Men’s Soccer: Capital (9-4-1 Overall, 4-1-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (8-6-2 Overall, 3-3-0 OAC)
Saturday, October 23, 2021, 1 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Saturday marks Ohio Northern's Senior Day game … The Polar Bears are coming off of Wednesday's 1-0 home win over Heidelberg … Freshman Ryan Sommerfeld provided the game-winning margin with the first goal of his career, which came on an assist from junior Daunte George … The Polar Bears are currently in fifth place in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings … 14 different players have scored a goal for ONU this season … Northern has scored 30 goals while allowing 17 this season … Freshman Trevor Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 8 goals, which ranks third in the OAC … Senior Levi 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 49 shots, which leads the OAC … Senior goalkeeper John Lombardo has registered 6 shutouts, 47 saves, a .734 save percentage and a GAA of 1.10 … Lombardo ranks second in the OAC in shutouts and fourth in saves … Lombardo has 22 career shutouts, tying him with Aaron Collins ('05-'08) for third place on the program's all-time leaderboard in that category and putting him 5 shy of the 27 posted by Dean McNeil ('14-'17) … Capital enters Saturday's game coming off of Wednesday's 3-0 home win over Muskingum, which was its eighth shutout of the season … CU is currently in third place in the OAC standings … The Comets have scored 32 goals while giving up 17 this season and are 4-1-1 in road games … Sophomore Jack Kossoudji has a team-high 6 goals … Sophomore Jack Francisco has a team-leading 13 points on 5 goals and 3 assists … Freshman goalkeeper Connor Sexton has played in 8 games, with 5 starts, and leads the OAC in goals against (3) and save percentage (.889) and ranks second in GAA (0.51).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 8 | 1. | King | 7 | 1. | King | 17 | 1. | Lombardo | 47 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | King | 5 | 2. | Locke | 5 | 2. | Tabb | 16 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.10 | ||||
| 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 9 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Capital by a 26-14-5 margin and is 12-10-1 against the Comets in Ada … The teams last met in April as part of the COVID-delayed 2020 season with ONU getting a 1-0 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 27-16-6, a .592 win percentage, and an OAC record of 13-9-2 (.569 winning percentage).
