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No. 17 Men's Soccer battles to 1-1 draw at Capital

No. 17 Men's Soccer battles to 1-1 draw at Capital
Box Score
October 19, 2024

COLUMBUS — The No. 17-ranked Ohio Northern men's soccer team battled to a 1-1 draw at Capital on Saturday night.

The Basics

  • Records: #17 Ohio Northern (10-2-3 overall, 4-0-1 OAC), Capital (4-6-4 Overall, 3-1-1 OAC).
  • Venue: Bernlohr Stadium — Columbus, Ohio.

The Match

  • Capital scored first with 21 minutes gone.
  • Fifth-year senior Cade Winchester (Knoxville, Tenn./Alcoa) scored off an assist from junior Gage Foster (Mason) in the 66th minute to tie the game up.
  • Senior Lucas Hickey (Conroe, Tex./Oak Ridge) had one save in goal for ONU.
  • ONU out-shot CU 17-3 and had a 3-2 edge in corner kicks.

Notables

  • Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 29-14-6 margin.
  • Northern is 15-4-4 in Columbus.
  • Senior Ryan Sommerfeld (Dublin/Coffman) leads the team with 18 points, 6 goals and 6 assists.
  • Fifth-year senior Will Shaffer (Galena/St. Francis DeSales) also has six goals to go with four assists and 16 points.
  • This is the 50th season of Ohio Northern men's soccer. The Polar Bears are now 537-297-78 all-time in program history.
  • Sixth-year head coach Chris Matejka is now 66-29-19 at Ohio Northern.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday when they host Otterbein at Kerscher Stadium at 7 p.m.