Men’s Soccer: Ohio Northern (3-2-0 Overall) at Hanover (Ind.) (2-2-1 Overall)
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, 1 p.m. — Soccer Complex, Hanover, Ind.
Saturday's Preview: Saturday's game against Hanover (Ind.) is the second of two road games Ohio Northern is playing in September … The Polar Bears are coming off Wednesday's 1-0 home win over Ohio Wesleyan … Northern has won three of its past four games and has won its last two by identical 1-0 scores … Sophomore William Shaffer scored the game-winning goal for ONU on Wednesday … The goal came in the 53rd minute on assists from senior Aaron Shelton and sophomore Ryan Parker … The ONU defense limited OWU to just four shots in the victory … Eight different players have scored goals for ONU this season, and 11 different players have recorded at least one point … Through five games, sophomore Ryan Sommerfeld has a team-best seven points, two goals and three assists … Sommerfeld is tied for third in the Ohio Athletic Conference in points and assists … Fifth-year senior Bryan Kern ranks second on the team with four points and two assists … Senior Josh Ellis has posted 16 saves, a .615 save percentage and a 2.04 GAA in goal for ONU this season … Fifth-year senior Levi King has 33 career goals, which is tied for 10th on the program's all-time career goals list … King ranks eighth in program history with 87 career points … Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference member Hanover (Ind.) is coming off Wednesday's 1-0 loss at Otterbein … Otterbein out-shot Hanover 25-1 … Junior goalkeeper Luciano Salemi recorded seven saves for the Panthers … Through five games this season, Joao Domenici has a team-best three goals and six points for HC … Salemi has allowed five goals on the season while making 20 saves.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Saves | GAA | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sommerfeld | 2 | 1. | Sommerfeld | 3 | 1. | Sommerfeld | 7 | 1. | Ellis | 16 | 1. | Hickey | 0.00 | ||||
| 2. | 7 tied | 1 | 2. | Kern | 2 | 2. | Kern | 4 | 2. | Hickey | 1 | 2. | Ellis | 2.04 | ||||
| 3. | 5 tied | 1 | 3. | W. Shaffer | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Shelton | 3 |
Series Record: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Hanover (Ind.) by a 3-1 margin … In the teams' last meeting, in 2021, Hanover earned a 1-0 win over the Polar Bears in Ada … ONU won the first three meetings between the teams by a combined score of 13-1.
Head Coach Chris Matejka: Matejka is in his fourth season with the ONU men's soccer program … He has an overall coaching record of 33-19-7 for a winning percentage of .599.