Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (3-3 Overall) at Wittenberg (0-6 Overall)
Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023, 7 pm - Edwards-Maurer Field, Springfield, Ohio
Wednesday's Games: Ohio Northern returns north after its spring break trip for the third game of a three-game road trip to face NCAC foe Wittenberg ... The Polar Bears are coming off an 0-2 spring break trip to Panama City Beach, Fla. which included a 25-7 loss to Framingham State (Mass.) and an 18-3 loss Fredonia State (N.Y.) ... Against Fredonia State, junior Noel Orioli, freshman Emma Hoersten and sophomore Keaghan Burden each scored goals for Ohio Northern ... Through six games this season, freshman Rylie Kocik leads the team and is third in the OAC in scoring with 23 goals ... Senior Meredith Miller is second on the team in scoring with 15 goals and Hoersten is third with 11 goals ... Sophomore Keaghan Burden has 10 goals and an OAC-best 18 assists for a team-high 28 points ... Sophomore Grace Wilson is second on the team and third in the OAC with 12 assists ... Miller currently ranks fourth on ONU's all-time career goal scoring list with 82, is sixth with 86 career points and is fourth with 11 career hat tricks ... Burden is ONU's school record holder with 47 career assists in just 24 games ... Senior Amanda Wells ranks second all-time at ONU with 180 draw controls ... Wells needs just 11 more to tie the record of 191 set by Annie McArn from 2017-21 ... Wittenberg enters Wednesday's game with an 0-6 mark ... The Tigers are coming off a tight 13-11 loss to Centre (Ky.) on Sunday ... WU also has a 12-11 loss to Trine (Ind.) and a 10-3 loss to Otterbein ... Senior Mya Wolfe and freshman Anna Roller each have a team-best nine goals, with Wolfe adding an assist for a team-best 10 points ... Senior Katie Wadds leads the team with 23 ground balls and 25 caused turnovers.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Draw Controls | Caused TOs | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kocik | 23 | 1. | Burden | 18 | 1. | Burden | 28 | 1. | Wernoch | 21 | 1. | Wells | 36 | 1. | M.Miller | 12 | |||||
| 2. | M.Miller | 15 | 2. | Wilson | 12 | 2. | Kocik | 26 | 2. | Hannam-Zatz | 16 | 2. | M.Miller | 18 | Hannam-Zatz | 12 | ||||||
| 3. | Hoersten | 11 | 3. | Graham | 4 | 3. | M.Miller | 15 | M.Miller | 16 | 3. | Martin | 16 | 3. | Wernoch | 11 |
All-Time Series: Wittenberg leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 1-0 margin, winning the only previous meeting 7-6 in 2022.
ONU Head Coach Beth Bonnell: Bonnell is in her eighth season at Ohio Northern with a 44-67 record, a winning percentage of .396 ... She is 76-78 in 11 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .494.