Men's Lacrosse: Otterbein (11-4 Overall, 6-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (11-3 Overall, 5-2 OAC)
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 7 p.m. - Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern is in fourth place in the OAC, one game behind Otterbein and Baldwin Wallace and one game ahead of John Carroll and Mount Union ... The top four teams qualify for the OAC Tournament May 1 and 4 ... The Polar Bears are coming off an 11-9 loss to league-leading Capital on Friday night ... Senior Anthony Pavone, junior Kevin Giles and sophomore Joe O'Connell had 2 goals each for ONU ... Through 14 games this season, junior Cameron Marous leads the team with 32 goals, 20 assists and 52 points ... Pavone is second with 22 goals and senior Nicholas Groves is third with 15 goals ... Senior Alex Pizarro is 10-3 with 77 saves and a league-best 8.30 GAA in goal ... Senior Preston Victory leads the team with 43 GBs and 94 faceoffs and senior Drew Fox leads the team with 24 CTs ... Fox is ONU's all-time career leader with 123 CTs ... Senior Max Weese (108), Marous (107) and Pavone (83) are 1-2-3 on ONU's all-time career goal scoring list ... Marous is ONU's all-time leader in assists (80), points (187) and hat tricks (19) ... An amazing 31 different players have scored goals for Ohio Northern this season ... ONU leads the OAC and is 14th nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 7.29 goals per game ... The Cardinals enter Wednesday's contest tied for second place in the OAC and would clinch a spot in the 4-team OAC Tournament with a victory over ONU ... OU is coming off a 21-7 win over Muskingum on Friday ... Xander Seal had 4 goals and 4 assists for OU, who led 8-0 after one quarter and 14-1 at halftime ... Seal leads the team with 29 goals, is second with 24 assists and 53 points ... Joe Sanflippo has 28 goals and a team-best 26 assists and 54 points, while Jake Grundey has 29 goals and 37 points ... Zachary Groene has 106 saves and an 8.37 GAA in goal.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Marous | 32 | 1. | Marous | 20 | 1. | Marous | 52 | 1. | Marous | 76 | 1. | Victory | 43 | ||||
| 2. | Pavone | 22 | 2. | St. Croix | 9 | 2. | Pavone | 29 | 2. | Pavone | 61 | 2. | DiMarco | 33 | ||||
| 3. | N.Groves | 15 | O'Connell | 9 | 3. | O'Connell | 21 | 3. | Weese | 58 | 3. | Pfister | 29 |
All-Time Series: OU leads the series between the two schools by a 2-1 margin ... ONU won last year's contest 11-9 in Ada.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his third season at ONU with a 42-20 record, a winning percentage of .677.
