Women's Lacrosse: Marietta (6-4 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (6-5 Overall, 0-2 OAC)
Friday, April 7, 2023, 5 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Friday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Friday against Marietta at Dial-Roberson Stadium … The Polar Bears are coming off a 20-8 loss at John Carroll on Saturday … Freshman Elena Martin scored three goals to lead Ohio Northern ... Martin recorded her fifth hat trick of the season, and senior Meredith Miller and freshman Emma Hoersten tallied two goals each … Through 11 games this season, Miller leads the team with 29 goals, which ranks fifth in the OAC, while freshman Rylie Kocik is second with 27 goals … Sophomore Keaghan Burden ranks third in the OAC with 21 assists … Sophomore Grace Wilson ranks fifth in the OAC with 15 assists … Burden leads ONU with 36 points followed by Kocik with 31 … Miller has seven hat tricks and Kocik has six hat trick this season … Senior Amanda Wells is third in the OAC with 52 draw controls … Miller ranks second on ONU's all-time career goal scoring list with 96, which is three shy of the program record of 99 set by Maddie Storr ('16-'20) … Miller is fifth all-time at ONU with 101 career points and is tied for third with 15 career hat tricks … Burden is ONU's school record holder with 50 career assists in just 28 games and ranks seventh all-time with 86 career points … Wells is ONU's school record holder with 196 draw controls … In goal, junior Chloe Millican is 6-3 this season with 57 saves and a 12.27 GAA … Junior Molly Dixson ranks third all-time at ONU with 153 career saves, and Millican is fourth with 141 … Marietta has not played since an 18-3 loss at Mount Union on March 29 ... Hope Adams leads the team and is second in the OAC in scoring with 41 goals and 45 points ... Megan McGriff is fourth in the league with 18 assists and has 14 goals and 32 points ... Abby May is 5-4 with 127 saves, a 12.70 GAA and a league-best .500 save percentage.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Draw Controls | Caused TOs | |||||||||||||||||
1. | Me.Miller | 29 | 1. | Burden | 21 | 1. | Burden | 36 | 1. | Wernoch | 26 | 1. | Wells | 52 | 1. | Hannam-Zatz | 18 | |||||
2. | Me.Miller | 27 | 2. | Wilson | 15 | 2. | Kocik | 31 | 2. | Me.Miller | 24 | 2. | Me.Miller | 29 | 2. | Me.Miller | 17 | |||||
3. | Martin | 16 | 3. | Graham | 8 | 3. | Me.Miller | 30 | 3. | Hannam-Zatz | 23 | 3. | Martin | 24 | 3. | Wernoch | 13 | |||||
Martin | 13 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 3-1 margin ... ONU is 2-0 at home and is 1-1 at Marietta ... ONU won last year's contest 10-9 at Marietta.
ONU Head Coach Beth Bonnell: Bonnell is in her eighth season at Ohio Northern with a 46-68 record, a winning percentage of .404 ... She is 78-80 in 11 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .494.