Women's Lacrosse: Kalamazoo (Mich.) (1-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall)
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern will open its 2023 season on Saturday at home against Kalamazoo (Mich.) ... This marks the third time in the last four seasons and ONU has opened its season against the Hornets ... Northern is 4-3 in its seven previous season openers and is 4-3 in its previous seven home openers ... The Polar Bears return 19 letter winners from the 2022 team that finished 7-10 overall and 3-5 in the OAC ... That group includes the team's top three point-scorers from a year ago as part of 10 players who started double digit games ... This season's roster is headlined by senior Meredith Miller, who was an All-OAC Second Team selection in 2022, and the team's other two leading point-scorers from a year ago in senior Elizabeth Graham and sophomore Keaghan Burden ... Both goalkeepers who earned starts in 2022, juniors Molly Dixson and Chloe Millican also return for 2023 ... Overall, the Polar Bears' roster consists of six seniors, seven juniors, six sophomores and 10 freshmen ... The Hornets opened their 2023 season last Saturday with an 18-9 victory at Muskingum ... Freshmen Abbie Caza and Ella Spooner each scored six goals in their collegiate debuts to lead Kalamazoo ... Junior Hannah Heeren also had a hat trick with three goals for KC ... Sophomore Jordan Flink had seven saves in goal to pick up the win ... Spooner was named the MIAA Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week ... KC returns 14 of the 19 players from its 2022 squad.
Ohio Northern Returning Statistical Leaders (2022 Stats):
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Draw Controls | Caused TOs | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Graham | 35 | 1. | Burden | 29 | 1. | Graham | 55 | 1. | M.Miller | 45 | 1. | Wells | 72 | 1. | M.Miller | 26 | |||||
| M.Miller | 34 | 2. | Graham | 20 | 2. | Burden | 50 | 2. | Hannah-Zatz | 34 | 2. | M.Miller | 37 | 2. | Wernoch | 25 | ||||||
| 3. | Kilgore | 32 | 3. | Wilson | 8 | 3. | M.Miller | 39 | 3. | Wells | 33 | 3. | Burden | 18 | 3. | Hannah-Zatz | 21 |
All-Time Series: The series between the two schools is tied at 1-1 ... KC won last year's meeting 11-10 at Kalamazoo, while ONU won the 2020 contest 12-10 at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU Head Coach Beth Bonnell: Bonnell is in her eighth season at Ohio Northern with a 40-63 record, a winning percentage of .388 ... She is 72-75 in 11 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .490.