Men's Lacrosse: John Carroll (4-1 Overall, 2-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (3-2 Overall, 2-1 OAC)
Saturday, March 27, 2021, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue their abbreviated 2021 season with an OAC home game against John Carroll on Saturday at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... Ohio Northern will play a round-robin OAC schedule with games against the other nine league schools on nine consecutive Saturdays to determine the OAC Regular Season title and the seeding for the OAC Tournament ... Each OAC school will play four other league schools in non-conference games ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... The Polar Bears and the Blue Streaks are part of a 4-way tie for third place in the OAC with 2-1 records ... The top six teams will qualify for the OAC Tournament May 4-8 ... ONU is coming off a 10-7 loss to Baldwin Wallace last Saturday ... Senior Cameron Marous had a goal and three assists to lead Northern ... Marous is ONU's all-time career leader with 125 goals, 102 assists and 227 points ... He is second the OAC with 16 assists and 23 points to go with 7 goals ... Marous and senior Joe O'Connell lead the team with 7 goals ... Sophomore Cole Zaferakis is 3-2 with 29 saves and a 7.33 GAA in goal ... Senior Preston Victory is 38-of-57 (.667) and freshman Chad Calderwood is 24-of-34 (.706) on faceoffs this year ... The Blue Streaks are coming off a 17-5 win over Mount Union last Saturday ... Senior Skyler Blake leads the OAC in scoring this season with 34 goals and 37 points ... He has scored 27 goals in JCU's last three games ... Senior Brendan Whitty is second on the team in scoring with 10 goals and leads the OAC with 17 assists.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | O'Connell | 7 | 1. | Marous | 16 | 1. | Marous | 23 | 1. | Marous | 35 | 1. | Victory | 15 | ||||
| Marous | 7 | 2. | Dempsey | 4 | 2. | O'Connell | 9 | 2. | Giles | 34 | 2. | Mullin | 12 | |||||
| 3. | Giles | 6 | Gawronski | 4 | 3. | Giles | 8 | 3. | Berthelsen-Leon | 26 | 3. | Stoeffler | 11 | |||||
| Berthelseon-Leon | 6 | Marous | 11 |
All-Time Series: John Carroll leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 5-0 margin ... Ohio Northern is 0-2 at home against JCU ... JCU defeated ONU 13-5 for the OAC Tournament title in 2019.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 51-26 record, a winning percentage of .662.
