Women's Lacrosse: Otterbein (6-3 Overall, 6-3 OAC) at Ohio Northern (4-5 Overall, 4-5 OAC)
Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: The Polar Bears will continue their 2021 season on Wednesday with a 7 pm contest against Otterbein 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 26-4 loss at #18 John Carroll on Saturday ... Freshman Sydney Kilgore is third in the OAC and is fourth nationally with 36 goals this season ... She also is second in the league with 17 assists and is third in the league with 53 points ... Senior Annie McArn is ONU's all-time career leader in draw controls with 160 and is fourth in the OAC with 45 this season ... She is 4th all-time at ONU with 65 goals and 80 points and is fifth with 15 assists ... She is ninth in the OAC with 10 assists and is 10th in the league with 31 points this season ... Sophomore Meredith Miller is third on the team with 12 goals and freshman Noel Orioli is fourth with 11 goals ... Freshman Molly Dixson is fifth in the OAC with 53 saves in goal ... Both Ohio Northern (118-of 236) and its opponents (144-of-288) have an even .500 shooting percentage this season ... ONU is second ion the league with 182 ground balls ... This year's OAC Tournament has been expanded to a 6-team affair with the first round on April 27 ... The semifinals will be on April 29 with the finals on May 1 ... All games will be hosted by the higher seeded team ... ONU will return to action Saturday at Mount Union ... The Cardinals are coming off a 13-9 victory at Baldwin Wallace on Saturday ... Senior Julia Karas had 4 goals and junior Macey Buchanan and sophomore Emily Willms had 3 goals each for OU ... Sophomore Leah McNutt had 14 saves in goal to get the win and improve to 6-3 with 86 saves and a 10.00 GAA this season ... Karas leads the team and is fourth in the OAC with 32 goals this season ... She also has 6 assists and a team-best 38 points ... Wilms is second on the team with 27 goals and 32 points and Buchanan is third with 26 goals and is fourth with 29 points.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kilgore | 36 | 1. | Kilgore | 17 | 1. | Kilgore | 53 | 1. | Kilgore | 57 | 1. | Wells | 20 | ||||
| 2. | McArn | 21 | 2. | McArn | 10 | 2. | McArn | 31 | 2. | McArn | 40 | Kilgore | 20 | |||||
| 3. | Miller | 12 | 3. | Girard | 7 | 3. | Orioli | 15 | 3. | Orioli | 33 | McArn | 20 |
All-Time Series: Otterbein leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 5-0 margin ... ONU is 0-1 at home and 0-4 at Westerville ... OU won this year's earlier meeting 21-16 at Memorial Stadium in Westerville.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her sixth season at Ohio Northern with a 30-48 record, a winning percentage of .385 ... She is 62-60 in nine years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .508.
