Men's Lacrosse: Heidelberg (0-7 Overall) at Ohio Northern (3-4 Overall)
Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue their abbreviated 2021 season with a 7 pm non-conference contest Wednesday night against Heidelberg at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... Ohio Northern will play a round-robin OAC schedule with games against the other 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 scattered throughout the season ... ONU won the OAC matchup against HU 25-6 on March 6 ... 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 are in a 3-way tie for sixth place in the OAC Standings ... The top six teams will qualify for the OAC Tournament May 4-8 ... ONU is coming off a 10-8 loss to Otterbein last Saturday ... Senior Joe O'Connell registered two goals to lead Ohio Northern, and add to his team-leading 10 goals on the season ... Senior Cameron Marous is ONU's all-time career leader with 126 goals, 106 assists and 232 points ... He is second in the OAC with 20 assists and is fourth with 28 points to go with 8 goals ... Sophomore Cole Zaferakis is 3-4 with 48 saves and a 9.79 GAA in goal ... Senior Preston Victory is 52-of-87 (.598) and freshman Chad Calderwood is 32-of-49 (.653) on faceoffs this year ... Victory is ONU's all-time career leader with 267 face off wins and a .603 career winning percentage ... The Student Princes are coming off a 29-0 loss at John Carroll on Saturday ... Alex Bruder and Liam Weaver lead the Student Princes in goals this season with 6 each ... Weaver has a team-leading 11 points and five assists ... Cian Howery has a league-leading 113 saves in goal.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | O'Connell | 10 | 1. | Marous | 20 | 1. | Marous | 28 | 1. | Marous | 47 | 1. | Victory | 23 | ||||
2. | Marous | 8 | 2. | Dempsey | 4 | 2. | O'Connell | 12 | 2. | Giles | 42 | 2. | Mullin | 16 | ||||
3. | Berthelseon-Leon | 8 | Gawronski | 4 | 3. | Gawronski | 9 | 3. | Berthelsen-Leon | 36 | 3. | Marous | 13 | |||||
Berthelsen-Leon | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Giles | 9 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 4-0 margin ... Ohio Northern is 2-0 at home ... ONU defeated HU 25-6 earlier this season in a conference game at Hoernemann Stadium in Tiffin.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 51-28 record, a winning percentage of .646.