Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (7-2 Overall, 3-0 OAC) at Otterbein (4-5 Overall, 2-1 OAC)
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 7 p.m. - Memorial Stadium, Westerville, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: Ohio Northern will put its 4-match winning streak and undefeated OAC record on the line with on Wednesday night in a 7 pm contest at Otterbein ... Northern is in a 3-way tie for first place in the OAC with Baldwin Wallace and John Carroll with a 3-0 mark with Otterbein right behind with a 2-1 record ... The Polar Bears are coming off an 18-6 victory at Muskingum ... Senior Ben Gawronski and sophomore Sebastian Michaud each scored four goals, freshman Nate Jablonski added three goals and an assist, and sophomore John Lynn tallied a team-high three assists ... Through 9 games this season, Michaud leads a balanced offensive attack with 14 goals, 8 assists and 22 points ... Gawronski also has 14 goals and is second with 19 points ... Lynn has 12 goals and sophomore Aidan Dempsey has 11 goals and 17 points ... In all, 25 different players have scored goals this season ... Junior Cole Zaferakis is 7-2 with 58 saves, a 7.74 GAA and a 53.2 save percentage this season ... He also ranks second all-time in ONU history in saves with 246, wins with 19, and goalie minutes with 1415:48 ... Senior Bradley Griffin ranks sixth all-time with 38 caused turnovers in his career ... Sophomore Chad Calderwood's 96 faceoff wins is fifth all-time at ONU, while freshman Luke Dittus is sixth with his 76 wins this season ... Otterbein is coming off a 17-2 victory at Heidelberg on Saturday ... Five Cardinals tallied multi-point evenings, led by five from Nick Asuan on two goals and three helpers ... Nick Wile posted a hat trick, capped on a goal with 19 seconds remaining in the third quarter ... Aidan Moore leads the team with 19 goals and 23 points, followed nu Asuan with 11 goals and 19 points.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Gawronski | 14 | 1. | Michaud | 8 | 1. | Michaud | 22 | 1. | Dittus | 37 | 1. | Dittus | 76-135 | 1. | Griffin | 16 | ||||
| Michaud | 14 | 2. | O'Neal | 7 | 2. | Gawronski | 19 | 2. | Griffin | 25 | 2. | Calderwood | 23-47 | 2. | Mitchel | 11 | |||||
| 3. | Lynn | 12 | 3. | Dempsey | 6 | 3. | Dempsey | 17 | 3. | Michaud | 18 | 3. | T.Smith | 16-17 | 3. | Lynn | 7 | ||||
| Doran | 7 |
All-Time Series: The all-time series between the two schools is tied at 3-3 ... The two teams split a pair of games last season, with Otterbein winning 10-8 at home and ONU winning 8-7 in Ada.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 62-32 record, a winning percentage of .660.