Men's Lacrosse: Ohio Northern (6-2 Overall, 2-0 OAC) at Muskingum (6-4 Overall, 0-2 OAC)
Saturday, April 2, 2022, 1 p.m. - North Turf Field, New Concord, Ohio
Saturday's Game: Ohio Northern will put its 3-match winning streak and undefeated OAC record on the line with a 1 pm contest at Muskingum on Saturday afternoon ... The Polar Bears are coming off a 23-0 victory over Wilmington on Wednesday night at Dial-Roberson Stadium ... 17 different players scored goals as ONU posted the second shutout in program history and the first since a 17-0 win over Muskingum on April 7, 2018 ... Northern also set single-game records with 65 ground balls and 23 caused turnovers ... Through 8 games this season, sophomore John Lynn leads a balanced scoring attack with 12 goals ... Senior Ben Gawronski and sophomores Aidan Dempsey and Sebastian Michaud have 10 goals each ... Michaud has a team-best 17 points ... In all, 23 different players have scored goals this season ... Junior Cole Zaferakis is 6-2 with 54 saves, an 8.05 GAA and a 54.5 save percentage this season ... He also ranks second all-time in ONU history in saves with 242, wins with 18, and goalie minutes with 1355:48 ... Senior Bradley Griffin ranks seventh all-time with 34 caused turnovers in his career ... Sophomore Chad Calderwood's 96 faceoff wins is fifth all-time at ONU ... Muskingum is looking to snap a 2-game losing streak after falling to Otterbein 8-4 and Capital 15-5 to open OAC play ... The Muskies were 6-2 in the non-league portion of their schedule, which includes a 26-0 victory over LaRoche (Pa.), a 25-3 win over Mount Saint Joseph, an 18-3 win over Franciscan and a 15-1 win over Anderson (Ind.) ... Sophomore Spencer Zecchini leads MU with 19 goals, 19 assists and a league-best 38 points ... His 19 assists is second-best in the OAC this season ... Sophomore Jack Watts is second on the team with 17 goals and 12 points ... Sophomore Trevor Connolly is 6-4 with 112 saves in goal ... His 7.02 GAA and .671 save percentage lead the OAC.
Ohio Northern Statistical Leaders:
| Goals | Assists | Points | Ground Balls |
Face Offs | Caused TOs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Lynn | 12 | 1. | Michaud | 7 | 1. | Michaud | 17 | 1. | Dittus | 29 | 1. | Dittus | 59-108 | 1. | Griffin | 12 | ||||
| 2. | Michaud | 10 | 2. | Dempsey | 6 | 2. | Dempsey | 16 | 2. | Griffin | 19 | 2. | Calderwood | 23-47 | 2. | Mitchel | 8 | ||||
| Dempsey | 10 | O'Neal | 6 | 3. | Gawronski | 15 | 3. | Mitchel | 14 | 3. | T.Smith | 15-16 | 3. | Hojnacki | 6 | ||||||
| Gawronski | 10 | T.Smith | 14 | Doran | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Falsone | 6 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 5-0 margin ... ONU is 2-0 in games played in New Concord, including a 16-3 decision last season.
ONU Head Coach Nat St. Laurent: St. Laurent is in his sixth season at ONU with a 61-32 record, a winning percentage of .656.