Women’s Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (6-4 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at John Carroll (3-5 Overall, 1-0 OAC)
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 1 p.m. - Don Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday at John Carroll … The Polar Bears are coming off Wednesday's 20-6 win at Anderson (Ind.) … Seniors Meredith Miller and Elizabeth Graham, junior Noel Orioli and freshman Elena Martin scored three goals apiece to lead ONU … Through 10 games this season, Miller and freshman Rylie Kocik leads the team with 27 goals, which is tied for fourth in the OAC … Sophomore Keaghan Burden ranks third in the OAC with 21 assists … Sophomore Grace Wilson ranks fifth in the OAC with 14 assists … Burden leads ONU with 35 points followed by Kocik with 31, which rank tied for fourth and tied for seventh, respectively, in the OAC … Miller and Kocik have six hat tricks each this season … Senior Amanda Wells has an OAC-high 49 draw controls … Miller ranks second on ONU's all-time career goal scoring list with 94, which is five shy of the program record of 99 set by Maddie Storr ('16-'20) … Miller is tied for fifth all-time at ONU with 98 career points and is fourth with 14 career hat tricks … Burden is ONU's school record holder with 50 career assists in just 27 games and ranks seventh all-time with 85 career points … Wells is ONU's school record holder with 193 draw controls …In goal, junior Chloe Millican is 6-2 this season and ranks third in the OAC with a 10.96 GAA … Junior Molly Dixson ranks third all-time at ONU with 153 career saves, and Millican is fourth with 129 … John Carroll is coming off Wednesday's 13-8 win over Baldwin Wallace … Through eight games this season, Shannon Burdick and Olivia Gerlach lead the Blue Streaks with 16 goals each … Kendall Gessner has a team-best 21 points … Lainey Donalson leads JCU in ground balls (20) and caused turnovers (14) … In goal, Josephine Lawler has 36 saves to go with a 13.02 GAA and .319 save percentage on the season.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Draw Controls | Caused TOs | |||||||||||||||||
1. | Kocik | 27 | 1. | Burden | 21 | 1. | Burden | 35 | 1. | Wernoch | 25 | 1. | Wells | 49 | 1. | Hannam-Zatz | 18 | |||||
Me.Miller | 27 | 2. | Wilson | 14 | 2. | Kocik | 31 | 2. | Me.Miller | 24 | 2. | Me.Miller | 28 | 2. | Me.Miller | 17 | ||||||
3. | Burden | 14 | 3. | Graham | 8 | 3. | Me.Miller | 27 | 3. | Hannam-Zatz | 22 | 3. | Martin | 23 | 3. | Wernoch | 12 | |||||
All-Time Series: John Carroll leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a 7-0 margin, including a 3-0 mark at home … In the teams' meeting last season, JCU won 16-6 in Ada.
ONU Head Coach Beth Bonnell: Bonnell is in her eighth season at Ohio Northern with a 46-67 record, a winning percentage of .407 ... She is 78-79 in 11 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .497.