Men's Lacrosse: Baldwin Wallace (12-2 Overall, 6-0 OAC) at Ohio Northern (10-3 Overall, 5-1 OAC)
Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 7:30 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Game: Ohio Northern will play its penultimate regular season home game of the year on Wednesday night against Baldwin Wallace in a battle of league leaders at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... With a victory, ONU would move into a first place tie in the OAC standings ... ONU has won 5 of its last 6 games, including a 14-5 victory over Muskingum on Saturday ... Through 13 games this season, junior Aidan Dempsey leads the Polar Bears with 38 points on 24 goals and 14 assists ... Junior Sebastian Michaud is second wits 22 goals and 29 points and senior Tyler Ferguson has 18 goals and 21 points ... Senior Cole Zaferakis is 10-3 with a 6.71 GAA, 95 saves and a 57.6 save percentage ... He is ONU's all-time career leader in saves with 275 and in victories with 34 ... Zaferakis was named the OAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday ... This is Zaferakis' third OAC Player of the Week accolade of the season and sixth of his career ... He is also second with 2,468 career minutes played ... Senior Riley O'Neal is fifth in ONU history with 34 career assists ... Junior Chad Calderwood is fourth in ONU history with 259 face-off wins and is third with a 56.9 face-off win percentage ... The Yellow Jackets enter Wednesday's game in first place in the OAC and riding a 12-game winning streak ... BW would clinch a first round bye in the OAC Tournament with a victory over the Polar Bears ... BW is coming off an 8-3 win over Capital on Saturday ... Freshman Bennet Trout leads BW in scoring with 36 points on 26 goals and 10 assists ... Senior Kyler Byerly is second with 23 goals ... Senior Joe Storner leads the OAC with a 6.42 GAA and a 66.9 ave percentage in goal.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Dempsey | 24 | 1. | Dempsey | 14 | 1. | Dempsey | 38 | 1. | Calderwood | 47 | 1. | Calderwood | 96-164 | 1. | An.Reimer | 22 | ||||
| 2. | Michaud | 22 | 2. | Lynn | 10 | 2. | Michaud | 29 | 2. | An.Reimer | 42 | 2. | Dittus | 48-83 | 2. | Keeley | 22 | ||||
| 3. | Ferguson | 18 | 3. | O'Neal | 8 | 3. | Lynn | 22 | 3. | Keeley | 30 | 3. | Smith | 27-53 | 3. | Mitchell | 10 |
All-Time Series: Baldwin Wallace leads the all-time series with ONU by a 7-1 margin … BWU won last year's game 9-6 in Berea ... BW is 3-0 in games at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 77-38 record, a winning percentage of .670.
