Men's Lacrosse: Heidelberg (1-12 Overall, 1-5 OAC) at Ohio Northern (9-3 Overall, 5-1 OAC)
Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: Ohio Northern is playing its penultimate regular season home game of the season with a 7 pm contest against Heidelberg on Wednesday at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... ONU has clinched a spot in the 6-team OAC Tournament, which begins with the quarterfinals on April 30 ... Northern saw its 5-game winning streak come to an end with a 14-6 loss at John Carroll on Saturday in a battle of league unbeatens ... Sophomore Sebastian Michaud scored twice to lead ONU ... Through 12 games this season, Michaud lead a balanced scoring attack with 22 goals and 31 points ... Senior Ben Gawronski is second with 18 goals and 26 points ... Junior Riley O'Neal has a team-best 13 assists ... In all, 26 different players have scored goals this season ... Junior Cole Zaferakis is 9-3 with 82 saves, an 8.02 GAA and a .516 save percentage this season ... In his 32-game career, Zaferakis ranks second all-time in ONU history with 272 saves, 21 wins and 1590:58 minutes of playing time ... He is also fourth with an 8.64 GAA ... Senior Bradley Griffin is fifth in ONU history with 43 career caused turnovers ... Heidelberg is looking to snap a 5-game losing streak and is coming off a 16-2 loss to Muskingum on Saturday ... Senior Alex Bruder and junior Jason Mills each had a goal for HU ... Bruder leads the team with 21 goals, 25 points and 86 shots ... Senior David Weaver is second with 10 goals ... Senior Jaydon Septer leads the team and is third in the OAC with 76 ground balls ... Sophomore Cain Howery has 189 saves in goal.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
1. | Michaud | 22 | 1. | O'Neal | 13 | 1. | Michaud | 31 | 1. | Dittus | 38 | 1. | Dittus | 77-138 | 1. | Griffin | 21 | ||||
2. | Gawronski | 18 | 2. | Michaud | 9 | 2. | Gawronski | 26 | 2. | Griffin | 33 | 2. | Calderwood | 44-92 | 2. | Mitchel | 15 | ||||
3. | Lynn | 16 | 3. | Gawronski | 8 | 3. | Dempsey | 20 | 3. | Michaud | 23 | 3. | T.Smith | 18-23 | 3. | Falsone | 9 | ||||
Mitchel | 23 | Doran | 9 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 4-0 margin ... ONU won 25-6 in Tiffin in 2021 and is 2-0 in Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 64-33 record, a winning percentage of .660.