Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (8-1 Overall, 1-0 OAC) at Wilmington (3-5 Overall, 0-2 OAC)
Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 7 pm - Williams Stadium, Wilmington, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern will continue its OAC schedule with a 7 pm contest at Wilmington at Williams Stadium ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 10-2 victory over Mount Union last Friday ... Sophomore Cameron Marous had a goal and five assists ... In all, nine different Ohio Northern players scored in the contest, led by sophomore John Mullin with two goals and Marous with one goal and five assists ... Junior Andrew Markell was outstanding in his first career start in goal, finishing with eight saves and an .800 save percentage ... The ONU defense was outstanding in front of Markell, forcing MtU into 22 turnovers ... Through 9 matches this season, Marous leads the team and is tied for 5th in the OAC with 25 goals ... He also leads the team and is 2nd in the OAC with 22 assists and is 2nd in the OAC with 47 points. ... Marous and junior Noah St. Croix are tied as ONU's all-time leaders with 46 career assists ... Marous is also ONU's all-time leader with 107 career points in just 25 games ... Junior Max Weese is ONU's all-time leader with 81 career goals ... Junior Alex Pizarro is 7-1 with 43 saves, a league-best 5.84 GAA and a .551 save percentage this season ... Wilmington enters Wednesday's game off a 29-2 loss at Baldwin Wallace on Friday ... Jhordan Lang scored both goals for the Quakers ... Lang leads the team and is 3rd in the OAC with 26 goals ... He also has 10 assists and is fifth in the OAC with a team-best 36 points ... Tanner Diment leads the OAC with 88 ground balls and is 130-of-185 on faceoffs this season ... Jake Ladendorf has 97 saves, a 13.59 GAA and a .471 save percentage in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Marous | 25 | 1. | Marous | 22 | 1. | Marous | 47 | 1. | Marous | 48 | 1. | Krogman | 23 | ||||
| 2. | Weese | 14 | 2. | St. Croix | 13 | 2. | St. Croix | 20 | 2. | Weese | 45 | 2. | M.Groves | 22 | ||||
| 3. | Giles | 12 | 3. | Pavone | 12 | 3. | Pavone | 19 | 3. | Pavone | 39 | 3. | Smith | 20 |
All-Time Series: The series between the two schools is tied at 1-1 ... ONU won 15-5 in Ada last season and WC won 10-9 in overtime in Wilmington in 2016.
ONU head coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent in his third season at ONU with a 25-15 record, a winning percentage of .625.