Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (3-4 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at Mount Union (8-0 Overall, 1-0 OAC)

Friday, March 30, 2018, 1 pm - Mount Union Stadium, Alliance, Ohio

Friday's Game: The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team will open its OAC schedule after a 9-day layoff with a 1 pm road game at Mount Union ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 15-5 loss at Albion (Mich.) on March 21 ... Freshman Sydney Skelding had a goal and two assists and freshman Sabra Woodruff had two goals to lead ONU ... Through 7 games this season, freshman Sydney Skelding leads the team with 12 goals, 6 assists and 18 points ... Sophomore Betsy Naugle is second in scoring with 10 goals and is third with 4 assists and 14 points Skelding also has a team-best 6 assists to go with 9 goals and 15 points ... Junior Emily Hershberger leads the team and is second in the OAC with 20 caused turnovers and leads the team and is tied for fifth in the OAC with 27 ground balls ... Senior Shannen Larsen Van Alstine has 58 saves and a 14.81 GAA and sophomore Kelli Hill have 27 saves and an 8.60 GAA in goal ... The Purple Raiders enter Friday's game off a 13-7 victory at Oberlin on Wednesday ... Mount Union forced 36 Oberlin turnovers in the win ... Katie Elder had two goals and three assists for a game-high five points and Ashley Bernardi had three goals and an assist to lead the Raiders ... Mount Union leads the nation in scoring offense, averaging 21.63 goals per game, and is third in scoring defense, allowing just 3.88 goals per game ... Bernardi leads the team and is second in the OAC with 33 goals this season ... She is also second in the OAC with 21 assists and 54 points ... Mimi Curtis is 8-0 with 29 saves and a 3.76 GAA in goal.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Mount Union leads the series between the two schools by a 2-0 margin ... MtU won 22-5 in 2016 and 16-0 last season.

ONU head coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger in her second season at ONU with a 13-26 record, a winning percentage of .333.