Men's Lacrosse: Wittenberg (1-4 Overall) at Ohio Northern (5-1 Overall)
Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: Ohio Northern returns home after a perfect 5-0 road trip for its final non-conference match of the season - a 7 pm contest against Wittenberg at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... ONU has now won 12 consecutive road games, dating to March 3 of 2018 ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 9-8 overtime win at Alfred (N.Y.) on Saturday ... Junior Patrick Moran had a hat trick and scored the game-tying goal with 2:21 left in regulation ... Junior Cameron Marous notched the game-winner just 13 seconds into OT off an assist from senior Matt Sheftall ... Through 6 games this season, Marous leads the team with 15 goals, 7 assists and 22 points ... Seniors Anthony Pavone and Nicholas Groves each have 8 goals ... Senior Alex Pizarro is 4-1 with 44 saves and a 7.26 GAA in goal ... Senior Preston Victory leads the team with 22 GBs and senior Drew Fox leads the team with 12 CTs ... Senior Max Weese (98), Marous (90), and Pavone (69) are 1-2-3 on ONU's all-time career scoring list. ... Wittenberg enters Tuesday's contest looking to snap a 4-game losing streak after a 12-10 loss to Otterbein on Saturday ... Senior Jerry Coyle had a hat trick to lead the Tigers, who have dropped their last 3 games by a total of only 4 goals ... Thus far this season, junior Noah Maderwell leads WU in scoring with 20 goals and 26 points ... Sophomore Andrew Ellis has a team-best 8 assists to go with 8 goals and 16 points ... Junior Anthony LeBarge leads the team with 33 GBs and 18 CTs ... Sophomore Paxton Kreger is 1-2 with 36 saves and a 14.66 GAA in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Marous | 14 | 1. | Marous | 7 | 1. | Marous | 21 | 1. | Marous | 40 | 1. | Victory | 22 | ||||
2. | Pavone | 8 | 2. | St. Croix | 4 | 2. | Pavone | 12 | 2. | Pavone | 31 | 2. | M. Groves | 15 | ||||
N.Groves | 8 | Pavone | 4 | 3. | St. Croix | 11 | 3. | Weese | 30 | Stoeffler | 15 | |||||||
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All-Time Series: This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools ... ONU is 1-1 against NCAC foes.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his third season at ONU with a 36-18 record, a .667 win percentage.