Women's Lacrosse: Muskingum (0-2 Overall, 0-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (3-3 Overall, 3-3 OAC)
Saturday, March 13, 2021, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: The Polar Bears will continue their 2021 season on Wednesday with a 1 pm contest against Muskingum at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games due based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public will not be admitted ... ONU is coming off a 17-15 win at Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday ... Freshman Sydney Kilgore tied a school record with 10 points, scoring seven goals and adding three assists, to lead Ohio Northern ... She tied the single-game mark held by Maddie Storr in 2019 and Rachel Shipman in 2017 ... Kilgore's seven goals ties her personal high mark and is the fifth time in six games she has had a hat trick with three or more goals ... Senior Annie McArn and freshman Noel Orioli also had three-goal hat tricks for the Polar Bears ... Kilgore leads the OAC and is second nationally with 29 goals this season ... She also leads the nation with 36 points ... McArn is ONU's all-time career leader in draw controls with 148 and leads the OAC with 33 this season ... She is 4th all-time at ONU with 58 goals and 72 points and is fifth with 14 assists ... She leads the OAC with 9 assists and is seventh in the league with 23 points this season ... Kilgore and sophomore Maddie Girard are tied for fourth in the OAC in assists with 7 ... Freshman Molly Dixson is fifth in the OAC with 38 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 Capital ... The Muskies are still looking for their first victory this season and are coming off a 22-4 loss to Capital on Saturday ... MU has also fallen to Mount Union 19-2 after having its first three games canceled due to COVID-19 protocol issues ... Junior Ralyah Johnson leads MU with 3 goals ... Senior Carly Spitz has 2 goals and assists for 3 points ... Freshman Cailin Wise has 23 saves in two games.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Kilgore | 29 | 1. | McArn | 9 | 1. | Kilgore | 36 | 1. | Kilgore | 45 | 1. | Wells | 15 | ||||
2. | McArn | 14 | 2. | Girard | 7 | 2. | McArn | 23 | 2. | McArn | 31 | 2. | Grace | 13 | ||||
3. | Perry | 8 | 3. | Kilgore | 7 | 3. | Orioli | 11 | 3. | Orioli | 22 | 3. | McArn | 12 | ||||
Miller | 8 | Naugle | 12 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 3-1 margin ... ONU is 0-1 at home and 3-0 at New Concord ... ONU won last year's meeting 18-5 at McConagha Stadium.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her sixth season at Ohio Northern with a 27-46 record, a winning percentage of .370 ... She is 61-58 in nine years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .513.