Women's Lacrosse: Marietta (5-6 Overall, 5-6 OAC) at Ohio Northern (5-7 Overall, 5-7 OAC)
Saturday, April 10, 2021, 1 p.m. - Marietta Field, Marietta, Ohio
Saturday's Game: The Polar Bears will play the 13th game of their 16-game 2021 schedule on Saturday with a 1 pm contest at Marietta ... Northern will play a double round-robin schedule against the other eight women's lacrosse playing OAC schools to determine the OAC Regular Season champion and the seeding for the 6-team OAC Tournament April 27-May 1 ... 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 24-9 victory at Heidelberg on Wednesday ... Freshman Sydney Kilgore tied the school record of eight goals set by Maddie Storr in the program's inaugural season against Urbana in 2016 ... She also set a school record with two man-down goals, scoring them just four minutes apart as ONU led 8-4 midway through the first half ... Kilgore also broke the school's single-season scoring record with 66 points and 20 assists this season ... She is currently is second the OAC and is fourth nationally with 46 goals this season ... She also is second in the league with 20 assists and is third with 58 points ... She is seventh in ONU history with 46 career goals, and is fifth with 20 assists and 66 points ... Senior Annie McArn is ONU's all-time career leader in draw controls with 175 and is second in the OAC with 60 this season ... She is third all-time at ONU with 72 goals and 91 points and is sixth with 19 assists ... She is seventh in the OAC with 14 assists and 42 points this season ... Sophomore Meredith Miller is third on the team with 18 goals and freshman Noel Orioli is fourth with 15 goals ... Miller is 11th in ONU history with 18 career goals ... Ohio Northern is second in the OAC with a .495 shooting percentage and 235 ground balls ... ONU is third in the league with 177 draw controls ... ONU will return to action Saturday at Marietta ... The Pioneers are coming off a 22-5 loss at Capital on Wednesday ... Hope Adams and Shannon Doyle lead MC in scoring with 17 goals each ... Adams and Natalie Cocco are tied for second with 19 points each ... Maddie Luers is 5-6 with 101 saves and a 13.90 GAA in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kilgore | 46 | 1. | Kilgore | 20 | 1. | Kilgore | 66 | 1. | Kilgore | 79 | 1. | Naugle | 26 | ||||
| 2. | McArn | 28 | 2. | McArn | 14 | 2. | McArn | 42 | 2. | McArn | 51 | 2. | Wells | 25 | ||||
| 3. | Miller | 18 | 3. | Girard | 7 | 3. | Orioli | 21 | 3. | Orioli | 41 | 3. | Kilgore | 24 | ||||
| Grace | 24 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 2-0 margin ... ONU is 2-0 at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... The Polar Bears won earlier this season 18-12 at Dial-Roberson Stadium in Ada.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her sixth season at Ohio Northern with a 31-50 record, a winning percentage of .383 ... She is 63-62 in nine years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .504.