Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (3-1 Overall) at Houghton (N.Y.) (0-3 Overall)
Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 1 pm, Burke Field, Houghton, N.Y.
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters the contest 3-1 overall and riding a modest 2-game winning streak in its inaugural season after a convincing win 18-11 victory over Beloit (Wis.) last Saturday at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... The Polar Bears after looking for their first road victory after posting a perfect 3-0 home record thus far this season ... Freshman Steven Slagle scored six goals and dished out two assists and freshman Anthony Pavone added five goals and an assist for ONU against Beloit ... Slagle earned his second consecutive OAC Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week honor for his efforts ... In 4 games this season, Slagle leads the team in scoring with 26 points on 12 goals and an OAC-leading 14 assists ... Freshman Max Weese shares team-high honors with 12 goals and has 3 assists for 15 points ... Pavone is third on the team with 11 points on 8 goals and 3 assists ... Houghton is looking to snap a 3-game losing streak this season with a victory ... HU is coming off a 21-9 loss to Wells (N.Y.) on Saturday ... Brothers Paul and Cole Chapman scored 3 goals each for the Highlanders ... In 3 games this season, Paul Chapman leads the team with 12 goals and 15 points, Austin Andryshak is second with 7 goals and 10 points and Cole Chapman is third with 5 goals and 6 points.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Weese | 12 | 1. | Slagle |
14 | 1. | Slagle | 26 |
1. | Weese | 32 |
1. |
Falvo | 14 |
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| Slagle | 12 | 2. |
St. Croix | 4 | 2. |
Weese | 15 | 2. | Pavone | 30 | Fox |
14 | ||||||
| 3. |
St. Croix | 5 | Eramo | 4 | Pavone | 11 | Hardt | 26 |
Price |
13 |
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All-Time Series: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
ONU head coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent in his first season at ONU with a 3-1 record, a winning percentage of .750.