Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (10-4 Overall, 5-2 OAC) at Capital (10-4 Overall, 5-2 OAC)
Saturday, April 22, 2023, 1 p.m. - Bernlohr Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern will play its final regular season road game of the year on Saturday afternoon at Capital at Bernlohr Stadium ... ONU and CU are currently tied for third place in the OAC with 5-2 records ... The top six teams qualify for the OAC Tournament April 29-May 6 ... The top two seeds receive first round byes and will host semifinal games on Wednesday, May 3 ... The No. 3 seed will host the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed will host the No. 5 seed in the first round on Saturday, April 29 ... ONU is coming off a 9-5 loss to league-leading Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday night ... Sophomore Caleb Bennett scored a pair of goals in the first 12:10 of the contest as Ohio Northern led 3-1 early on ... Northern led 5-3 nine minutes into the second quarter, but BW would score the game's final six goals to post the win .... Through 14 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 23 goals and 30 points and senior Tyler Ferguson has 18 goals and 21 points ... Junior John Lynn is third with 23 points on 12 goals and 11 assists ... Senior Cole Zaferakis is 10-4 with a 6.91 GAA, 108 saves and a 57.8 save percentage ... He is ONU's all-time career leader in saves with 288 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 2,528 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 267 face-off wins and is third with a 56.9 face-off win percentage ... The Comets enter Saturday's game off a 28-2 victory over Heidelberg on Wednesday ... Saturday's game will be the final regular season home game for CU ... Mason Spaulding leads the OAC with 52 goals and is fourth with 59 points ... Charlie Howenstine has 50 points on an OAC-leading 34 assists and 16 goals ... Jake Belt is third on the team with 24 goals, 20 assists and 44 points ... Sam McInturf is 10-4 with 167 saves, a 10.37 GAA and a 54.2 save 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 | 53 | 1. | Calderwood | 104-180 | 1. | An.Reimer | 23 | ||||
| 2. | Michaud | 23 | 2. | Lynn | 11 | 2. | Michaud | 30 | 2. | An.Reimer | 44 | 2. | Dittus | 48-83 | 2. | Keeley | 13 | ||||
| 3. | Ferguson | 18 | 3. | O'Neal | 8 | 3. | Lynn | 23 | 3. | Keeley | 32 | 3. | Smith | 28-54 | 3. | Mitchell | 11 |
All-Time Series: The series between the two schools is tied a 4-4 ... ONU has won two straight and three of the past four, including a 16-10 home victory last year ... ONU is 3-1 in games played at Capital and just 1-3 at Dial-Roberson Stadium.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 77-39 record, a winning percentage of .663.