Men's Lacrosse opens spring break trip with 13-4 loss to Franklin and Marshall

Men's Lacrosse opens spring break trip with 13-4 loss to Franklin and Marshall
March 10, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team opened its spring break trip with a 13-4 loss to Franklin & Marshall (Pa.) on a picture perfect Monday afternoon.

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (3-3 Overall), Franklin & Marshall (5-2 Overall).
  • Venue: Ensworth Turf Field - Nashville, Tenn.

The Game

  • Four different Polar Bears scored goals in the contest.
  • The Diplomats scored the first five goals of the game, but sophomore Ryan Frech (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) got ONU on the board at the 13:54 mark of the second quarter.
  • Senior Ian Roy (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) scored just 30 seconds later and the Polar Bears were within 5-2.
  • FMC would score the next eight goals to take a commanding 13-2 lead.
  • Ohio Northern kept fighting and held the Franklin and Marshall scoreless for the final 10:05 of the contest, while getting goals from junior Colin Willits (West Chester/Lakota West) and sophomore Mitchell Luck (Linden, Mich.) to make the final 13-4.
  • Freshman Peyton Lich (Palmyra, N.Y. /Macedon) stopped nine of 13 shots in 26 minutes of second half action off the bench in goal.
  • FMC out-shot ONU 55-26 and had the ground ball advantage 32-24.

Notables

  • Seven different Polar Bears scored goals in the game.
  • Willits leads the team in goals this season with 12.
  • Luck leads the team with 18 points and 8 assists to go with 10 goals.
  • Frech leads the team in caused turnovers this season with 14 and in ground balls with 22.
  • Senior Chad Calderwood (Portland, Ore./Episcopal) won 2 in faceoffs on the day, extending his school record to 464 for his career.
  • He also has the career ground balls record with 212.
  • Willits ranks 10th all-time in ONU history with 54 career goals.
  • Bennett ranks ninth all-time in ONU history with 27 career assists.
  • This is the first meeting for the Polar Bears against the Diplomats.
  • The games was played at Ensworth High School.
  • Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his tenth season at Ohio Northern with a 95-51 record, a winning percentage of .651.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday at Rhodes (Tenn.)