Men's Lacrosse: Mount Union (7-5 Overall, 5-3 OAC) at Ohio Northern (6-5 Overall, 5-3 OAC)
Saturday, May 1, 2021, 1 p.m. - Kerscher Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: The Polar Bears will play their final regular season contest on Saturday with a 1 pm game against Mount Union ... This is the final of nine games in its 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 ... ONU and MTU are currently tied for fourth place in the OAC with six teams advancing to the tournament ... The winner of this match-up will be the fourth seed and host the loser who becomes the fifth seed on Tuesday in the first round of the OAC Tournament ... 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 25-2 win at Wilmington on Saturday ... 19 different Polar Bears scored goals in the game with six scoring twice ... Senior Cameron Marous leads ONU with 16 goals this season ... Senior Kevin Giles and senior Joe O'Connell are second and third in goals with 12 and 11 goals each ... Marous is ONU's all-time career leader with 134 goals, 109 assists and 243 points ... Giles is fifth in ONU history with 56 career goals and O'Connell is sixth with 54 career goals ... Sophomore keeper Cole Zaferakis is 6-5 with 69 saves and an 8.33 GAA in goal ... Mount Union is coming off of a 17-4 win against Heidelberg on Wednesday ... The Purple Raiders are led in scoring by senior Alex Kungle with 27 goals ... Sophomore Logan Gebhart is second in goals with 25, and leads the team with 45 points ... Sophomore Kyle Reihner leads Mount Union in goal with a 7-5 record, 170 saves, and an 11.70 GAA.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
1. | Marous | 16 | 1. | Marous | 23 | 1. | Marous | 39 | 1. | Marous | 69 | 1. | Victory | 29 | ||||
2. | Giles | 12 | 2. | Dempsey | 5 | 2. | Giles | 17 | 2. | Giles | 57 | 2. | Zaferakis | 22 | ||||
3. | O'Connell | 11 | Giles | 5 | 3. | O'Connell | 16 | 3. | Berthelsen-Leon | 52 | 3. | Stoeffler | 20 | |||||
Ferguson | 5 | Mullin | 20 | |||||||||||||||
O'Connell | 5 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 3-1 margin ... Ohio Northern is 2-0 at home ... ONU has won the last three meetings, including a 12-8 win in Alliance in 2019.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 54-29 record, a winning percentage of .650.