Men's Lacrosse: Otterbein (6-9 Overall, 5-3 OAC) at Ohio Northern (10-5 Overall, 5-3 OAC)
Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: Ohio Northern will wrap up its final regular season on Wednesday evening against Otterbein at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... ONU and OU are currently tied for fourth place in the OAC with 5-3 records ... The winner of Saturday's game will be the No. 4 seed and will host the loser as the No. 5 seed in the quarterfinals on Saturday ... The top six teams qualify for the OAC Tournament April 29-May 6 ... The top two seeds receive first round byes and will host semifinal games on Wednesday, May 3 ... The No. 3 seed will host the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed will host the No. 5 seed in the first round on Saturday ... ONU is coming off a 13-5 loss at Capital on Saturday ... Senior Riley O'Neal and junior Aidan Dempsey scored two goals apiece to lead the Ohio Northern .... Through 15 games this season, junior Aidan Dempsey leads the Polar Bears with 40 points on 26 goals and 14 assists ... Junior Sebastian Michaud is second wits 23 goals and 31 points and senior Tyler Ferguson has 18 goals and 21 points ... Senior Cole Zaferakis is 10-5 with a 7.40 GAA, 117 saves and a 56.0 save percentage ... He is ONU's all-time career leader in saves with 416 and in victories with 34 ... He is also second with 2,588 career minutes played ... Senior Riley O'Neal is fifth in ONU history with 34 career assists ... Junior Chad Calderwood is fourth in ONU history with 273 face-off wins and is third with a 55.7 face-off win percentage. ... The Cardinals enter Wednesday's regular season finale riding a 3-game winning streak ... OU is coming off a 12-7 victory over Mount Union on Saturday ... Sophomore Carson Rainone had 4 goals and senior Cole Werbrich had a goal and three assists to lead Otterbein ... Junior Aidan Moore leads OU in scoring this season with 21 goals and 32 points ... Senior Nick Clay has 17 goals, 11 assists and 28 points ... Sophomore Luke Farthing is 4-9 with 138 saves, a 10.91 GAA and a .513 save percentage in goal.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Dempsey | 26 | 1. | Dempsey | 14 | 1. | Dempsey | 40 | 1. | Calderwood | 58 | 1. | Calderwood | 110-199 | 1. | An.Reimer | 24 | ||||
| 2. | Michaud | 23 | 2. | Lynn | 11 | 2. | Michaud | 31 | 2. | An.Reimer | 48 | 2. | Dittus | 48-83 | 2. | Keeley | 13 | ||||
| 3. | Ferguson | 18 | 3. | O'Neal | 8 | 3. | O'Neal | 24 | 3. | Keeley | 35 | 3. | Smith | 29-57 | 3. | Mitchell | 12 | ||||
| Michaud | 8 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with OU by a 4-3 margin … ONU won last year's game 14-10 in Westerville ... ONU is 3-1 in the series in games played at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 78-40 record, a winning percentage of .661.