Men's Lacrosse: Marietta (3-5 Overall, 2-3 OAC) at Ohio Northern (3-4 Overall, 2-3 OAC)
Saturday, April 10, 2021, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue their abbreviated 2021 season with an OAC contest against Marietta on Senior Day 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 6-team OAC Tournament May 4-8 ... Each OAC school will play four other league schools in non-conference games scattered throughout the season ... ONU and MC are tied for sixth in the OAC ... 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 ... Northern's home non-conference contest with Heidelberg on Wednesday was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns at HU ... ONU is coming off a 10-8 loss to Otterbein last Saturday ... Senior Joe O'Connell leads ONU with 10 goals this 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 ... The Pioneers are coming off a 14-5 loss to Capital on Wednesday in a non-conference contest ... MC is 2-3 in the league with wins over Wilmington and Muskingum and losses to Capital, Mount Union and Otterbein ... Connor Ficke leads MC in scroing with 16 goals, 9 assists and 25 points ... Zach Radcliffe is second with 12 goals, 5 assists and 17 points.
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 1-0 margin ... Ohio Northern won the only meeting 25-4 in Marietta in 2019,
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.