Women’s Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (4-4 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at Mount Union (3-2 Overall, 0-0 OAC)

Saturday, March 26, 2022, 11 a.m. - Mount Union Stadium, Alliance, Ohio

Saturday's Game: 

Ohio Northern opens Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday at Mount Union … This marks the Polar Bears' seventh game away from home this season … ONU is coming off last Wednesday's 20-2 home win over Earlham (Ind.) … Northern also tallied 20 goals in their previous game, a 20-3 victory over Northwestern (Minn.) in a neutral-site contest at Southwestern (Tex.) … Against Earlham, sophomore Avary Snyder and junior Meredith Miller led the way for the Polar Bear offense with a combined 10 goals … Snyder scored a career-high six goals and added two assists for a career-high eight points … Miller tallied four goals and one assist in the game … Freshman Keaghan Burden also tallied five points, scoring two goals and adding three assists … Through eight games this season, sophomore Sydney Kilgore leads the Polar Bears in scoring with 25 goals, which ranks fourth in the OAC … Kilgore also has a team-high 37 draw controls, which ranks fourth in the OAC … Burden has a team-high 14 assists, which is tied for second in the OAC … Sophomore Elizabeth Graham leads the team with 32 points via 19 goals and 13 assists … Graham ranks fourth in the OAC in assists and points and is tied for ninth in goals … Junior Meredith Miller leads Northern in ground balls (26) and caused turnovers (14), which ranks third and tied for fourth, respectively, in the OAC … Kilgore currently ranks fourth on ONU's all-time career goal scoring list with 74 in just 21 games … She also ranks fourth in program history with 22 assists, needing just four more to tie Sydney Skelding ('18-'20) for the all-time lead … Kilgore ranks fifth all-time with 96 career points and is fourth with 80 draw controls … Kilgore has 13 career hat tricks, which ranks third all-time at ONU … Miller is ninth all-time at ONU with 45 career goals, is sixth with 48 draw controls and is eighth with 42 caused turnovers … Senior Kate Naugle is seventh on the all-time career ground ball list with 84 … Junior Lacey Wernoch ranks eighth all-time in caused turnovers with 39 … Sophomore goalkeeper Molly Dixson is tied for second all-time at ONU with nine victories and ranks third with 117 saves … Mount Union enters Saturday's game coming off Wednesday's 16-12 win at Oberlin ... Sophomore Julia Bates scored five goals to go with four from senior Sydney Bumbarger to lead the Purple Raiders in the game ... Bumbarger leads the Purple Raiders in goals (22) and points (24) ... Sophomore Eden Kesler ranks second on the team in goals with 15 ... Sophomore Katie Clark leads the team in assists with 12 and ranks second on the team with 23 points ... Goalkeeper Molly McGinnis is 3-2 on the season with 44 saves, a .449 save percentage and 12.00 GAA.

Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Mount Union by an 0-6 margin, including an 0-2 mark on the road … UMU swept both meetings in 2021, winning 17-9 in Ada on March 6 and 20-8 in Alliance on April 3.

ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her seventh season at Ohio Northern with a 37-57 record, a winning percentage of .394 ... She is 69-69 in 10 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .500.