Men's Lacrosse: Alma (Mich.) (1-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (0-0 Overall)
Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern opens its 2023 schedule on Saturday against Alma (Mich.) on the beautiful new turf at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... ONU returns 36 lettermen and 6 players who started at least 13 games and from last year's team that went 12-5 and finished 7-2 in the OAC ... That group is highlighted by 2022 All-OAC selections in seniors Riley O'Neal and Cole Zaferakis and junior Sebastian Michaud as well as seniors Nate Mitchell and Alex Reimer and junior John Lynn ... Add in junior Aidan Dempsey, who played for Team Ireland in the World Lacrosse Men's U-21 World Championship last August, and the Polar Bears have five 5 their top 6 point-scorers back from a year ago ... ONU has had a winning record in every season since its formation in 2016 and is looking to extend that streak under eighth-year head coach Nat St. Laurent ... Alma opened its 2023 season with a 12-4 victory at Michigan-Dearborn on Feb. 10 ... Senior Anar Tumurbaatar led the Scots with five goals ... Seniors Byron Weber and Haden Johnson had two goals each ... AC outscored UMD 7-1 in the fourth quarter after leading 5-3 after 45 minutes of play ... Junior Thomas Burns had 11 saves on 15 shots on goal for Alma ... The win was the first for new head coach Casey Hogan.
Ohio Northern Returning Statistical Leaders (2022 Stats):
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Michaud | 28 | 1. | O'Neal | 19 | 1. | Michaud | 43 | 1. | Dittus | 52 | 1. | Dittus | 104-189 | 1. | Mitchell | 17 | ||||
| 2. | Lynn | 22 | 2. | Michaud | 15 | 2. | Lynn | 29 | 2. | Calderwood | 45 | 2. | Calderwood | 90-161 | 2. | Hojnacki | 11 | ||||
| 3. | Dempsey | 21 | 3. | Reimer | 8 | 3. | Dempsey | 28 | 3. | Mitchell | 30 | 3. | T.Smith | 22-29 | 3. | Lynn | 9 | ||||
| Dempsey | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Keeley | 9 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Alma by a 2-0 record … ONU won 13-4 at Alma last season after winning 18-9 in Ada in 2020.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 67-35 record, a winning percentage of .657.