Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (7-1 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at Mount Union (6-2 Overall, 1-0 OAC)
Sunday, April 10, 2016 - 1 pm, Mount Union Stadium, Alliance, Ohio
Sunday's Preview: Today’s game is the first OAC contest in ONU’s inaugural season in 2016 ... The game was postponed from Saturday due to snow in the Alliance area ... Ohio Northern enters today’s contest riding a 6-game winning streak after a 16-7 victory over LaRoche (Pa.) on Saturday afternoon ... Freshmen Drew Eramo, Anthony Pavone and Max Weese all scored three goals a piece in the contest as ONU built a 10-0 third quarter lead and cruised to the win ... Ermao also picked up an assist in the victory, recording his seventh of the season ... Thru 8 games this season, freshman Steven Slagle leads the team and is fourth in the OAC with 22 goals ... Slagle ranks 4th nationally and 1st in the OAC with 28 assists and is 8th nationally and 2nd in the OAC with 50 points ... Pavone and Weese are second with 15 goals each ... Freshman Noah St. Croix is second with 30 points oin 14 goals and 16 assists ... In goal, freshman Bryce Bouman leads the OAC with a .641 save percentage and a 3.50 GAA ... ONU leads the nation in Man-Up scoring percentage (.682) and in ground balls (46.88 gbpg), is 5th in goals allowed (5.50 gpg) and is 8th in scoring offense (15.75 gpg) ... Mount Union enters the matchup off a 14-4 win over Muskingum ... Josh Stephen led the Purple Raiders with a game-high three goals ... Chris Daley currently leads the Raiders in goals with 22.
ONU Statistical Leaders
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Slagle | 22 | 1. | Slagle |
28 | 1. | Slagle | 50 |
1. | Pavone | 61 |
1. |
Peoples | 31 |
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2. |
Weese | 15 | 2. |
St. Croix | 16 | 2. |
St. Croix |
30 | 2. | Slagle | 47 | 2. |
Eramo |
28 | ||||
Pavone |
15 |
3. |
Eramo | 8 | 3. |
Eramo | 21 | 3. |
Groves | 45 |
3. |
Price |
27 |
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All-Time Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
ONU head coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent in his first season at ONU with a 7-1 record, a winning percentage of .875.