Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (8-2-3 Overall, 3-0-1 OAC) at John Carroll (9-3-1 Overall, 4-0-0 OAC)
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, 7 p.m. — Don Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday at John Carroll in a matchup between the top two teams in the conference standings … Northern is listed fourth in the "Also receiving votes" category in this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, putting the Polar Bears at No. 29 in the poll … ONU is ranked No. 3 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Region VII poll behind Kenyon and Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) … Northern also received seven voting points in this week's D3soccer.com Top 25 poll … The Polar Bears are coming off Wednesday's 6-1 home win over Heidelberg that extended their current unbeaten streak to 10 games … Fifth-year seniors Bryan Kern and Levi King, senior Aaron Shelton, junior Ryan Augustine and sophomores William Shaffer and Kellan Minch scored one goal apiece for ONU in the game … Through 13 games, 12 different players have scored goals for ONU this season, and 18 different players have recorded at least one point … Kern has a team-high six assists and 14 points and is tied with Shelton with a team-best four goals … Kern ranks second in the OAC in assists and is tied for fourth in points … Kern and Shelton are tied for ninth in the OAC in goals … Shelton has 11 points on the season to go with nine each from King and Parker … Senior goalkeeper Josh Ellis has 31 saves on the season along with a 1.35 GAA and a .705 save percentage … Ellis is tied for 10th all-time at ONU with six career shutouts … King has 35 career goals, which is tied for seventh on the program's all-time list … King ranks eighth in program history with 94 career points, and his 24 assists is tied for ninth all time … John Carroll enters Saturday's game as the leader in the OAC standings … The Blue Streaks received 28 voting points in this week's D3soccer.com Top 25 poll, putting them at No. 29 in the poll … JCU has won five straight games by a combined score of 9-0 … The Blue Streaks are coming off Wednesday's 1-0 home win over Baldwin Wallace … JCU out-shot BWU 19-4 and got the game-winning goal from junior Patrick Koenig … Through 13 games, nine different players have scored a goal for JCU, and 12 different players have recorded at least one point … Koenig, senior Nicholas Felician and sophomores Logan Penton and Jack Foht are tied for the team lead with three goals on the season … Junior Ben Brucken has a team-best four assists, which is tied for fourth in the OAC … Felician, Koenig and Penton have a team-high seven points … Junior Jake Vogrin has started nine games in goal for JCU this season, posting 30 saves, a 0.33 GAA and .909 save percentage … Vogrin leads the OAC in GAA and save percentage.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Kern | 4 | 1. | Kern | 6 | 1. | Kern | 14 | 1. | Ellis | 31 | 1. | Ellis | 1.35 | ||||
| Shelton | 4 | 2. | King | 3 | 2. | Shelton | 11 | 2. | Hickey | 11 | 2. | Hickey | 1.78 | |||||
| 3. | King | 3 | Parker | 3 | 3. | King | 9 | |||||||||||
| Parker | 3 | Shelton | 3 | Parker | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Winchester | 3 | Sommerfeld | 3 |
Series Record: John Carroll leads the all-time series with Ohio Northern by a 23-14-8 margin, including a 13-3-5 mark in University Heights … JCU has won four straight meetings … Four of the teams' past 10 meetings came in the OAC Tournament, including three in the finals … Each of those OAC Tournament championship meetings ended in penalty kicks, with JCU taking two of the three games … JCU got a 2-1 home win in the teams' lone matchup last season.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his fourth season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 38-19-10 for a winning percentage of .617 and is 18-9-4 in OAC games for a winning percentage of .624.