Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (7-8 Overall, 1-5 OAC) at John Carroll (10-4 Overall, 4-2 OAC)
Saturday, April 30, 2016 - 1 pm, Don Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears will play the final game of their inaugural season on Saturday at John Carroll ... The Polar Bears are coming off a thrilling 14-13 overtime victory over Wilmington on Senior Night on Wednesday ... Sophomore Aliya Hutman-Zahler scored in the fourth minute of overtime to give Ohio Northern the victory ... Trailing 13-12, freshman Maddie Storr scored her fifth goal of the night with three seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 13-all and send it into overtime ... Through 15 games this season, Storr leads the team and is 2nd in the OAC with 49 and has a team-high 51 points ... Freshman Maggie Fuller is second on the team with 33 goals and a team-best 9 assists for 42 points and freshman Alexandra Miller is third on the team with 15 goals and 6 assists for 21 points ... Sophomore Shannen Larsen Van Alstine is 6-8 with a 13.12 GAA and is 3rd in the OAC with 144 saves in goal for ONU ... John Carroll clinched a spot in next week's 4-team OAC Tournament with a 17-13 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday ... Freshman Jill Mallard led the way by scoring a team-high seven goals on the evening. The sophomore duo of Grace Curatello and Gina Vilsack chipped in four and three goals respectively in the winning effort ... Curatolo leads JCU with 69 points on 43 goals and a team-high 26 assists ... Vilsack leads JCU with 45 goals and is second with 21 assists and 66 points ... Caroline Smith is 9-3 with an 11.58 GAA and 47 saves in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Storr | 49 |
1. | Fuller | 9 |
1. | Storr | 51 |
1. | Storr |
109 | 1. |
Larsen Van Alstine | 48 |
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2. |
Fuller | 33 |
2. |
Miller | 6 |
2. |
Fuller | 42 |
2. | Fuller | 72 |
2. |
Storr | 35 |
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3. |
Miller | 15 |
3. |
Hutman-Zahler | 3 |
3. |
Miller |
21 |
3. |
Miller | 51 |
3. |
Cousins |
34 |
All-Time Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
ONU head coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger in her first season at ONU with a 7-8 record, a winning percentage of .467.