Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (4-4 Overall, 3-3 OAC) at Capital (5-3 Overall, 2-3 OAC)

Friday, April 16, 2021, 6 p.m. - Bernlohr Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Friday's Preview: The Polar Bears continue their abbreviated 2021 season with an OAC contest at Capital on Friday night at Bernlohr Stadium ... The game was scheduled for Saturday at 1 pm, but was moved up due to a scheduling conflict with the game officials ... Ohio Northern will play a round-robin OAC schedule with games against the other league schools on nine consecutive Saturdays to determine the OAC Regular Season title and the seeding for the 6-team OAC Tournament May 4-8 ... Each OAC school will play four other league schools in non-conference games scattered throughout the season ... ONU is currently fifth in the OAC with a 3-3 mark, one-half game ahead of sixth place Capital, who is 2-3 ... 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 ... ONU is coming off a 14-5 victory over Marietta on Senior Day at Dial-Roberson Stadium last Saturday ... Senior Cameron Marous had four goals and two assists and senior Kevin Giles had a 3-goal hat trick to lead the ONU offense ... ONU and CU met in a non-conference game earlier this season with CU winning 10-9 in Ada on March 17 ... Senior Pat Berthelsen-Leon scored four goals and had an assist to lead Ohio Northern ... ONU scored three straight goals to tie the game at 9-9 with 10:36 left in the game, but CU answered with the eventual winning goal just seven seconds later ... Marous leads ONU with 12 goals this season ... Giles and senior Joe O'Connell are tied for second with 10 goals each ... Marous is ONU's all-time career leader with 130 goals, 108 assists and 238 points ... Giles is fifth in ONU history with 54 career goals and O'Connell is sixth with 53 career goals ... He is second in the OAC with 22 assists and is fourth with 34 points this season ... Sophomore Cole Zaferakis is 4-4 with 51 saves and a 9.12 GAA in goal ... Senior Preston Victory is 52-of-96 (.542) and freshman Chad Calderwood is 37-of-60 (.617) on faceoffs this year ... The Crusaders are coming off a 15-10 loss at Mount Union on Wednesday ... CU is 2-3 in the league with wins over Marietta and Heidelberg and losses to John Carroll, Mount Union and Otterbein ... C.J. Hughes leads CU in scoring with 10, 13 assists and 23 points ... Johnathan Kilgallon has 10 goals, Evan Frund has nine goals and Jack Scharner has 5 goals and 11 assists ... Ben Hauser os 5-3 with 57 saves and a 9.45 GAA in goal.

Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Capital leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 4-2 margin ... Ohio Northern is 2-1 at Bernlohr Stadium ... CU won this year's earlier meeting 10-9 in Ada.

ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 52-28 record, a winning percentage of .650.