Women's Lacrosse: Kalamazoo (Mich.) (0-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall)
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 7 pm - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team will begin its fifth varsity season on Wednesday with a home game against Kalamazoo (Mich.) ... ONU is 3-1 all-time in season openers and is 3-1 in home openers in its history ... Northern returns 7 starters and 11 letterwinners from last year's squad that tied a school record with 7 wins (7-9 overall) and was sixth in the OAC with a 3-5 mark ... Seniors Kelli Hill and Maddie Storr and juniors Megan O'Grodnik and Sydney Skelding were selected as captains this season ... Two-time All-OAC honoree Storr headlines the list of returnees after logging a season that saw her record a team-high 50 points on 34 goals and 16 assists ... Storr is the all-time program leader in goals, points, man-up goals, shots, shots on goal, draw controls and hat tricks ... Hill was named 2nd Team All-OAC in her first season as full time starter in 2019 after logging a school-record 192 saves ... Skelding was also named All-OAC in 2019 with 30 goals, 11 assists and 41 points ... Kalamazoo will open its 2020 season on Wednesday against Ohio Northern ... KC returns 6 of its 8 double-digit point scorers from last year's team that went 6-10 overall and 4-4 in the MIAA ... Two-time All-MIAA First Team member Rachel Madar returns after back-to-back seasons leading Kalamazoo in scoring ... Her 151 career goals are the most in school history ... Junior Lilly Baumann brings experience back to the KC midfield as she has tallied 58 points in 27 career starts.
ONU Returning Statistical Leaders (2019 Stats):
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Storr | 34 | 1. | Storr | 16 | 1. | Storr | 50 | 1. | Storr | 82 | 1. | Hill | 47 | ||||
2. | Skelding | 30 | 2. | Skelding | 11 | 2. | Skelding | 41 | 2. | Skelding | 74 | 2. | McArn | 34 | ||||
3. | McArn | 19 | 3. | Carter | 2 | 3. | McArn | 20 | 3. | Carter | 44 | 3. | Naugle | 25 | ||||
Thompson | 2 | Storr | 25 |
All-Time Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools ... ONU is 1-2 all-time against MIAA schools, with a win over Olivet and 0-2 against Albion.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her fifth season at Ohio Northern with a 23-41 record, a winning percentage of .359 ... She is 55-52 in six years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .514.