Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (6-2-2 Overall, 1-0-0 OAC) at Otterbein (6-1-1 Overall, 0-0-1 OAC)

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, 7 p.m. — Memorial Stadium, Westerville, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday at Otterbein in a rematch of last season's OAC Tournament semifinal game … Otterbein won that game 1-0 before falling to John Carroll in the championship game to finish as the 2021 OAC Tournament runner-up …  The Polar Bears are coming off Saturday's 3-2 win at Mount Union in what marked the OAC opener for both teams … Goals from junior Cade Winchester and senior Aaron Shelton followed a Mount Union own goal to account for ONU's scoring in the game … Fifth-year senior Levi King assisted Winchester's goal, and junior Ben Sundermann and sophomore Stephen Duggan assisted Shelton's goal … The Polar Bears have not lost since Sept. 4, going 5-0-2 in their last seven games … Northern is listed sixth in the "Also receiving votes" category in this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, putting the Polar Bears at No. 31 in the poll … ONU is ranked No. 3 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll behind Kenyon and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) … Through 10 games, 11 different players have scored goals for ONU this season, and 16 different players have recorded at least one point … Fifth-year senior Bryan Kern has a team-high three goals and nine points and is tied with sophomore Ryan Sommerfeld for the team lead with three assists … Kern is tied for sixth in the OAC in points and is tied for seventh in goals … Sommerfeld, Winchester, Shelton and sophomore Ryan Parker are tied for second on the team with two goals each … Sommerfeld ranks second on the team with seven points, and Parker and Shelton have six points each… Senior goalkeeper Josh Ellis has 31 saves on the season along with a 1.35 GAA and a .705 save percentage … Ellis is tied for fifth in the OAC in saves and is tied for 10th all-time at ONU with six career shutouts … Fifth-year senior Levi King has 33 career goals, which is tied for 10th on the program's all-time career goals list … King ranks eighth in program history with 88 career points … Otterbein enters Wednesday's game with its only loss being 2-1 at Case Western Reserve on Sept. 10 … OU is coming off Saturday's 1-1 draw at Capital … Capital took a 1-0 lead with a goal in the 19th minute, but the Cardinals answered with a goal from senior Will Isaac to tie the score in the 41st minute … Isaac has scored in three straight games and has a team-best six goals, four assists and 16 points on the season … Isaac ranks third in the OAC in points, tied for second in assists and tied for third in goals … Junior Mark Wischmeyer and senior Gabe Sharrock have three goals each to go with eight and seven points, respectively … Junior Casey Thompson has started all eight games in goal for OU, posting 17 saves, a 0.63 GAA and .773 save percentage … Thompson ranks third in the OAC in GAA … Otterbein went 7-0-2 in conference play and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Championships last season.

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Series Record: Otterbein leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a 24-17-2 margin, including 14-7-1 in Westerville … The teams met twice last season, tying 2-2 in the regular season before Otterbein came away with a 1-0 win in the OAC Tournament semifinals.

Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his fourth season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 36-19-9 for a winning percentage of .609 and is 16-9-3 in OAC games for a winning percentage of .607.