No. 14 Men's Soccer eliminated in penalty kicks by Otterbein in OAC Tournament Semifinals

ADA — The No. 14-ranked Ohio Northern men's soccer team was eliminated in penalty kicks by Otterbein in the OAC Tournament Semifinals on Thursday afternoon.

The Basics

• The teams played to a 1-1 draw in regulation and two overtime periods.
• The Cardinals then advanced in the tournament on penalty kicks 5-4.
• The match is officially recorded as a tie.
• Records: #14 Ohio Northern (13-3-4 overall), Otterbein (11-6-3 Overall).
• Venue: Kerscher Stadium — Ada, Ohio.

The Match

• Otterbein scored 3:55 into the second half to go ahead 1-0 on a goal by Carter Ely.
• Junior Alex Shaffer (Galena/St. Francis DeSales) picked up his first goal of the season at the 71:15 mark on a magnificent 35-yard blast off assists from junior Gage Foster (Mason) and freshman Johnny Roussakis (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central)
• Senior Lucas Hickey (Conroe, Tex./Oak Ridge) had three saves in goal for ONU.
• After two 10-minute overtime periods did not produce a match-winning goal, the teams went to a 5-round penalty kick segment.
• Each team scored in round one and missed in round two.
• The teams traded goals for the next three rounds, sending the penalty kick competition into a sixth round.
• The Cardinals advanced in the tournament with a fifth PK goal, while ONU's attempt was saved to end it at 5-4.
• ONU out-shot OU 19-11 and had a 9-4 advantage in corner kicks.

Notables

• Otterbein leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 24-19-5 margin.
• Northern is 5-0-2 in the series at Kerscher Stadium.
• ONU is the No. 2 seed, Otterbein is the No. 3 seed in the tournament.
• Senior Ryan Sommerfeld (Dublin/Coffman) leads the team this season with 23 points, eight goals and seven assists.
• Fifth-year senior Will Shaffer (Galena/St. Francis DeSales) is right behind with 20 points on seven goals and six assists.
• This is the 50th season of Ohio Northern men's soccer. The Polar Bears are now 540-298-79 all-time in program history.
• Sixth-year head coach Chris Matejka is now 69-30-20 at Ohio Northern.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will now wait until Monday to see if they receive an at-large bid to the NCAA III Tournament.