Men's Lacrosse: Trine (Ind.) (6-0 Overall) at Ohio Northern (5-2 Overall)
Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Thursday's Game: Ohio Northern will return home after its 5-game road trip with a contest against Trine (Ind.) on Thursday at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... The game was scheduled for Wednesday and was postponed after two lightning delays of nearly two hours and some pea-sized hail Wednesday evening ... The two teams managed to play for just under two minutes in between the lightning delays ... ONU got off to the best start in school history at 5-0, before falling at Hampden-Sydney (Va.) and Roanoke (Va.) last week to conclude its spring break trip to Virginia with a 1-2 record ... Northern started its spring break trip with an impressive 9-5 win at Bridgewater (Va.), which followed with a 10-5 loss at Hampden-Sydney and a 22-8 loss at Roanoke ... Through seven games this season, juniors Sebastian Michaud and Aidan Dempsey lead the Polar Bears with 14 points each ... Senior Tyler Ferguson has a team-best 12 goals ... Dempsey and junior John Lynn have six assists each ... Senior Cole Zaferakis is 5-2 with an 8.89 GAA, 65 saves and a 55.1 save percentage ... He ranks second all-time in ONU history with 29 career wins, 364 career saves and 2,200 career minutes played ... Senior Riley O'Neal is fifth in ONU history with 30 career assists ... Trine is a perfect 6-0 on the season, which includes an 8-6 win over DePauw (Ind.) and a 13-3 win over Heidelberg ... TU is coming off 13-1 victory over Carroll (Wis.) on Saturday ... Junior Collin Custer leads the Thunder in scoring with 14 goals and 21 points ... Freshman Peter Piccillo is second with 11 goals and 19 points ... Senior Andrew Douglas has eight goals, 19 points and a team-best 11 assists ... Junior Nick DiPiaolo is 6-0 with a 2.15 GAA and 22 saves in goal.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Ferguson | 12 | 1. | Dempsey | 6 | 1. | Michaud | 14 | 1. | An.Reimer | 26 | 1. | Dittus | 45-80 | 1. | An.Reimer | 13 | ||||
| 2. | Michaud | 10 | Lynn | 6 | Dempsey | 14 | 2. | Dittus | 24 | 2. | Calderwood | 39-72 | 2. | Keeley | 7 | ||||||
| 3. | O'Neal | 8 | 3. | O'Neal | 4 | 3. | Ferguson | 12 | 3. | Calderwood | 21 | 3. | Smith | 2-9 | Wilson | 7 | |||||
| Dempsey | 8 | Willits | 4 | Lynn | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Caliri | 4 | O'Neal | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michaud | 4 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Trine by a 1-0 record … ONU won 13-3 in 2022.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 72-37 record, a winning percentage of .661.