Men's Lacrosse: Heidelberg (5-5 Overall, 2-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (8-1 Overall, 2-0 OAC)
Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters Wednesday's contest riding an 8-game winning streak, marking the third consecutive season with a winning streak of 6 games or longer ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 12-8 win at Mt. Union on Saturday, increasing ONU's road winning streak to 13 games ... Senior Anthony Pavone and junior Cameron Marous each had hat tricks to lead Ohio Northern ... ONU scored 7 straight goals to start the second half and turn a 3-all tie into a 10-3 lead ... Through 9 games this season, Marous leads the team with 21 goals, 14 assists and 35 points ... Senior Anthony Pavone is second with 15 goals and senior Nicholas Groves is third with 11 goals ... Senior Alex Pizarro is 7-1 with 54 saves and a league-best 7.38 GAA in goal ... Pizarro also leads the OAC with only 47 goals allowed and is second with a 57.3 save percentage ... Seniors Preston Victory and Jackson Pfister lead the team with 26 GBs each and senior Drew Fox leads the team with 23 CTs ... Senior Max Weese (100), Marous (96) and Pavone (76) are 1-2-3 on ONU's all-time career goal scoring list ... An amazing 26 different players have scored goals for Ohio Northern this season ... Heidelberg enters Wednesday's contest coming off a 16-6 win at Wilmington last Saturday ... The Student Princes built a 9-0 lead by halftime and cruised to victory ... Sophomore Liam Weaver scored a career-high eight goals and added an assist, sophomore Alex Bruder and junior Patrick McCarthy both added hat tricks and junior Brock Hodson had 2 goals and 4 assists. ... In 10 games this season, Weaver leads the team and is second in the OAC with 32 goals ... He also has a team-high 14 assists and 46 points ... Bruder is 4th in the OAC with 28 goals and 42 points.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Marous | 21 | 1. | Marous | 14 | 1. | Marous | 35 | 1. | Marous | 54 | 1. | Victory | 26 | ||||
2. | Pavone | 15 | 2. | St. Croix | 6 | 2. | Pavone | 19 | 2. | Pavone | 47 | Pfister | 26 | |||||
3. | N.Groves | 11 | 3. | Gawronski | 5 | 3. | St. Croix | 14 | 3. | Weese | 43 | 3. | DiMarco | 19 | ||||
M.Groves | 19 |
All-Time Series: ONU leads the series between the two schools by a 2-0 margin, including a 14-3 win at HU in 2018.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his third season at ONU with a 39-18 record, a .684 win percentage.