Men's Lacrosse battles hard but falls on the road at Ohio Wesleyan 14-7

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (2-2 Overall), Ohio Wesleyan (2-1 Overall).
• Venue: Selby Stadium - Delaware, Ohio.

The Game

• Junior J.D. Hale (West Chester/Lakota West) led the Polar Bears with two goals.
• OWU started the game off on a 4-0 run before sophomore Jack Chaney (Westerville/South) scored at 6:24 to make it 4-1.
• Junior Nathan Flynn (Springboro) scored at 0:41 to cut the lead to 6-2.
• Hale opened the 2nd period scoring with a goal to make it 6-3.
• ONU would cut the lead to 7-4 as junior Colin Willits (West Chester/Lakota West) scored at 7:41 of the half.
• Ohio Wesleyan would lead 9-5 at halftime.
• Hale would score the first goal of the second half, cutting the lead to 3 making it 9-6.
• Ohio Wesleyan would extend its lead to 11-6 at 9:41 in the 3rd.
• OWU was led by Wade Beckstrom with 4 goals. 
• Senior Robert Brunner (Cincinnati/Indian Hill) had 12 saves for the Polar Bears.
• Ohio Wesleyan out-shot Ohio Northern 38-37 and had the ground ball advantage 38-26.

Notables

• Six different Polar Bears scored goals in the game.
• Willits leads the team in goals this season with 9.
• Sophomore Mitchel Luck (Linden, Mich) is the team assist leader this season with 5.
• Sophomore Ryan Frech (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) leads the team in caused turnovers this season with 10.
• Senior Chad Calderwood (Portland, Ore./Episcopal) won 5 of 16 in faceoffs on the day, extending his school record to 455 for his career.
• He also has the career ground balls record with 209.
• This is the first meeting for the Polar Bears against the Battling Bishops.
• Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his tenth season at Ohio Northern with a 94-50 record and has a winning percentage of .652.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action at home against Wabash (Ind.) on Saturday, March 1st at 1 pm.