Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, 7:30 p.m. — UPMC Sports Complex, New Wilmington, Pa.
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, 1 p.m. — CMU Soccer Field, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Weekend Preview: Ohio Northern enters its two-game road trip in Pennsylvania coming off a 2-0 loss at No. 13 Ohio Wesleyan on Wednesday that ended a three-game unbeaten streak … Northern has scored 8 goals this season and is led in that department by freshman Trevor Tabb with 3 … Tabb also has a team-high 6 points … Senior Bryan Kern has 5 points on the season via 2 goals and 1 assist … The Polar Bears' remaining goals have been scored by senior Seth Gundlach and freshmen Nate Gottron and Kellan Minch … Freshman Tanner Locke has recorded a team-high 3 assists … Kern and senior Levi King lead the team in shots with 11 and 10, respectively … As a team, the Polar Bears have attempted 63 shots, including 28 on goal … Senior John Lombardo has played 380 minutes in goal, registering two shutouts, 18 saves and a GAA of 0.95 … Lombardo needs four shutouts to move into third place on the program's all-time leadersboard in that category … ONU has allowed just 4 goals in its first five games and had a streak of three straight shutouts prior to the game at Ohio Wesleyan … Westminster (Pa.) enters Friday's game coming off a 5-0 win at La Roche (Pa.) … The Titans are 2-1-0 at home this season … Westminster has attempted 121 shots, 58 of which were on goal, and has scored 17 goals … Graduate student Nick Iregui and senior Tyler Caterino have tallied 3 goals each to lead the Titans … Twelve different players have scored a goal for WC this season … Iregui leads the team in shots (20) and points (8) … Junior Jad Jadallah has started all six games in goal for the Titans, registering 23 saves and allowing 12 goals for a GAA of 2.08 … Head coach Girish Thakar is in his 24th season coaching the Titans and also serves as head coach of the Westminster women's soccer team … In coaching both teams, Thakar entered this season with a combined career record of 462-301-73 for a winning percentage of .596 … Carnegie Mellon enters Saturday's matchup unbeaten on the season with four wins and one tie and is 2-0-1 at home … The Tartans are coming off a 3-0 win at Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) and also have victories over Muskingum, John Carroll and Westminster (Pa.) … CMU's lone tie of the season was a scoreless draw against Mount Union on Sept. 4 … The Tartans have attempted 88 shots, 43 of which were on goal, and have scored 17 goals … CMU has gotten goals from 10 different players, including a team-high 5 from freshman Kuba Yiadom, who also leads the team in points with 11, and 3 from sophomore Ethan Vertal … The team's primary goalkeeper, sophomore Stefan Sorobay, has registered 15 saves while allowing 4 goals for a GAA of 1.04 … Head coach Brandon Bowman is in his eighth season at CMU and has a career record of 67-30-16 for a winning percentage of .637.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Goals |
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Assists |
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Points |
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Saves |
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GAA |
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Tabb |
3 |
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1. |
Locke |
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3 |
1. |
Tabb |
6 |
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1. |
Lombardo |
18 |
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1. |
Ellis |
0.00 |
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Kern |
2 |
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2. |
King |
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2 |
2. |
Kern |
5 |
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2. |
Ellis |
1 |
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2. |
Lombardo |
0.95 |
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3 tied |
1 |
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3. |
3 tied |
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1 |
3. |
Gundlach, Locke |
3 |
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Series Record: Friday's game marks the first-ever meeting between Ohio Northern and Westminster (Pa.) … The all-time series between Ohio Northern and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) is tied at 1-1-0 … The Polar Bears and Tartans last played in 2012 with CMU coming away with a 3-2 victory in Ada.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his third season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 21-12-5, a .596 win percentage.
