Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (3-0 Overall) v Gwynedd Mercy (Pa.) (2-2 Overall)
Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020, Noon - Hilton Head Prep, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Tuesday's Game: The Ohio Northern women's lacrosse team is looking to extend its program-best 3-0 start with a neutral site contest against Gwynedd Mercy (Pa.) from the Atlantic East Conference ... ONU's 3-0 start is the best in the five-year history of the program ... Freshman Kiersten Schultz scored four goals and junior Sydney Skelding had three goals to lead Ohio Northern to a 14-8 victory over Trine (Ind.) on a snowy evening at Dial-Roberson Stadium last Wednesday ... The game was played in heavy snow with gusty winds and the snow-covered field made conditions difficult for both squads ... Two-time All-Conference honoree Maddie Storr picked up two goals in her season debut in the snow ... Through 3 games this season, Schultz leads the team with 11 goals and 14 points ... Skelding and freshman Maddie Girard each have a team-high 4 assists ... Senior Ann McArn is second on the team with 9 goals and is third with 11 points and Skelding is second with 12 points overall ... Storr is the all-time program leader in goals (95), points (117), shots (213), shots on goal (168), draw controls (102) and hat tricks (10) ... All-OAC senior keeper Kelli Hill is 3-0 and is second in the OAC with a 7.38 goals against average this season ... She also has 21 saves and a 51.2 save percentage ... Gwynedd Mercy is riding a 2-game winning streak with victories over Delaware Valley (Pa.) and Goucher (Md.) last week ... Samantha Brown leads the team with 14 goals in 4 games this season ... Victoria Braeunle and Victoria Mollitor haver 13 goals each and Braeunle has a team-best 5 assists and 18 points ... Reilly Owens is 2-2 with 38 saves, a 9.88 GAA and a .500 save percentage in goal for the Griffins.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Schultz | 11 | 1. | Skelding | 4 | 1. | Schultz | 14 | 1. | Schultz | 23 | 1. | McArn | 10 | ||||
| 2. | McArn | 9 | Girard | 4 | 2. | Skelding | 12 | 2. | Skelding | 17 | 2. | Schultz | 9 | |||||
| 3. | Skelding | 8 | 3. | Schultz | 3 | 3. | McArn | 11 | 3. | McArn | 16 | 3. | Miller | 8 |
All-Time Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her fifth season at Ohio Northern with a 26-41 record, a winning percentage of .388 ... She is 58-52 in six years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .527.