Women’s Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (5-6 Overall, 1-2 OAC) at Marietta (6-5 Overall, 0-4 OAC)

Saturday, April 9, 2022, 5:30 p.m. - Marietta Field, Marietta, Ohio

Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday with a game at Marietta … The Polar Bears are coming off Wednesday's 15-10 home loss to Otterbein … Freshman Keaghan Burden tallied one goal and a career-high six assists for seven points in the game … Sophomores Sydney Kilgore and Elizabeth Graham scored three goals each … Through 11 games this season, Kilgore leads Northern in scoring with 31 goals, which ranks sixth in the OAC … Graham has 25 goals and 16 assists for a team-high 41 points, which is tied for seventh in the OAC … Burden leads ONU in assists with 23, which is third-best in the OAC and is a program record for a freshman … Junior Amanda Wells ranks third in the OAC with 57 draw controls, and her 129 career draw controls ranks second in program history … Junior Meredith Miller leads ONU in caused turnovers (20) and ground balls (32), which rank fourth and tied for sixth, respectively, in the OAC … Kilgore currently ranks fourth in goals (80) and points (106) on the school's all-time leaderboard and is tied with Sydney Skelding ('18-'20) as the program's all-time career leader in assists (26) after just 24 games … Kilgore has 15 career hat tricks, which ranks third all-time at ONU … Miller is sixth all-time at ONU with 52 career goals, is seventh with 53 draw controls and is sixth with 48 caused turnovers … Burden is tied with Annie McArn ('17-'21) for fourth on the program's all-time career assists leaderboard with 23 … Senior Kate Naugle is tied for fifth on the all-time career ground ball list with 93 … Junior Lacey Wernoch ranks ninth all-time in caused turnovers with 41 … Sophomore goalkeeper Molly Dixson is tied for second all-time at ONU with nine victories and ranks third with 128 saves … Dixson ranks third in the OAC in GAA (10.20) and seventh in saves (59) this season … Marietta enters Saturday's game at 6-5 overall and riding a four-game losing streak coming off Wednesday's 25-11 home loss to Capital … Hope Adams led the Pioneers with three goals in the game, while Anna Callow and Megan McGriff tallied two goals each … For the season, Adams leads the team with 30 goals and 33 points, and McGriff ranks second with 18 goals and 21 points … Adams ranks seventh in the OAC in goals … Mackenzie Dyott has 13 goals and a team-high six assists for 19 points … Maddie Leers has started nine of 11 games in goal for the Pioneers and has a 4-3 record along with a 12.72 GAA and 45 saves.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Marietta by a 2-1 margin, including an 0-1 mark on the road … The teams met twice in the 2021 season with each team winning on its home field, as the Polar Bears won 18-12 in Ada and the Pioneers won 16-12 in Marietta.

ONU Head Coach Beth Hemminger: Hemminger is in her seventh season at Ohio Northern with a 38-59 record, a winning percentage of .392 ... She is 70-71 in 10 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .496.