Men's Lacrosse earn 21-4 victory at Marietta, wins fifth straight game

MARIETTA — Fifteen different Polar Bears scored goals to lead the way for the Ohio Northern men's lacrosse team to extend its winning streak to fifth games with a 21-4 win at Marietta in an Ohio Athletic Conference game on a warm Friday afternoon. 

The Basics

• Records: Ohio Northern (8-5 Overall, 5-0 OAC), Marietta (5-7 Overall, 1-4 OAC).
• Venue: Don Drumm Stadium - Marietta, Ohio. 

The Game  

• Freshman Aidan Sexton (Milford) led Northern with a three-goal hat trick.
• Junior Jack Chaney (Westerville/South) and sophomore Ryan Baum (Galena/Olentangy Berlin) each added two goals and an assist in the contest. 
• The Polar Bear offense began the first period on a 5-0 run. 
• Junior Ryan Frech (Columbus/Worthington Kilbourne) found the back of the net to open the second period to extend the lead to 9-1.
• After a Pioneer goal, Northern went on a 3-0 run to secure a 13-2 lead going into halftime.
• Freshman Lucas Winkelman (McHenry, Ill.) opened the third period with a goal, extending the lead to 14-2.
• Ohio Northern led 19-3 going into the fourth period.
• Sophomore Carson Yackey (Batavia/Cincinnati Country Day) and freshman Luke Williams (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) combined for eight saves in goal for ONU.
• ONU out-shot MC 49-24 and won the ground ball battle 51-33. 

Notables

• 15 different Polar Bears found the back of the net in the contest, making it three straight games of 15 or more players finding the net. 
• Chaney leads the Polar Bears in points this season with 28 on 14 goals and 14 assists.
• Sexton leads the team in goals this season with 18.
• Northern leads the all-time series with Heidelberg by a 7-0 margin.
• Senior Alex Bergeron (Grafton, Mass.) and Frech are the team leaders in caused turnovers this season with 13 each. 
• Frech has 61 career caused turnovers putting him third all-time.
• Junior Devin Halliday (Delaware/Hayes) has a team-high 107 face-off wins.
• He is also 5th all-time in face-off wins with 228.
• He also leads the team in ground balls this season with 42.
• Sophomore Peyton Lich (Palmyra, N.Y./Palmyra-Macedon) ranks third all-time in ONU history with 265 saves, 20 wins, and 1548 minutes played in goal.
• Head coach Nat St.Laurent is in his 11th season at Ohio Northern with a 116-58 record, a winning percentage of .666.

Up Next

• The Orange and Black return to action on Saturday, April 11th, at home against Transylvania (Ky.) at 1 pm.