Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (3-3 Overall, 2-2 OAC) at Otterbein (4-2 Overall, 3-1 OAC)

Saturday, April 3, 2021, 1 p.m. - Memorial Stadium, Westerville, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue their abbreviated 2021 season with an OAC road game at Otterbein on Saturday at Memorial Stadium ... Ohio Northern will play a round-robin OAC schedule with games against the other nine league schools on nine consecutive Saturdays to determine the OAC Regular Season title and the seeding for the OAC Tournament ... Each OAC school will play four other league schools in non-conference games scattered throughout the season ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... The Polar Bears and the Blue Streaks are part of a 4-way tie for third place in the OAC with 2-1 records ... The top six teams will qualify for the OAC Tournament May 4-8 ... ONU is coming off a 17-6 loss to John Carroll last Saturday ... Junior Ben Gawronski had his first career hat trick to lead Ohio Northern ... Senior Cameron Marous is ONU's all-time career leader with 125 goals, 103 assists and 228 points ... He leads the OAC with 17 assists and is fourth with 24 points to go with 7 goals ... Senior Joe O'Connell leads the team with 8 goals ... Sophomore Cole Zaferakis is 3-3 with 36 saves and a 9.74 GAA in goal ... Senior Preston Victory is 48-of-76 (.632) and freshman Chad Calderwood is 27-of-41 (.659) on faceoffs this year  ... Victory is ONU's all-time career leader with 263 face off wins and a .609 career winning percentage ... The Cardinals are coming off a 17-loss at Baldwin Wallace last Saturday ... OU had won 4 straight games since opening the season with an 8-7 non-conference loss at ONU ... OU is 2-0 at home and has outscored its opponents 30-5 at Memorial Stadium this season ... Logan French leads the Cardinals with 9 goals this season ... Xander Seal, Aidan Moore, Ben Lewis and Dekaider Jackson all have 8 goals ... Seal has a team-bests of 8 assists and 16 points ... Zach Groene is 4-2 with 49 saves and a 6.77 GAA in goal.

Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 3-2 margin ... Ohio Northern is 0-1 at OU ... ONU defeated OU 9-8 earlier this season in a non-conference game at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 51-27 record, a winning percentage of .654.