Men's Lacrosse: Elmhurst (Ill.) (0-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall)
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, Noon - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
| Game Program (.pdf) | 2019 Ohio Northern Season Preview |
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern opens its 2019 season with its largest roster in program history with 58 players under fourth-year head coach Nat St. Laurent ... 21 of the 35 freshmen that made up the inagural season of 2015 are seniors in 2019 ... ONU returns all 10 starters, nine All-Conference honorees and its top 13 scorers from last year's squad that went 14-3 and shared the OAC Regular Season title with a 7-1 league record ... The Polar Bears feature the stingiest defense in the country last season, allowing a nation-best 5.59 goals per game ... Seniors Drew Fox and Mitch Groves are returning IMLCA All-Region honorees ... They joined seniors Anthony Pavone and Jackson Pfister and juniors Logan Krogman, Cameron Marous, Shane Olsen and Javon Smith as All-OAC award winners ... Marous led the team and was second in the OAC with 36 assists last season ... He also led the squad with 39 goals and 75 points ... Pizarro led the OAC with a 6.63 GAA ... Elmhurst enters its 2019 season off its best season in program history in 2018, finishing 13-3 overall and 5-1 in the CCIW ... EC was picked to finish second in the CCIW this year in the preseason coaches poll ... Senior Mac Harden and sophomore Trent Nyberg return as IMLCA All-Region honorees ... Harden was also named the CCIW Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 and is a 3-time All-Conference honoree ... He was the team's leader in goals (57) and points (77) and ranked 8th in the nation in goals per game (3.80) and 15th in the nation in points per game (5.13).
ONU Returning Statistical Leaders 92018 Stats):
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Marous | 39 | 1. | Marous | 36 | 1. | Marous | 75 | 1. | Weese | 90 | 1. | Smith | 42 | ||||
| 2. | Weese | 27 | 2. | St. Croix | 25 | 2. | St. Croix | 37 | 2. | Marous | 87 | 2. | Krogman | 41 | ||||
| 3. | Olsen | 24 | 3. | Pavone | 16 | 3. | Weese | 35 | 3. | Olsen | 76 | 3. | Peoples | 34 | ||||
| Marous | 34 |
All-Time Series: This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools and ONU's first game against a CCIW foe.
ONU head coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent in his third season at ONU with a 31-17 record, a winning percentage of .646.
