Men's Lacrosse: John Carroll (5-2 Overall, 1-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (7-2 Overall, 2-0 OAC)
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 1 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern will return home after its 7-game road trip with a contest against John Carroll on Saturday at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... ONU got off to the best start in school history at 5-0, before falling at Hampden-Sydney (Va.) and Roanoke (Va.) to conclude its spring break trip with a 1-2 record ... Northern is 2-0 in the league after road victories at Mount Union (18-7) and Heidelberg (18-1) ... Through 9 games this season, junior Aidan Dempsey leads the Polar Bears with 21 points on 13 goals and 8 assists ... Senior Tyler Ferguson has a team-best 7 goals ... Juniors Sebastian Michaud and John Lynn each have 18 points ... Senior Cole Zaferakis is 7-2 with a 7.40 GAA, 71 saves and a 57.3 save percentage ... He is ONU's all-time career saves leader with 270 and ranks second all-time in ONU history with 31 career wins and 2,272 career minutes played ... Senior Riley O'Neal is fifth in ONU history with 30 career assists ... The Blue Streaks are coming off an 8-4 loss to Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday ... Senior Tanner Gill-Snow scored twice and senior Jon Gaglio had 11 saves in goal for JCU ... Senior Matt Morrell leads the team and is fourth in the OAC with 15 assists and 34 points and leads the team with 19 goals ... Senior Matt Berdysiak is sixth in the league with 14 assists to go with 14 goals and 29 points ... Gaglio is 5-2 with a 10.36 GAA, 78 saves and a 54.2 save percentage in goal for the Blue Streaks.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Ferguson | 17 | 1. | Lynn | 10 | 1. | Dempsey | 21 | 1. | An.Reimer | 29 | 1. | Calderwood | 57-103 | 1. | An.Reimer | 16 | ||||
| 2. | Michaud | 13 | 2. | Dempsey | 8 | 2. | Michaud | 18 | 2. | Dittus | 27 | 2. | Dittus | 48-83 | 2. | Keeley | 11 | ||||
| Dempsey | 13 | 3. | Michaud | 5 | Lynn | 18 | 3. | Calderwood | 26 | 3. | Smith | 14-25 | 3. | Wilson | 8 | ||||||
| Willits | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Caliri | 5 |
All-Time Series: John Carroll leads the all-time series with ONU by an 8-0 record … JCU won last year's games 15-4 and 14-6.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 74-37 record, a winning percentage of .667.