Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (0-1 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at Otterbein (1-0 Overall, 1-0 OAC)

Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2020, 7 p.m. - Memorial Stadium, Westerville, Ohio

Wednesday's Game: The Polar Bears will play their first road game of its 2021 season on Wednesday at Otterbein ... No fans will be allowed to attend the games due to the OAC's COVID-19 policy until at least March 1 ... Ohio Northern opened its 2021 season with a 24-8 loss to John Carroll on Saturday at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... Freshman Sydney Kilgore had a hat trick in her first collegiate game to lead the Polar Bears ... She also had two assists and a team-best five points ... Senior Ann McArn and sophomore Kiersten Schultz added two goals each for ONU ... Freshman Molly Dixson had 11 saves and 4 ground balls in just 30 minutes of play in goal ... The Polar Bears will play a double-round robin schedule in the Ohio Athletic Conference as the league will not play non-conference games in 2021 ... ONU will play each of the eight other schools that sponsor women's lacrosse twice with one home and one away game ... The OAC Tournament will expand to six teams and will take place from April 27-May 1 ... The Cardinals opened their 2021 season with a 17-5 victory over Baldwin Wallace in the first of three consecutive home games ... Macey Buchanan led OU with four goals, including three consecutive goals in an 80-second span ... Otterbein won 17-of-23 draw controls and out-shot BW 35-17.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Otterbein leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 4-0 margin ... ONU is 0-1 at home and is 0-3 at Westerville ... Otterbein won last year's meeting 16-8 at Memorial Stadium.

ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her sixth season at Ohio Northern with a 26-44 record, a winning percentage of .371 ... She is 58-56 in nine years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .509.