Women's Lacrosse: Mount Union (3-0 Overall, 3-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (2-2 Overall, 2-2 OAC)
Saturday, March 6, 2020, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: The Polar Bears will continue their 2021 season on Saturday with a 1 pm contest against Mount Union 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 ... ONU is coming off a 15-4 home win over Heidelberg on Wednesday ... Northern led 5-0 out of the gate, was up 8-1 at the 14:39 mark of the first half and scored three straight goals in 2:06 late in the half to lead 12-2 at intermission ... HU got within 12-4 with 18:05 left, but ONU would score the game's final three goals to put the game away. ... Freshman Sydney Kilgore scored six goals for her fourth consecutive hat trick and freshman Emma Perry picked up her first collegiate hat trick with three goals to lead Ohio Northern ... Kilgore has now posted hat tricks in all four of her collegiate contests for the Polar Bears ... Kilgore leads the OAC and is second nationally with 21 goals this season ... She also leads the OAC and is fourth nationally with 23 points ... Senior Annie McArn is ONU's all-time career leader in draw controls with 141 and leads the OAC with 26 this season ... She is also second on the team and in the OAC in scoring this season with 15 points on 9 goals and 6 assists ... Sophomore Maddie Girard leads the OAC in assists with 7 ... Freshman Molly Dixson is fourth in the OAC with 27 saves in goal ... The Polar Bears will play a double-round robin schedule in the OAC as the league will not play non-conference games in 2021 ... The OAC Tournament will expand to six teams and will take place from April 27-May 1 ... ONU will return to action Wednesday at Baldwin Wallace ... The Purple Raiders are in first place in the OAC with a 3-0 record and have wins over Baldwin Wallace (14-10), Heidelberg (20-3) and Muskingum (19-2) ... UMU has won the OAC Regular Season and Tournament titles all six years since the league began the sport in 2014 ... Senior Sydney Baumberger leads the team and is second in the OAC in scoring with 12 goals and 15 points this year ... Junior Mackenzie Lewis has 9 goals and 13 points ... Senior Molly McGinnis has 12 saves, a 5.50 GAA and a 52.2 save percentage in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kilgore | 21 | 1. | Girard | 7 | 1. | Kilgore | 23 | 1. | Kilgore | 32 | 1. | Wells | 9 | ||||
| 2. | McArn | 9 | 2. | McArn | 6 | 2. | McArn | 15 | 2. | McArn | 19 | 2. | McArn | 8 | ||||
| 3. | Perry | 7 | 3. | Thomson | 3 | 3. | Perry | 7 | 3. | Orioli | 12 | Dixson | 8 | |||||
| Girard | 7 |
All-Time Series: Mount Union leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 4-0 margin ... ONU is 0-3 at home and 0-1 at Alliance ... UMU won last year's meeting 16-2 at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her sixth season at Ohio Northern with a 28-45 record, a winning percentage of .384 ... She is 60-57 in nine years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .513.
