Men’s Soccer: Wilmington (8-4-2 Overall, 3-1-1 OAC) at #21 Ohio Northern (9-2-3 Overall, 4-0-1 OAC)

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, 7 p.m. — Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio

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Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday hosting Wilmington … Northern is ranked No. 21 nationally in this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll and leads the OAC standings … ONU is ranked No. 2 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll behind Kenyon, which is ranked No. 3 nationally … Northern also received 56 voting points in this week's D3soccer.com Top 25 poll, putting it at No. 30 in that poll … The Polar Bears are coming off Saturday's 2-1 win at John Carroll that extended their current unbeaten streak to 11 games … ONU is 8-0-3 since falling to then-No. 7 North Park (Ill.) on Sept. 4 … Fifth-year senior Levi King and sophomore Sam McKee scored ONU's goals against JCU … King scored in the 25th minute on an assist from junior Cade Winchester, and McKee scored what proved to be the game-winner in the 47th minute after JCU had scored in the 33rd minute … Sophomore Lucas Hickey tallied six saves in goal for ONU, improving his record to 3-0-1 on the season … King has scored in three of the past four games and earned OAC Offensive Player of the Week honors after tallying two goals and one assist in two games last week … Through 14 games, 13 different players have scored goals for ONU this season, and 19 different players have recorded at least one point … King, fifth-year senior Bryan Kern and senior Aaron Shelton are tied for the team lead with four goals each, which is tied for ninth in the OAC … Kern has a team-best six assists and 14 points, which ranks second and tied for sixth, respectively, in the OAC … King and Shelton have 11 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 10th all-time at ONU with six career shutouts … Hickey has 17 saves on the season with a 1.60 GAA and .708 save percentage … King has 36 career goals, which ranks seventh on the program's all-time list … King is tied for seventh in program history with 96 career points, and his 24 assists are tied for ninth all time … Wilmington enters Wednesday's game coming off Saturday's 2-0 home win over Marietta … Senior Elorm Dogbey and freshman Gio Alvarez scored goals for the Quakers … Freshman goalkeeper Thomas Grimes tallied three saves in recording his fifth shutout of the season … Through 14 games, 13 different players have scored a goal for WC, and 15 different players have recorded at least one point … Dogbey has a team-high seven goals and 16 points on the season, which both rank fourth in the OAC … Senior Casey Miller has 11 points via four goals and three assists … Grimes has started 11 games in goal for WC this season, posting 41 saves, a 0.65 GAA and .854 save percentage … Grimes ranks third in the OAC in save percentage and fourth in both saves and GAA.

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Series Record: Wilmington leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by an 18-12-2 margin, including an 8-6-2 mark in Ada … WC has won three straight meetings by a combined score of 6-2 … In the teams' last meeting, in 2021, the Quakers came away with a 3-1 win in Ada.

Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his fourth season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 39-19-10 for a winning percentage of .623 and is 19-9-4 in OAC games for a winning percentage of .635.