Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (8-7 Overall, 2-4 OAC) at Otterbein (6-7 Overall, 2-4 OAC)
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 7 p.m. - Memorial Stadium, Westerville, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern will wrap up its regular season on Wednesday with a 7 pm contest at Otterbein ... ONU and OU are tied for fifth place in the OAC with identical 2-4 marks ... Wednesday's winner will be the No. 5 seed in the upcoming OAC Tournament and will play at No. 4 seed Marietta in the quarterfinals on Saturday ... The ONU-OU loser will finish as the No. 6 seed and will play at No. 3 John Carroll in the quarterfinals on Saturday ... ONU is coming off a 24-9 home loss to Capital on Saturday … Sophomore Keaghan Burden had a hat trick with three goals and freshman Elena Martin added two goals for ONU ... Through 15 games this season, senior Meredith Miller leads the team with 43 goals, which ranks fifth in the OAC ... She is also second with 46 points … Burden ranks third in the OAC with 27 assists and leads the team with 51 points … Sophomore Grace Wilson ranks sixth in the OAC with 20 assists … Senior Amanda Wells is fourth in the OAC with 66 draw controls … Miller is ONU's all-time career leader with 110 goals and is second with 17 career hat tricks … Burden is the school record holder with 56 career assists … Wells is ONU's school record holder with 210 draw controls ... Capital will wrap up its regular season on Saturday at ONU ... The Cardinals are looking to snap a 3-match losing streak ... OU is coming off a 17-14 loss at Mount Union on Saturday ... MtU scored 7 straight goals to break a 4-4 tie and take an 11-4 lead ... Emily Williams leads the team and is third in the OAC with 51 goals ... She also had a team-best 55 points ... Lauren Newkirk is second on the team with 23 goals and 40 points to go with a team-best 17 assists ... Maggie Nance is 6-7 with 121 saves, an 11.36 GAA and a 45.5 save percentage in goal.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Draw Controls | Caused TOs | |||||||||||||||||
1. | Me.Miller | 43 | 1. | Burden | 27 | 1. | Burden | 51 | 1. | Me.Miller | 31 | 1. | Wells | 66 | 1. | Me.Miller | 23 | |||||
2. | Kocik | 27 | 2. | Wilson | 20 | 2. | Me.Miller | 46 | 2. | Wernoch | 29 | 2. | Me.Miller | 37 | 2. | Hannam-Zatz | 18 | |||||
3. | Burden | 24 | 3. | Graham | 14 | 3. | Kocik | 31 | 3. | Hannam-Zatz | 28 | 3. | Martin | 30 | 3. | Wernoch | 17 |
All-Time Series: Otterbein leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 8-0 margin ... OU is 5-0 in Westerville and won last year's contest 15-10 in Ada.
ONU Head Coach Beth Bonnell: Bonnell is in her eighth season at Ohio Northern with a 48-70 record, a winning percentage of .407 ... She is 80-82 in 11 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .494.