Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (5-2 Overall, 0-0 OAC) at Mount Union (3-4 Overall, 0-0 OAC)
Saturday, Mar. 25, 2023, 1 p.m. - Kehres Stadium, Alliance, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern will begin the OAC portion of its schedule on Saturday at Mount Union ... Northern was scheduled to wrap up the non-conference portion of its schedule on Wednesday against Trine at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... The game was scheduled for Wednesday and was postponed after two lightning delays of nearly two hours and some pea-sized hail Wednesday evening ... The two teams managed to play for just under two minutes in between the lightning delays ... The game was slated to be played again on Thursday, but was ultimately canceled ... ONU got off to the best start in school history at 5-0, before falling at Hampden-Sydney (Va.) and Roanoke (Va.) last week to conclude its spring break trip to Virginia with a 1-2 record ... Northern started its spring break trip with an impressive 9-5 win at Bridgewater (Va.), which followed with a 10-5 loss at Hampden-Sydney and a 22-8 loss at Roanoke ... Through seven games this season, juniors Sebastian Michaud and Aidan Dempsey lead the Polar Bears with 14 points each ... Senior Tyler Ferguson has a team-best 12 goals ... Dempsey and junior John Lynn have six assists each ... Senior Cole Zaferakis is 5-2 with an 8.89 GAA, 65 saves and a 55.1 save percentage ... He ranks second all-time in ONU history with 29 career wins, 364 career saves and 2,200 career minutes played ... Senior Riley O'Neal is fifth in ONU history with 30 career assists ... Mount Union is coming off a 17-11 loss to Wooster on Wednesday ... Sophomore Logan Gebhart led the Purple Raiders with four goals and two assists for six points ... Gebhart leads UMU this season with 22 goals, 14 assists and 36 points ... Eli Ciotti is second with 18 goals, 10 assists and 28 points ... Logan Gunderman is 3-4 with a 10.79 GAA and 76 saves in goal.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
1. | Ferguson | 12 | 1. | Dempsey | 6 | 1. | Michaud | 14 | 1. | An.Reimer | 26 | 1. | Dittus | 45-80 | 1. | An.Reimer | 13 | ||||
2. | Michaud | 10 | Lynn | 6 | Dempsey | 14 | 2. | Dittus | 24 | 2. | Calderwood | 39-72 | 2. | Keeley | 7 | ||||||
3. | O'Neal | 8 | 3. | O'Neal | 4 | 3. | Ferguson | 12 | 3. | Calderwood | 21 | 3. | Smith | 2-9 | Wilson | 7 | |||||
Dempsey | 8 | Willits | 4 | Lynn | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Caliri | 4 | O'Neal | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Michaud | 4 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Mount Union by a 7-1 record … ONU has won seven straight in the series and is 1-1 in games played in Alliance ... The Polar Bears won last year's contest 15-6 in the OAC Tournament quarterfinals last year in Ada.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 72-37 record, a winning percentage of .661.