Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (5-4 Overall) at Baldwin Wallace (9-1 Overall)

Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 7 p.m. - Finnie Stadium, Berea, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: The Polar Bears will wrap up the non-conference portion of their abbreviated 2021 season with a contest at Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday night at Finnie Stadium ... This is the final of four scheduled games against league opponents that will not count toward the OAC standings ... ONU has topped Otterbein 8-7 and fallen to Capital 10-9 in non-conference games this year ... ONU's scheduled non-conference game at Heidelberg on April 7 was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns at HU ... Ohio Northern will play a round-robin OAC schedule with games against the other league schools on nine consecutive Saturdays to determine the OAC Regular Season title and the seeding for the 6-team OAC Tournament May 4-8 ... ONU is currently fifth in the OAC with a 4-3 mark, 1.5 games ahead of sixth place Capital, who is 2-4 ... A limited number of spectators will be allowed to attend the games based on the OAC's COVID-19 policy ... Each player will receive two admissions each game ... No tickets will be available to the general public ... ONU is coming off a 7-6 win at Capital last Friday ... Leading 7-6 early in the fourth quarter, ONU forced the hosts into turnovers on its final seven possessions, not allowing a CU shot in the game's final 11:18 ... Northern possessed the ball for 10 minutes of the final 12:33 and 5:35 of the final 6:30 to protect the 7-6 lead ... Senior Branden Stoeffler forced three turnovers, including a key one in the game's final minutes, to lead the ONU defense ... ONU out-shot CU 30-29 and sophomore keeper Cole Zaferakis had nine saves in goal and a .600 save percentage for the victors ... Senior Cameron Marous leads ONU with 13 goals this season ... He is second in the OAC with 23 assists and is fourth with 36 points this season ... Senior Kevin Giles and senior Joe O'Connell are tied for second with 11 goals each ... Marous is ONU's all-time career leader with 131 goals, 109 assists and 240 points ... Giles is fifth in ONU history with 55 career goals and O'Connell is sixth with 54 career goals ... Zaferakis is 5-4 with 60 saves and an 8.70 GAA in goal ... The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 20-2 win at Heidelberg on Saturday ... BW is a perfect 7-0 in the OAC in regular season play ... Freshmen Jake Nanosky and Gunnar MacMillan are 2-3 in the OAC with 30 and 27 goals, respectively ... Nanosky is third in the league with 22 assists and is second with 49 points ... Sophomore Joe Storner has 76 saves and a 6.61 GAA in goal.

Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Baldwin Wallace leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 5-1 margin ... Ohio Northern is 1-2 at Finnie Stadium ... BWU won this year's earlier meeting 10-7 in Ada.

ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 53-28 record, a winning percentage of .654.