Women's Lacrosse: Marietta (1-0 Overall, 1-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (0-2 Overall, 0-2 OAC)
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2020, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: The Polar Bears will continue their 2021 season underway with a 1 pm contest with Marietta on Saturday at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... No fans will be allowed to attend the games due to the OAC's COVID-19 policy until at least March 5 ... Ohio Northern is coming off a 21-16 loss at Otterbein on Wednesday night ... Freshman Sydney Kilgore had her second career hat trick in as many games with a career-high seven goals to lead Ohio Northern ... Kilgore picked up three goals in the first 20 minutes of the contest and now has 10 goals in her first two intercollegiate contests, which rank her second in the OAC ... Sophomore Amanda Wells had her first career hat trick with three goals and senior Ann McArn and freshman Emma Perry had two goals each for ONU ... The game was the highest scoring contest in Ohio Northern women's lacrosse history, surpassing the 35 goals in a 20-15 Otterbein win in the 2018 meeting between these two teams in Westerville ... Kilgore leads the OAC with 12 points on her 10 goals and 2 assists ... Freshman Molly Dixson is second in the OAC with 20 saves 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 ... ONU will return to action Wednesday at 7 pm at home with Heidelberg ... The Pioneers opened their third varsity season with a 14-7 victory at Heidelberg last Sunday ... Junior Rachel Sivie and freshman Hope Adams had three goals each to lead MC ... Junior Maddie Leers had 15 saves in goal to earn the win ... Marietta's game at Muskingum on Wednesday was canceled due to COVID-19 protocol issues with the Muskies ... Marietta was 5-1 last season after a 3-13 inaugural campaign in 2019 ... Sophomore Mackenzie Dyott led MC with 23 goals in six games in 2020.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kilgore | 10 | 1. | Kilgore | 2 | 1. | Kilgore | 12 | 1. | Kilgore | 14 | 1. | Dixson | 6 | ||||
| 2. | McArn | 4 | McArn | 2 | 2. | McArn | 6 | 2. | McArn | 8 | 2. | McArn | 4 | |||||
| 3. | Wells | 3 | 3. | Thomson | 1 | 3. | Wells | 3 | 3. | Wells | 5 | 3. | Naugle | 3 | ||||
| Perry | 3 | Monastra | 1 | Perry | 3 | Perry | 5 | Kilgore | 3 | |||||||||
| Girard | 1 | Wells | 3 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 1-0 margin ... ONU is 1-0 at home and won last year's meeting 18-4 at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her sixth season at Ohio Northern with a 26-45 record, a winning percentage of .366 ... She is 58-57 in nine years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .505.
