Women's Lacrosse: John Carroll (9-6 Overall, 4-3 OAC) at Ohio Northern (7-8 Overall, 3-4 OAC)
Saturday, April 27, 2019, 1 pm - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern will wrap up its regular season and will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday against John Carroll at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... The Polar Bears will honor senior Emily Hershberger in a pregame ceremony ... ONU is mathematically alive for the fourth and final spot in next week's 4-team OAC Tournament ... ONU could force a 3-way tie with JCU and Otterbein with a win over JCU and an OU loss to BW on Saturday ... ONU would win the 3-team tiebreaker by holding JCU to 13 goals or less and defeating JCU by 11 goals or more ... In 13 games this season, junior Betsy Naugle leads the team with 35 goals and is second with 44 points ... Junior Maddie Storr is second with 33 goals and leads the team with 15 assists and 48 points ... Sophomore Sydney Skelding is third with 29 goals and 38 points ... Junior Ann McArn leads the team with 42 draw controls ... Storr and Naugle rank 1-2 on ONU's all-time career scoring list with 92 and 84 goals, respectively ... Storr (113) and Naugle (105) are also 1-2 in ONU history in total points ... Hershberger is ONU's career leader in CTs with 98 ... Junior Kelli Hill leads the OAC with 175 saves and is second in the OAC with a .535 save percentage ... The Blue Streaks enter Saturday's game tied for fourth place in the OAC with a 4-3 mark ... JCU would clinch the 4th seed in next week's 4-team OAC Tournament with a win today ... JCU is coming off a 21-2 victory over Heidelberg on Wednesday ... Alex Heishman scored 6 goals and Alexis George and Colleen Grombala had 5 goals each ... Grombala is 4th in the OAC with 47 goals and 65 points.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | B.Naugle | 35 | 1. | Storr | 15 | 1. | Storr | 48 | 1. | Storr | 77 | 1. | Hill | 42 | ||||
2. | Storr | 33 | 2. | B.Naugle | 9 | 2. | B.Naugle | 44 | 2. | Skelding | 71 | 2. | Hershberger | 32 | ||||
3. | Skelding | 29 | Skelding | 9 | 3. | Skelding | 38 | 3. | Lohman | 62 | 3. | McArn | 31 |
All-Time Series: John Carroll leads the series between the two schools by a 3-0 margin ... JCU won last year's meeeting 26-2 in University Heights.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her fourth season at Ohio Northern with a 23-40 record, a winning percentage of .371 ... She is 55-51 in six years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .519.