Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (3-0 Overall) at #1 Salisbury (Md.) (5-0 Overall)
Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 7 p.m. - Sea Gull Stadium, Salisbury, Md.
Wednesday's Game: Ohio Northern will head east to face its toughest opponent in program history on Wednesday when they play at No. 1-ranked Salisbury (Md.) ... This will mark the first of two games ONU against a ranked opponent, as the Polar Bears will also play at No. 10 Gettysburg (Pa.) on Friday ... The Polar Bears rank ninth nationally on defense, allowing only 4.67 goals per game ... Northern is also 23rd nationally, holding opponents to a .662 clearing percentage ... ONU is coming off a 14-9 victory over Centre (Ky.) on Saturday ... Sophomore Sebastian Michaud scored his first career hat trick, scoring four goals to lead Ohio Northern ... Junior Cole Zaferakis was outstanding in goal, stopping 13 of 22 shots on goal to earn the win ... Through 3 games this season, Michaud, junior Alex Reimer and sophomore John Lynn lead the team with 5 goals each ... Zaferakis ranks 16th nationally with a 5.50 GAA ... He is also is second all-time in saves with 205, wins with 15, and goalie minutes with 1140:26 ... Senior Bradley Griffin ranks seventh all-time with 28 caused turnovers in his career ... Sophomore Chad Calderwood's 83 faceoff wins is fifth all-time at ONU and his faceoff percentage of .557 is third all-time ... Salisbury is ranked No. 1 by USA Lacrosse Magazine and is No. 2 by the USILA ... The Sea Gulls are 5-0 with victories over #7 Lynchburg (Va.), #10 Gettysburg (Pa.) and No. 20 Stevens (N.J.) ... SU is ranked 14th nationally on offense with an average of 17.6 gpg and is 26th on defense, allowing 6.60 gpg ... Goalie Z.J. Shahin is 17th nationally with a 5.83 GAA.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused Turnovers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Michaud | 5 | 1. | O'Neal | 3 | 1. | Michaud | 7 | 1. | Mitchel | 9 | 1. | Dittus | 19-39 | 1. | Mitchel | 7 | ||||
| Al.Reimer | 5 | Gawronski | 3 | 2. | Gawronski | 6 | 2. | Griffin | 8 | 2. | Calderwood | 10-19 | Griffin | 6 | |||||||
| Lynn | 5 | Bennett | 2 | Al.Reimer6 | 3 | 3. | Dittus | 7 | 3. | Dempsey | 3 | ||||||||||
| Ferguson | 3 | Falsone | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Doran | 3 |
All-Time Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 59-30 record, a winning percentage of .663.