Men's Lacrosse: Wilmington (2-7 Overall, 0-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (5-2 Overall, 1-0 OAC)
Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: Ohio Northern will continue its round-robin OAC slate with a 7 pm contest against Wilmington at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... The Polar Bears are coming off an 11-2 victory over Mount Union in their OAC opener on Saturday ... Senior Ben Gawronski and sophomore Sebastian Michaud each recorded hat tricks to lead Ohio Northern ... Michaud also added 2 assist for a team-best 5 points in the game ... Junior Cole Zaferakis was outstanding in goal, stopping seven of nine shots on goal ... This marks the fifth consecutive season that ONU has won its league opener ... Through 7 games this season, sophomore John Lynn leads a balanced scoring attack with 11 goals ... Gawronski, Michaud, junior Alex Reimer and sophomore Aidan Dempsey have 11 points each ... In all, 18 different players have scored goals this season ... Zaferakis is 5-2 with 54 saves, an 8.31 GAA and a 54.5 save percentage this season ... He also ranks second all-time in ONU history in saves with 242, wins with 17, and goalie minutes with 1345:11 ... Senior Bradley Griffin ranks seventh all-time with 33 caused turnovers in his career ... Sophomore Chad Calderwood's 96 faceoff wins is fifth all-time at ONU ... Wilmington is looking to snap a 6-game losing streak and is coming off a 16-6 loss to Heidelberg in its OAC opener on Saturday ... Senior Austin Young had a 3-goal hat trick and an assist for a team-best 4 points for WC in the game ... Young leads the team in scoring this season with 14 goals to go with 4 assists and 18 points ... Junior Justin Shaw has 13 goals, 7 assists and 20 points ... Freshman Cody Everly has 122 saves and a 47.3 save percentage in goal.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Lynn | 11 | 1. | O'Neal | 5 | 1. | Michaud | 13 | 1. | Dittus | 19 | 1. | Dittus | 46-94 | 1. | Griffin | 11 | ||||
| 2. | Al.Reimer | 9 | 2. | Bennett | 5 | 2. | Al.Reimer | 11 | 2. | Griffin | 18 | 2. | Calderwood | 23-47 | 2. | Mitchel | 7 | ||||
| 3. | Dempsey | 8 | 3. | Michaud | 5 | Dempsey | 11 | 3. | Mitchel | 14 | 3. | Smith | 3-3 | 3. | Hojnacki | 6 | |||||
| Gawronski | 8 | Gawronski | 11 | Doran | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Michaud | 8 | Lynn | 11 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 4-1 margin ... ONU has won 4 straight, including a 25-2 victory last season ... ONU is 2-0 in games at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 60-32 record, a winning percentage of .652.
