Men's Lacrosse gets back into win column with convincing 13-4 victory at Otterbein

WESTERVILLE — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team got a 3-goal hat trick from freshman Mitchel Luck (Linden, Mich.) and turned in an outstanding defensive performance in a 13-4 victory at Otterbein on Wednesday evening

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (7-4 overall, 2-1 OAC), Otterbein (4-5 overall, 1-2 OAC).
• Venue: Memorial Stadium - Westerville, Ohio.

The Game

• Senior Aidan Dempsey (Silver Spring, Md./St. John's College) had a goal and two assists for three points and fifth-year senior Cole Zaferakis (Liverpool, N.Y.) had eight saves in goal to lead the Polar Bears.
• Northern scored eight of the game's first nine goals to lead 8-1 with 10:45 left in the third quarter.
• OU scored three consecutive times to get within 8-4 with 3:37 left in the third, but senior Andrew Caliri (Lexington, Mass.) scored with 2:31 left in the quarter to send ONU into the final period ahead 9-4.
• The Polar Bears put the game away as four different players scored in the first 10:32 minutes to extend the lead to 13-4 with 4:28 left in the game.
• In all, nine different Ohio Northern players accounted for the team's 13 goals.
• ONU out-shot OU 48-25.

Notables

• Dempsey now ranks fifth all-time in ONU history with 116 points in his career. He ranks fourth with 81 career goals and is sixth with 36 assists.
• He also leads the team in scoring this season with 24 goals and 32 points.
• In all, 22 different Polar Bears have scored goals this season with six more adding at least one assist.
• Senior Chad Calderwood (Portland, Ore./Episcopal) won 10-of-15 faceoffs on the day, extending his school record to 372 for his career. 
• Senior Sebastian Michaud (Springboro) is sixth at ONU with 65 career goals, is seventh with 30 assists and is sixth with 95 points.
• Fifth-year senior Riley O'Neal (Dumfries, Va./Forest Park) is fifth with 38 career assists.
• Zafarakis holds the ONU career records for saves (549), wins (42) and goalie minutes played (3,407).
• ONU now leads the all-time series with OU by a 7-3 margin, which includes a 2-2 mark at Westerville.
• Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his ninth season at Ohio Northern with an 86-46 record and has a winning percentage of .652.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Saturday at 1 pm when they host Muskingum at Dial-Roberson Stadium.