Women’s Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (5-4 Overall) at Anderson (Ind.) (1-4 Overall)
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 7 p.m. - Macholtz Stadium, Anderson, Ind.
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern is playing its final non-conference game of the season on Wednesday at Anderson (Ind.) … The Polar Bears are coming off Sunday's 20-7 home loss to Mount Union in what was their first Ohio Athletic Conference game of the season … Senior Meredith Miller scored five goals to lead ONU in the game … Through nine games this season, freshman Rylie Kocik leads the team and is fourth in the OAC with 27 goals … Miller is second on the team in scoring with 24 goals, which is tied for fifth in the OAC … Sophomore Keaghan Burden ranks second in the OAC with 18 assists … Sophomore Grace Wilson ranks fourth in the OAC with 13 assists … Kocik leads ONU with 31 points followed by Burden with 30, which rank third and fifth, respectively, in the OAC … Kocik's six hat tricks in 2023 are tied for fifth all-time at ONU for a single season … Miller has five hat tricks this season … Miller ranks second on ONU's all-time career goal scoring list with 91, which is eight shy of the program record of 99 set by Maddie Storr ('16-'20) … Miller ranks sixth all-time at ONU with 95 career points and is fourth with 13 career hat tricks … Burden is ONU's school record holder with 47 career assists in just 26 games … Burden has 80 career points, which ranks seventh all-time at ONU … Senior Amanda Wells ranks second all-time at ONU with 188 draw controls, which is just three shy of the school record of 191 set by Annie McArn ('17-'21) … In goal, junior Molly Dixson ranks third all-time at ONU with 151 career saves, and junior Chloe Millican is fourth with 125 … Anderson (Ind.) is coming off Saturday's 11-5 win at Adrian (Mich.) … Junior Riley Tull leads the Ravens with 17 goals followed by sophomore Emma Sego with 12 … Tull has a team-high 27 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers … In goal, freshman Alli Rastrelli has 36 saves to go with a 11.77 GAA and .367 save percentage on the season.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Draw Controls | Caused TOs | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kocik | 27 | 1. | Burden | 18 | 1. | Kocik | 31 | 1. | Wernoch | 24 | 1. | Wells | 44 | 1. | Hannam-Zatz | 18 | |||||
| 2. | Me.Miller | 24 | 2. | Wilson | 13 | 2. | Burden | 30 | 2. | Me.Miller | 22 | 2. | Me.Miller | 24 | 2. | Me.Miller | 16 | |||||
| 3. | Burden | 12 | 3. | Graham | 5 | 3. | Me.Miller | 24 | 3. | Hannam-Zatz | 21 | 3. | Martin | 19 | 3. | Wernoch | 12 | |||||
| Hoersten | 12 |
All-Time Series: This marks the first-ever meeting between Ohio Northern and Anderson (Ind.).
ONU Head Coach Beth Bonnell: Bonnell is in her eighth season at Ohio Northern with a 45-67 record, a winning percentage of .402 ... She is 77-79 in 11 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .494.