Men's Lacrosse: Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) (0-2 Overall) at Ohio Northern (2-0 Overall)
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, 1 pm - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern will wrap up its season-opening 3-game home stand with a 1 pm contest against Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... The Polar Bears are coming off an impressive 10-9 victory over perennial power Kenyon on Tuesday ... Sophomore Cameron Marous scored with 44 seconds left in overtime to give Ohio Northern the victory ... The Polar Bears rallied from a 5-2 third period deficit to get past the Lords (1-1) ... Marous had his second consecutive hat trick and ended the game with four points on three goals and an assist ... Sophomore Kevin Giles also had a hat trick with three goals, junior Anthony Pavone added a goal and two assists and sophomore Shane Olsen had a pair of goals for ONU ... Freshman Preston Victory was impressive in the faceoff circle, winning 14-of-19 faceoffs, as the Polar Bears finished the day 15-of-22 ... Through 2 matches this season, Marous leads the team with 7 goals, 10 points and 9 ground balls ... Giles is second with 5 goals and 7 points and Olsen is third with four goals ... Junior Peter Hardt has a team-best 4 assists ... Junior Alex Pizarro is 2-0 with 10 saves, a 5.79 GAA and a .526 save percentage this season ... W&J is coming off a 26-1 loss to Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday and an 18-1 loss to Kenyon last Saturday ... Ben Ward and Mark Mandak have scored goals for the Presidents.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Marous | 7 | 1. | Hardt | 4 | 1. | Marous | 10 | 1. | Marous | 12 | 1. | Marous | 9 | ||||
| 2. | Giles | 5 | 2. | Marous | 3 | 2. | Giles | 7 | 2. | Giles | 10 | 2. | Groves | 8 | ||||
| 3. | Olsen | 4 | Pavone | 3 | 3. | Pavone | 5 | 3. | Groves | 9 | 3. | Fox | 6 | |||||
| Olsen | 9 | Pavone | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Pavone | 9 |
All-Time Series: The first ever meeting between the two schools.
ONU head coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent in his third season at ONU with a 19-14 record, a winning percentage of .578.
