Women's Lacrosse: Baldwin Wallace (2-10 Overall, 2-10 OAC) at Ohio Northern (6-9 Overall, 6-9 OAC)
Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: The Polar Bears will conclude their 2021 regular season on Wednesday with a 7 pm contest against Baldwin Wallace at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... ONU will clinch its first-ever OAC Tournament appearance with a victory tonight ... Northern would also clinch with a loss and a BW loss to Capital on Saturday or a loss and Marietta losses to Otterbein and Heidelberg this week ... 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 23-4 victory at Muskingum on Saturday ... Sophomore Meredith Miller and freshmen Noel Orioli and Emma Perry all had career days for Ohio Northern ... Miller scored 5 goals, Orioli had 4 goals, 3 assists and 7 points and Perry scored 4 points to lead ONU ... Freshman Sydney Kilgore, who will miss the remainder of the season with an injury, is 3rd in the OAC and is 5th nationally with 49 goals this season ... She also broke the school's single-season scoring records with 69 points and 20 assists this season ... Senior Annie McArn is ONU's all-time career leader in draw controls with 187 and is 3rnd in the OAC with 72 this season ... She is 3rd all-time at ONU with 79 goals and 100 points and is 4th with 21 assists ... She is second on the team with 35 goals and 51 points and Miller is third on the team with 20 goals ... This year's OAC Tournament has been expanded to 6 teams with the first round on April 27 ... The semifinals will be on April 29 with the finals on May 1 ... The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 16-6 win at Muskingum in their last game on April 10 ... The BW-Heidelberg game on April 14 was canceled due to COVID-19 protcols at HU ... BW needs victories in its last two matches (at ONU, v Capital) and a bit of help to qualify for the 6-team OAC Tournament ... Senior Maddie Ray leads BW in scoring this season with 30 goals, 11 assists and 41 points ... Sophomore Kaitlyn Hradek is second with 22 goals and freshman Deanna Loukas is third with 21 goals ... Senior Ashleigh Hildreth has 132 saves and a 14.33 GAA in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Kilgore | 49 | 1. | Kilgore | 20 | 1. | Kilgore | 69 | 1. | Kilgore | 87 | 1. | Naugle | 33 | ||||
2. | McArn | 35 | 2. | McArn | 16 | 2. | McArn | 51 | 2. | McArn | 61 | 2. | Wells | 27 | ||||
3. | Miller | 27 | 3. | Thomson | 10 | 3. | Orioli | 29 | 3. | Orioli | 53 | Grace | 27 | |||||
Miller | 53 |
All-Time Series: Baldwin Wallace leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 4-1 margin ... ONU is 0-2 at home and 1-2 at Berea ... ONU won this year's earlier meeting 17-15 on March 10 at Finnie Stadium in Berea.
ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her sixth season at Ohio Northern with a 31-52 record, a winning percentage of .373 ... She is 63-64 in nine years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .496.