Men's Soccer: Marietta (9-8-1 Overall) at Ohio Northern (13-5-2 Overall) - OAC Tournament Quarterfinals
Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 7 p.m. - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
| Match Program (.pdf) | OAC Championships site |
Tuesday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's soccer team plays host to Marietta in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament … The game, between the No. 3-seeded Polar Bears and the No. 6-seeded Pioneers, is set for 7 p.m. at Kerscher Stadium in Ada … Northern — which is making its 14th-straight OAC Tournament appearance — enters with a 13-5-2 overall record and a 5-3-1 mark in OAC play, while Marietta comes in with a 9-8-1 overall record and a 4-4-1 conference record … The Polar Bears average 2.1 goals per game and surrender one score per contest … ONU is fresh off a 2-0 home loss to Mount Union Saturday … It marked just the fourth time this season that Northern failed to score … Sophomore Levi King leads the team with nine goals … Junior Beelal Hasan and sophomore Seth Gundlach both have seven goals … Senior Luke Fickenworth and junior Jimmy Walkinshaw have logged three scores apiece, while senior Takashi Yuzawa, junior Zach Yoder and freshman Aaron Shelton all have two goals each … Sophomore goaltender John Lombardo has registered 65 saves, which includes an OAC-best eight shut outs … Marietta averages 1.4 goals per game and allows 1.4 scores per contest … Gavin Long paces the Pioneers with eight goals … Dakota Penquite has started 13 games in net and has 61 saves and a pair of shut outs.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | King | 9 | 1. | Walkinshaw | 6 | 1. | King | 23 | 1. | Lombardo | 65 | 1. | Lombardo | 1.02 | ||||
| 2. | Gundlach | 7 | 2. | King | 5 | 2. | Hasan | 18 | ||||||||||
| 2. | Hasan | 7 | 3. | Hasan | 4 | 3. | Gundlach | 16 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern owns a 23-13-2 all-time record against Marietta … The Polar Bears — who are 10-6-0 all-time against the Pioneers in Ada — have won 16 of the last 19 in the series, which includes a 5-1 victory Oct. 5 in Marietta.
Interim Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his first season as the interim head coach of the Ohio Northern men's soccer program. He was an assistant coach with the Polar Bears the last six years.
