-2-1 in road games … Freshman Rafael Bellucci Marin leads HU in goals (4), assists (3), points (11) and shots (29) … Sophomore Christopher Flores ranks second on the team in goals with 3 … Senior goalkeeper Sigurd Ilestad has played the entirety of all 14 games for HU and ranks second in the OAC in saves (68) and fifth in the OAC in save percentage (.782).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 8 | 1. | King | 7 | 1. | King | 17 | 1. | Lombardo | 45 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | King | 5 | 2. | Locke | 5 | 2. | Tabb | 16 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.18 | ||||
| 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 9 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Heidelberg by a 40-8-4 margin, including a 20-2-3 mark in Ada … ONU has won 6 straight games, and 11 of the last 12, in the series… The teams last met in April as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season with ONU getting a 6-2 road 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 26-16-6, a .583 win percentage, and an OAC record of 12-9-2 (.551 winning percentage).
