Men's Lacrosse opens 2024 slate with a 13-5 victory against St. Vincent (Pa.)

Men's Lacrosse opens 2024 slate with a 13-5 victory against St. Vincent (Pa.)
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February 17, 2024

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team opened its 2024 season with a snowy 13-5 home victory against St. Vincent (Pa.).

The Basics

  • Records: Ohio Northern (1-0), St. Vincent (0-1)
  • Venue: Dial-Roberson Stadium - Ada, Ohio

The Game

  • Senior Aidan Dempsey (Silver Spring, Md./St. John's College) had four goals and two assists.
  • Junior Ian Roy (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) helps with two goals.
  • Four other Polar Bears had a goal and an assist in the contest.
  • Bearcats Caleb Hawkins and Liam McCall led with two goals each.
  • The Polar Bears went on a 7-1 run to break a 2-2 tie and take a 9-3 lead 1:30 into the third quarter.
  • Leading 9-5 entering the fourth quarter, Northern would score the game's final four goals to ice the win.
  • Senior Cole Zaferakis (Liverpool, N.Y.) had eight saves in goal to pick up the victory.
  • Ohio Northern out-shot St. Vincent 39-31, but SVC had a 36-28 advantage in ground balls and won 14-of-21 faceoffs.

Notables

  • Dempsey has 61 career goals, putting him in the top five of ONU all-time career goal leaders. He is also sixth with 30 assists and fifth with 91 career points.
  • The Polar Bears improve to 7-2 all-time in their season openers.
  • Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his ninth season at Ohio Northern with a 81-41 record and has a winning percentage of .661.

Up Next

  • The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday when they play at Adrian (Mich.) at 4 p.m. in the opening game of a men's-women's doubleheader.