Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (12-4 Overall) at John Carroll (14-2 Overall) - OAC Tournament Semifinals
Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 7 p.m. - Don Shula Stadium, University Heights, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: Ohio Northern is the No. 3 seed in the 2022 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament and will play at No. 2 seed John Carroll in the semifinals on Wednesday ... The ONU-JCU winner will advance to the finals on Saturday against either top-seeded Baldwin Wallace or fifth-seeded Capital ... This marks the fourth consecutive appearance in the OAC Tournament for the Polar Bears ... Northern is 3-3 all-time in the OAC Tournament ... Last season, ONU defeated Mount Union 14-7 in the quarterfinals in Ada before falling at Baldwin Wallace 16-12 in the semifinals … Northern is coming off a 15-6 victory over Mount Union in the quarterfinals on Saturday at Dial-Roberson Stadium … Senior Ben Gawronski scored four goals and had an assist to lead Ohio Northern ... Through 16 games this season, sophomore Sebastian Michaud leads a balanced scoring attack with 28 goals and 43 points … Gawronski is second on the team with 27 goals and 36 points ... Sophomores John Lynn and Aidan Dempsey (Silver Spring, Md./St. John's College) are tied for third with 21 goals and 28 points each … Junior Riley O'Neal has a team-best 19 assists … In all, 29 different players have scored goals this season, including seven who have double-digit goal totals … Junior goalkeeper Cole Zaferakis is 12-4 on the season with 104 saves, a .502 save percentage and is second in the OAC with an 8.07 GAA ... John Carroll received a first round bye as the No. 2 seed and have won eight of its last nine games ... Junior Matt Berdysiak had seven goals to lead JCU in a 19-5 win over Mount Union on April 27 ... Berdysiak leads the team and the OAC with 65 goals and is second in the league with 71 points ... Kevin Hack is second on the team with 42 goals ... Brendan Whitty leads the league with 44 assists ... Jon Gaglio is 13-2 with 113 saves and a league-best 7.88 GAA.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Michaud | 28 | 1. | O'Neal | 19 | 1. | Michaud | 43 | 1. | Dittus | 49 | 1. | Dittus | 99-177 | 1. | Griffin | 27 | ||||
| 2. | Gawronski | 27 | 2. | Michaud | 15 | 2. | Gawronski | 36 | 2. | Griffin | 43 | 2. | Calderwood | 87-153 | 2. | Mitchel | 16 | ||||
| 3. | Lynn | 21 | 3. | Jablonski | 10 | 3. | Lynn | 28 | Calderwood | 43 | 3. | T.Smith | 21-27 | 3. | Falsone | 13 | |||||
| Dempsey | 21 | Dempsey | 28 |
All-Time Series: John Carroll leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 7-0 margin ... JCU won this year's regular season meeting 14-6 at University Heights on April 15 ... JCU is 1-0 in OAC Tournament play against ONU, winning 13-5 in the 2019 championship game.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 67-34 record, a winning percentage of .663.
