Men's Lacrosse: Otterbein (8-6 Overall, 5-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (12-2 Overall, 5-1 OAC)
Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 7 pm - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern will host Otterbein in a key battle of OAC leaders on Wednesday at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... ... ONU and OU are tied for first place with John Carroll with 5-1 records entering the final week of league play ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 9-7 loss to JCU on Saturday ... Junior Max Weese had two goals and an assist to lead the ONU offense ... JCU scored five unanswered goals to turn a 4-2 deficit into a 7-2 lead midway through the third quarter ... ONU battled back to within 8-7, but JCU scored with 20 seconds left to ice the game ... Through 14 games this year, sophomore Cameron Marous leads the team and is 5th in the OAC with 36 goals ... He also second in the OAC with 34 assists and is third in the OAC with 70 points ... Weese is second on the team with 24 goals and sophomore Shane Olsen is third with 19 goals ... Weese is ONU's all-time leader in goals with 91, while Marous is ONU's all-time career leader in assists (58) and points (130) ... Junior Alex Pizarro has 54 saves and a 5.79 GAA and junior Andrew Markell has 25 saves and a 3.63 GAA in goal ... Otterbein enters Wednesday's game off a 16-15 win over Baldwin Wallace on Saturday ... OU all-time leading scorer and senior Connor Dziewit scored twice in the final 61 seconds to lead the Cardinals to the victory ... BW scored 5 straight goals to rally from a 14-10 deficit to lead 15-14 with 4:31 left in the game ... Dziewit leads the team in scoring with 49 goals and 70 points ... Junior Joe Sanflippo is second with 53 points on 24 goals and a team-best 29 assists ... Senior Matt Niemi has 109 saves, a 12.40 GAA and a 4-5 record in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Marous | 36 | 1. | Marous | 34 | 1. | Marous | 70 | 1. | Marous | 79 | 1. | Krogman | 34 | ||||
| 2. | Weese | 24 | 2. | St. Croix | 21 | 2. | St. Croix | 32 | 2. | Weese | 74 | 2. | Smith | 32 | ||||
| 3. | Olsen | 19 | 3. | Pavone | 14 | 3. | Weese | 31 | 3. | Pavone | 56 | 3. | Peoples | 31 |
All-Time Series: Otterbein leads the series between the two schools by a 2-0 margin ... OU won 13-8 in 2016 and 13-7 in 2017.
ONU head coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent in his third season at ONU with a 29-16 record, a winning percentage of .644.
