Women's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (8-8 Overall) at John Carroll (7-7 Overall) - OAC Tournament Quarterfinals
Saturday, April 29, 2023, 2 p.m. - Don Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern will be the No. 6 seed in the OAC Tournament and will travel to No. 3 seed John Carroll on Saturday in the quarterfinals at Don Shula Stadium ... The top six teams qualify for the OAC Tournament April 29-May 6 ... The top two seeds receive first round byes and will host semifinal games on Wednesday, May 3 ... No. 4 Marietta will host No. 5 Otterbein in the other quarterfinal game ... The ONU-JCU winner will travel to second-seeded Capital and the OU-MC winner will play at No. 1 seed Mount Union in the semifinals on Wednesday ... The finals are slated for Saturday, May 6 ... ONU is coming off a tight 12-11 loss at Otterbein in the regular season finale on Wednesday … Freshman Rylie Kocik and senior Meredith Miller each recorded hat tricks in the game, scoring three goals apiece, for ONU ... It marked Miller's 10th hat trick of the season and Kocik's seventh ... Through 16 games this season, Miller leads the team with 46 goals, which ranks fifth in the OAC ... She is also second on the team with 49 points … Sophomore Keaghan Burden ranks third in the OAC with 29 assists and leads the team with 54 points … Sophomore Grace Wilson ranks sixth in the OAC with 20 assists … Senior Amanda Wells is third in the OAC with 73 draw controls … Miller is ONU's all-time career leader with 113 goals and is second with 18 career hat tricks … Burden is the school record holder with 58 career assists … Wells is ONU's school record holder with 217 draw controls ... John Carroll is coming off a 19-4 win over Muskingum in its regular season finale on Wednesday ... Mary Doherty had 4 goals and an assist to lead the Blue Streaks ... Shannon Burdick leads JCU with 38 goals and 50 points ... Doherty is fourth in the OAC with 70 draw controls.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Draw Controls | Caused TOs | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Me.Miller | 46 | 1. | Burden | 29 | 1. | Burden | 54 | 1. | Wernoch | 33 | 1. | Wells | 73 | 1. | Me.Miller | 25 | |||||
| 2. | Kocik | 30 | 2. | Wilson | 20 | 2. | Me.Miller | 49 | 2. | Me.Miller | 32 | 2. | Me.Miller | 38 | 2. | Hannam-Zatz | 18 | |||||
| 3. | Burden | 25 | 3. | Graham | 14 | 3. | Kocik | 34 | 3. | Hannam-Zatz | 29 | 3. | Martin | 32 | 3. | Wernoch | 17 | |||||
| Martin | 25 | Martin | 34 |
All-Time Series: John Carroll leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 8-0 margin ... JCU is 5-0 at University Heights and won this year's regular season meeting 20-8 ... This is the first meeting between the two schools in OAC Tournament action.
ONU Head Coach Beth Bonnell: Bonnell is in her eighth season at Ohio Northern with a 48-71 record, a winning percentage of .403 ... She is 80-83 in 11 years as a head coach overall, a winning percentage of .491.