Men's Lacrosse: John Carroll (9-5 Overall, 5-1 OAC) at Ohio Northern (8-6 Overall, 1-5 OAC)
Saturday, April 30, 2016 - 2 pm, Dial-Roberson Stadium, Ada, Ohio
Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern will host John Carroll on Saturday in the final game of its inaugural season ... The Polar Bears have clinched a winning season and are coming off a 10-9 overtime loss against Wilmington on Wednesday... The game was tied on five different occasions, but the Quakers found the back of the net just seven seconds into the overtime period ... The Polar Bears got four goals from freshman Max Weese and one goal and two assists from freshman Drew Eramo in the loss ... Freshman Steven Slagle ranks 4th nationally and 1st in the OAC with an average of 3.15 assists per game ... He leads the team in scoring with 27 goals and 68 points and leads the OAC with 41 assists ... Freshman Noah St. Croix is second with 19 goals and 37 points and Eramo is tied with Weese and freshman Anthony Pavone with 31 points each ... In goal, freshman Bryce Bouman is 5-1 with a 6.26 GAA and freshman Alex Pizzaro is 3-5 with a 9.86 GAA ... ONU is 9th the nation in Man-Up scoring pct. (.456) and is 10th nationally in ground balls (39.57 gbpg) ... John Carroll enters today’s contest off a thrilling 6-5 victory over Baldwin Wallace on Wed., which tied JCU with BW atop the league standings ... JCU would clinch at least a share of the OAC Regular Season title and the #1 Seed in nest week’s OAC Tournament with a win today ... Declan O’Grady leads John Carroll in scoring with 41 goals and 52 points ... Michael Hubert is second with 49 points and 31 assists and Collin Rice is third with 11 goals and 28 points ... Carl Roman is 7-2 with a 7.6 GAA and 69 saves in goal for JCU.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Shots | Ground Balls | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Slagle | 27 | 1. | Slagle |
41 | 1. | Slagle | 68 |
1. | Pavone | 108 |
1. |
Peoples | 44 |
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| Pavone | 27 | 2. |
St. Croix | 18 | 2. |
St. Croix |
37 | 2. | Weese | 85 | Eramo |
44 | ||||||
| 3. |
Weese |
25 |
3. |
Eramo | 12 | 3. |
Pavone | 31 | 3. |
Slagle | 71 |
3. |
Pfister |
38 |
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| Weese | 31 |
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| Eramo | 31 |
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 8-6 record, a winning percentage of .571.