Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (5-1 Overall) at Alfred (N.Y.) (4-1 Overall)
Saturday, March 17, 2018, 1 pm - Yunevich Stadium, Alfred, N.Y.
Saturday's Preview: The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team enters Saturday's matchup with Alfred (N.Y.) after posting a 2-1 record during spring break, including a 17-5 victory at Hanover (Ind.) last Saturday ... Junior Max Weese led the attack offensively, scoring four goals in the win, while sophomore Cameron Marous posted a 3-goal, 3-assist effort in the win ... Ohio Norhern junior Alex Pizarro was named the OAC Men's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Mar. 12. ... Through 6 games this season, Marous leads the team and Ohio Athletic Conference with 19 goals and 29 points ... Junior Noah St. Croix currently leads the team and is tied for fourth in the conference with Marous with 10 assists ... Pizarro leads the team and is second in the OAC with a 6.05 goals against average in goal ... Juniors Mitch Groves and William Peoples currently rank 1-2 on the team with 16 and 14 ground balls, respectively ... Andrew Fox has 13 ground balls and a team-best 15 caused turnovers ... Alfred is led by two-time All-American attackman Jake Lynch with 15 goals, 8 assists and 23 points ... Joe Fornataro had a team-high 17 goals and 20 points ... AU is riding a 3-game winning streak and is coming off a 20-8 win at the University of Dallas last Friday ... The Saxons also defeated Trine (Ind.) 9-5 and Southwestern (Tex.) 17-12 during their spriong break trip to Austin and Dallas, Tex.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Marous | 19 | 1. | St. Croix | 10 | 1. | Marous | 29 | 1. | Marous | 35 | 1. | M.Groves | 16 | ||||
2. | Giles | 11 | Marous | 10 | 2. | Pavone | 13 | 2. | Weese | 28 | 2. | Peoples | 14 | |||||
3. | Weese | 10 | 3. | Pavone | 8 | Giles | 13 | 3. | Giles | 23 | 3. | Marous | 13 | |||||
Fox | 13 |
All-Time Series: This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
ONU head coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent in his third season at ONU with a 22-15 record, a winning percentage of .595.