Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (9-6-2 Overall, 4-3-0 OAC) at No. 8 Otterbein (12-0-3 Overall, 6-0-1 OAC)
Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 7 p.m. — Memorial Stadium, Westerville, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Wednesday's match coming off of Saturday's 3-0 win over Capital … Senior Seth Gundlach scored 2 goals to go with 1 from freshman Brenden Gervers … Senior Levi King and freshman Ryan Sommerfeld tallied assists in the game … Entering the final week of the regular season, the Polar Bears are in fifth place in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings … 15 different players have scored a goal for ONU this season … Northern has outscored its opponents 33-17 … Freshman Trevor Tabb leads the Polar Bears with 8 goals, which ranks third in the OAC … King leads the team in assists with 8, which ranks second in the OAC, and in points with 18, which is tied for fourth in the OAC … Senior Bryan Kern has attempted an OAC-high 50 shots … Senior goalkeeper John Lombardo has registered 7 shutouts, 49 saves, a .742 save percentage and a GAA of 1.04 … Lombardo is tied for first in the OAC in shutouts and is third in saves … Lombardo has 23 career shutouts, putting him third on the program's all-time career leaderboard in that category … OAC leader No. 8 Otterbein enters Wednesday's game unbeaten on the season with 12 wins and 3 ties … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 41-13 and have 8 shutouts on the season … Will Isaac leads the OAC in goals (10), assists (10) and points (30) … Gabe Sharrock and Silver Abraham have scored 6 goals each … Goalkeeper Andrew McIlvoy ranks third in the OAC in GAA (0.91), fourth in saves (48) and save percentage (.787) and fifth in goals allowed (13).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 8 | 1. | King | 8 | 1. | King | 18 | 1. | Lombardo | 49 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | King | 5 | 2. | Locke | 5 | 2. | Tabb | 16 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.04 | ||||
| Gundlach | 5 | 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 13 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Otterbein by a 17-23-1 margin and is 7-13-0 against the Cardinals in Westerville … The teams last met in April as part of the delayed 2020 season with ONU getting a 2-0 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 28-16-6, a .600 win percentage, and an OAC record of 14-9-2 (.587 winning percentage).