Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (7-6 Overall, 3-2 OAC) at Capital (9-4 Overall, 6-0 OAC)
Friday, April 19, 2019, 2 pm - Bernlohr Stadium, Bexley, Ohio
Friday's Game: Ohio Northern will travel to Columbus to face league-leading Capital in an afternoon contest at Bernlohr Stadium ... The Polar Bears are coming off an 18-4 victory over Marietta on Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... Junior Maddie Storr tied a school record with 10 points on six goals and four assists to lead Ohio Northern ... The Polar Bears also got 5 goals and an assist from sophomore Sydney Skelding and 4 goals from junior Betsy Naugle in the victory ... Junior Kelli Hill was magnificent in goal, stopping 14 of the 18 shots on goal she faced, a save percentage of .778 ... Hill was named the OAC Defensive Player of the Week last week after tying a school record with a 22-save performance against BW and her 14-save game against MC last week ... In 13 games this season, junior Betsy Naugle leads the team with 33 goals and is second with 9 assists and 42 points ... Storr is second with 31 goals and leads the team with 15 assists for 46 points ... Sophomore Sydney Skelding is third on the team with 29 goals and 36 points ... Sophomore Sabra Woodruff leads the team with 39 draw controls ... Storr and Naugle rank 1-2 on ONU's all-time career scoring list with 84 and 78 goals, respectively ... Lohman is ONU's career leader with 90 draw controls and senior Emily Hershberger is the career leader in Caused Turnovers with 92 ... Hill leads the OAC with 149 saves and is second in the OAC with a .554 save percentage ... Storr (111) and Naugle (103) are 1-2 in ONU history in total points ... The Crusaders are tied for first place in the OAC with Mount Union with a 6-0 record and are ranked seventh in the NCAA Division III Mid-South Region ... CU is riding a six-game winning streak, one shy of tying a program record set in both 2017 and 2018 ... Amidst the current run, the Crusaders have held their opponent to one or fewer goals three times, including two shutouts ... CU is coming off an 18-7 win over Otterbein on Saturday ... Junior Kathryn Walton leads the team and is 4th in the OAC with 44 goals and is third in the league with 62 points ... Sophomore Brooke Delara is fourth in the OAC with 29 assists and 61 points to go with 32 goals.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | B.Naugle | 33 | 1. | Storr | 15 | 1. | Storr | 46 | 1. | Storr | 72 | 1. | Hill | 32 | ||||
2. | Storr | 31 | 2. | B.Naugle | 9 | 2. | B.Naugle | 42 | 2. | Skelding | 64 | 2. | Hershberger | 27 | ||||
3. | Skelding | 29 | 3. | Skelding | 7 | 3. | Skelding | 36 | 3. | B.Naugle | 59 | 3. | McArn | 26 | ||||
All-Time Series: Capital leads the series between the two schools by a 3-0 margin ... CU won last year's game 23-2 in Ada.
ONU head coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger in her second season at ONU with a 23-38 record, a winning percentage of .377. She is 55-50 in six years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .524.