Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Wesleyan (3-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (4-0 Overall)
Saturday, Mar. 11, 2023, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern will wrap up its season-opening 5-game home stand on Saturday at home against NCAC foe Ohio Wesleyan ... The Polar Bears are 4-0 this season, which is the best start in the program's 8-year history ... In a 13-6 win over Adrian (Mich.) on Wednesday, freshman Rylie Kocik had her fourth consecutive hat trick and freshman Elena Martin had 7 draw controls and 4 ground balls for ONU ... Kocik leads the team in scoring with 18 goals and 20 points ... Senior Meredith Miller is second on the team in scoring with 11 goals ... Sophomore Keaghan Burden has 7 goals and an OAC-best 15 assists for a team-high 22 points ... Miller currently ranks fifth on ONU's all-time career goal scoring list with 78, is sixth with 82 career points and is fourth with 11 career hat tricks ... Burden is ONU's school record holder with 44 career assists in just 21 games ... Senior Amanda Wells ranks second all-time at ONU with 168 draw controls ... Northern will return to action on Tuesday in Palama City Beach, Fla., against Framingham State ... The Battling Bishops enter Saturday's contest with a 3-0 record after victories over Otterbein (17-13), Baldwin Wallace (18-9) and Lynchburg (Va.) (12-11) ... Junior Nicole Klabus leads OWU in scoring this season with 12 goals and 15 points ... Senior Grace Egan is second with 10 goals and 14 points ... Freshman Cadence Jobe is 3-0 with 22 saves and a 11.00 GAA in goal ... OWU has out-scored its three opponents 47-34 this season.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Draw Controls | Caused TOs | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kocik | 18 | 1. | Burden | 15 | 1. | Burden | 22 | 1. | Wernoch | 17 | 1. | Wells | 24 | 1. | Hannam-Zatz | 9 | |||||
| 2. | M.Miller | 11 | 2. | Wilson | 9 | 2. | Kocik | 20 | 2. | Hannam-Zatz | 12 | 2. | Martin | 13 | 2. | Wernock | 8 | |||||
| 3. | Hoersten | 8 | 3. | Graham | 4 | 3. | M.Miller | 11 | 3. | Wells | 10 | 3. | M.Miller | 12 | 3. | M.Miller | 7 |
All-Time Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools ... ONU is 3-6 all-time against NCAC schools, having played Hiram, Kenyon, Wittenberg and Wooster.
ONU Head Coach Beth Bonnell: Bonnell is in her eighth season at Ohio Northern with a 44-63 record, a winning percentage of .411 ... She is 76-75 in 11 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .503.