Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (11-1 Overall, 4-0 OAC) at Baldwin Wallace (9-2 Overall, 5-0 OAC)
Saturday, April 14, 2018, 1 pm - Finnie Stadium, Berea, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern is off to its best start in program history and is riding an 8-game winning streak entering Saturday's key battle between the OAC's last two unbeaten teams ... ONU has now had a winning streak of six or more games in each of its 3 varsity seasons, and has tied the school record 8-game streak of last season ... ONU is coming off a 14-3 victory at Heidelberg on Wednesday in Tiffin ... Sophomores Cameron Marous (5 goals) and Shane Olsen (4 goals) each had hat tricks to lead Ohio Northern ... ONU scored the first 8 goals of the game and led 8-1 at halftime ... Through 12 games this season, Marous leads the team and is third in the OAC with 35 goals and leads the OAC with 32 assists and 67 points ... Junior Max Weese is second in the team with 197 goals and Olsen in third with 18 goals ... Junior Noah St. Croix has 10 goals and is second on the team with 18 assists and 28 points ... Marous is ONU's all-time career leader with 71 goals, 56 assists and 127 points ... Junior Alex Pizarro is 8-1 with 45 saves and a 5.54 GAA and junior Andrew Markell is 3-0 with 24 saves and a 3.66 GAA in goal ... Baldwin Wallace enters the contest riding a 6-game winning streak and is coming off a 12-11 double-overtime win at John Carroll on Wednesday ... Trailing 11-5 entering the fourth quarter, the Yellow Jackets rallied to tie the game at 11-all and scored the tying goal with just two seconds left in the game ... Brock Riemenschneider and Chad Steinwachs each had three goals ... Through 12 games this season, Steinwachs leads the team with 33 goals, is tied with Marous for the OAC lead with 32 assists and is second in the OAC with 65 points ... Riemenschneider is second with 31 goals and 37 points ... Senior Mike Dizonno has 97 saves and a 7.66 GAA in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Marous | 35 | 1. | Marous | 32 | 1. | Marous | 67 | 1. | Marous | 68 | 1. | Peoples | 28 | ||||
2. | Weese | 19 | 2. | St. Croix | 18 | 2. | St. Croix | 28 | 2. | Weese | 64 | Krogman | 28 | |||||
3. | Olsen | 18 | 3. | Pavone | 12 | 3. | Weese | 24 | 3. | Olsen | 49 | Smith | 28 |
All-Time Series: Baldwin Wallace leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 2-0 margin ... BWU won 15-4 in 2016 and 14-5 in 2017.
ONU head coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent in his third season at ONU with a 28-15 record, a winning percentage of .651.