Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (8-5 Overall) at Baldwin Wallace (12-1 Overall) - OAC Tournament Finals
Thursday, May 6, 2021, 7 p.m. - Lou Groza Stadium, Berea-Midpark HS, Berea, Ohio
Thursday's Preview: No. 4 seed Ohio Northern will travel to No. 1 seed Baldwin Wallace in the OAC Tournament Semifinals on Thursday at Lou Groza Stadium ... The game was moved from Baldwin Wallace to Berea-Midpark High School as Finnie Stadium is set up for BW's graduation ceremonies this weekend ... No. 3 Otterbein is playing at No. 2 seed John Carroll in the other semifinal ... The finals are slated for Saturday at the highest seeded semifinal winner ... ONU is making its third consecutive OAC Tournament appearance and has a 2-2 record in the history of the event ... 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 ... Ohio Northern raced to an 8-0 halftime lead and held on for a 14-7 victory over No. 5 seed Mount Union in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... Senior Pat Berthelsen-Leon had a hat trick with 3 goals and sophomore Cole Zaferakis had nine saves in goal and picked up five ground balls for Northern ... Senior Cameron Marous leads ONU with 21 goals, 24 assists and 45 points this season ... Berthelsen-Leon is second with 17 goals ... Marous is ONU's all-time career leader with 139 goals, 110 assists and 249 points in 70 career games ... Zaferakis is 8-5 with 88 saves and an 8.14 GAA in goal ... Baldwin Wallace enters Thursday's semifinals as the No. 1 seed after winning its second OAC Regular Season title with a 9-0 record ... BW is looking for its second appearance in the OAC Tournament finals and has a 1-6 all-time record in the OAC Tournament ... BW has won five consecutive games, including a 14-4 win over Marietta on Saturday ... Freshman Jake Nanosky leads the team and is second in the OAC with 35 goals ... He is also fifth in the OAC with 25 assists and is second with 60 points ... Freshman Gunnar MacMillan is second on the team and third in the league with 34 goals and freshman Zakary Kroeger is third on the team with 28 goals ... Sophomore Joe Stormer is 11-1 with 112 saves and a 7.09 GAA in goal ...
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Marous | 21 | 1. | Marous | 24 | 1. | Marous | 45 | 1. | Marous | 83 | 1. | Victory | 31 | ||||
2. | Berthelsen-Leon | 17 | 2. | O'Connell | 8 | 2. | O'Connell | 23 | 2. | Berthelsen-Leon | 78 | 2. | Zaferakis | 29 | ||||
3. | O'Connell | 15 | 3. | Ferguson | 6 | 3. | Giles | 19 | 3. | Giles | 66 | 3. | Stoeffler | 24 | ||||
Giles | 6 | Berthelsen-Leon | 19 |
All-Time Series: Baldwin Wallace leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 6-1 margin ... BW won both meetings this season, 10-7 in Ada and 9-7 in Berea.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 56-29 record, a winning percentage of .659.