Men's Lacrosse: Otterbein (8-5 Overall, 2-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (8-3 Overall, 1-2 OAC)
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 7 pm, Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern enters today’s contest coming off its first OAC victory after a 16-7 victory over Muskingum on Saturday ... ONU also clinched a winning season in its inaugural varsity campaign with the win ... The Polar Bears got four first half goals from freshman Connor Preston and two goals and six assists from freshman Steven Slagle in the win ... Slagle ranks 3rd nationally and 1st in the OAC with an average of 3.64 assists per game ... He leads the team in scoring with 26 goals and 66 points and leads the OAC with 40 assists ... Weese is second with 20 goals and 25 points and freshman Anthony Pavone has 20 goals and 24 points ... Freshman Noah St. Croix has 19 goals and 18 assists for 37 points ... In goal, freshman Bryce Bouman is 5-1 with a 5.50 GAA and freshman Alex Pizzaro is 3-2 with a 8.69 GAA ... ONU is 3rd the nation in Man-Up scoring pct. (.538) and is 2nd nationally in ground balls (43.45 gbpg) ... Otterbein enters today’s contest off a 10-7 loss to Baldwin Wallace on Saturday ... The loss was the first OAC setback in OU history after going undefeated in the league each of the past two seasons ... Nick Tholt and Connor Dziewit each scored twice for OU ... Robbie Guilliano leads Otterbin in scoring with 39 goals and 49 points ... Dziewit is second with 31 goals and 37 points and Connor Baak is third with 24 goals and 36 points ... James Gundling is 8-3 with a 9.64 GAA and 112 saves in goal for OU.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Slagle | 26 | 1. | Slagle |
40 | 1. | Slagle | 66 |
1. | Pavone | 84 |
1. |
Peoples | 42 |
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| 2. |
Weese | 20 | 2. |
St. Croix | 18 | 2. |
St. Croix |
37 | 2. | Weese | 63 | 2. |
Eramo |
38 | ||||
| Pavone |
20 |
3. |
Eramo | 9 | 3. |
Eramo | 25 | 3. |
Slagle | 62 |
3. |
Fox |
35 |
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| Weese | 25 |
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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 an 8-3 record, a winning percentage of .727.