Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (9-6-3 Overall, 4-3-1 OAC) at Mount Union (10-4-2 Overall, 3-4-1 OAC)
Saturday, October 30, 2021, 7 p.m. — Mount Union Stadium, Alliance, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern closes out its 2021 regular-season schedule Saturday night at Mount Union … Ohio Northern entered the day tied with Capital in fourth place in the Ohio Athletic Conference standings while owning the head-to-head win over the Comets … The Polar Bears are coming off of Wednesday's 2-2 draw at No. 8 Otterbein with goals coming from seniors Seth Gundlach and Levi King … Freshmen Ryan Sommerfeld and Sam McKee and senior Bryan Kern tallied assists in the game … 15 different players have scored a goal for ONU this season … Northern has outscored its opponents 35-19 this season and is 5-3-3 in road games … 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 20, which is third in the OAC … Kern has attempted an OAC-high 55 shots … Senior goalkeeper John Lombardo has registered 7 shutouts, 53 saves, a .736 save percentage and a GAA of 1.08 … Lombardo is tied for first in the OAC in shutouts and is tied for third in saves … Lombardo's 23 career shutouts rank third all-time at ONU, and his 196 career saves rank eighth in program history … Mount Union enters Saturday's match coming off of Wednesday's 1-0 home win over Baldwin Wallace and in seventh place in the OAC standings … The Purple Raiders have outscored opponents 29-14 and have 9 shutouts on the season … Senior Rylan Wikle is tied for second in the OAC in shots (49), tied for fourth in goals (7) and assists (5) and ranks fourth in points (19) … Senior Christian Egan ranks third in the OAC in assists (6) … Junior goalkeeper Tyler Venti has started 11 games and has a .717 save percentage and 1.11 GAA while making 33 saves and registering 4 shutouts … Venti ranks fifth in the OAC in goals allowed (13).
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tabb | 8 | 1. | King | 8 | 1. | King | 20 | 1. | Lombardo | 53 | 1. | Ellis | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | King | 6 | 2. | Locke | 5 | 2. | Tabb | 16 | 2. | Ellis | 1 | 2. | Lombardo | 1.08 | ||||
| Gundlach | 6 | 3. | Gundlach | 3 | 3. | Gundlach | 15 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Mount Union by a 29-13-6 margin and is 12-9-2 against the Purple Raiders on the road … The teams met twice in April as part of the delayed 2020 season with ONU getting a 2-1 home win to close the regular season and a 1-0 overtime victory at home in the OAC Tournament quarterfinals.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his third season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 28-16-7, a .595 win percentage, and an OAC record of 14-9-3 (.577 winning percentage).