Men’s Lacrosse: Capital (7-7 Overall, 4-3 OAC) at Ohio Northern (10-3, 6-1 OAC)
Saturday, April 23, 2022, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday hosting Capital for Senior Day in its penultimate game of the regular season … The Polar Bears have 12 seniors on the roster … ONU has clinched a spot in the six-team OAC Tournament, which begins with the quarterfinals on April 30 … Northern is coming off Wednesday's 25-1 home win over Heidelberg … Freshman Caleb Bennett scored a career-high five goals in the victory … Sophomore Sebastian Michaud added three goals for ONU, which had 14 different goal-scorers in the game … The 25 goals was just one shy of the team-record 26 set in a win over Wilmington in 2019 … Through 13 games this season, Michaud leads a balanced scoring attack with 25 goals and 35 points … Michaud is tied for ninth in the OAC in goals … Senior Ben Gawronski is second on the team with 20 goals and 28 points … Junior Riley O'Neal has a team-best 14 assists … In all, 27 different players have scored goals this season, including five who have double-digit goal totals … Junior goalkeeper Cole Zaferakis is 10-3 on the season with 86 saves, a .524 save percentage and an OAC-best 7.99 GAA … Capital is coming off Wednesday's 25-1 win over Wilmington … Mason Spaulding led the way for the Comets with seven goals and eight points … Spaulding has a team-high 37 goals and 45 points on the season … Spaulding is tied for fourth in the OAC in goals and tied for eighth in points … Evan Frund is second on the team in goals (25) and is tied with Jack Scharner for second on the team in points (33) … Scharner has a team-high 24 assists, which is tied for second in the OAC … Goalkeeper Sam McInturf is 7-7 on the season with 178 saves, a 9.97 GAA and .571 save percentage.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Michaud | 25 | 1. | O'Neal | 14 | 1. | Michaud | 35 | 1. | Dittus | 39 | 1. | Dittus | 79-144 | 1. | Griffin | 22 | ||||
| 2. | Gawronski | 20 | 2. | Michaud | 10 | 2. | Gawronski | 28 | 2. | Griffin | 36 | 2. | Calderwood | 61-113 | 2. | Mitchel | 15 | ||||
| 3. | Lynn | 17 | 3. | Gawronski | 8 | 3. | Dempsey | 22 | 3. | Calderwood | 26 | 3. | T.Smith | 21-27 | 3. | Falsone | 11 | ||||
| Jablonski | 8 | Mitchel | 26 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern trails the all-time series with Capital by a 3-4 margin, including an 0-3 mark at home ... The teams split last season's meetings with ONU winning 7-6 in Columbus and Capital winning 10-9 in Ada.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 65-33 record, a winning percentage of .663.
