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Scoring
- joe o'connell ( 1 , 2 )
- nick gosnell ( 2 , 0 )
- cameron marous ( 1 , 1 )
- kevin giles ( 1 , 0 )
- ben gawronski ( 1 , 0 )
- pat berthelsen-leon ( 1 , 0 )
- mason schmeling ( 0 , 1 )
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Scoring
- evan frund ( 2 , 0 )
- brenden pelton ( 2 , 0 )
- jack scharner ( 1 , 1 )
- cj hughes ( 1 , 0 )
- doc crimmel ( 0 , 1 )
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Shots
- joe o'connell 1
- nick gosnell 4
- cameron marous 6
- kevin giles 3
- ben gawronski 2
- pat berthelsen-leon 6
- mason schmeling 2
- christopher cranston 5
- andrew caliri 1
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Shots
- evan frund 6
- brenden pelton 7
- jack scharner 1
- cj hughes 7
- ben houser 1
- will freiburger 2
- johnathon kilgallon 2
- nathan mork 3
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Ground Balls
- joe o'connell 1
- kevin giles 2
- pat berthelsen-leon 1
- preston victory 1
- cameron veto 1
- branden stoeffler 3
- john mullin 1
- hunter hudgins 2
- bradley griffin 3
- cole zaferakis 5
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Ground Balls
- cj hughes 1
- doc crimmel 2
- cody colon 1
- ben houser 2
- drew bolen 2
- nathan montgomery 1
- hunter knipp 2
- jack conley 1
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Turnovers
- cameron marous 2
- kevin giles 1
- pat berthelsen-leon 2
- ethan falsone 3
- preston victory 1
- branden stoeffler 1
- hunter hudgins 1
- christopher cranston 2
- andrew caliri 1
- cole zaferakis 2
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Turnovers
- evan frund 1
- brenden pelton 3
- jack scharner 4
- cj hughes 4
- doc crimmel 1
- ben houser 2
- johnathon kilgallon 1
- nathan mork 1
- spencer towne 1
- dom rocco 1
- jaden kaznowski 3
- nathan montgomery 3
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Caused Turnovers
- kevin giles 2
- nathaniel mitchell 1
- matt huizenga 1
- william doran 1
- branden stoeffler 3
- hunter hudgins 1
- bradley griffin 2
- cole zaferakis 2
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Caused Turnovers
- evan frund 2
- cj hughes 1
- nathan montgomery 1
- hunter knipp 1
- jack conley 1
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Faceoffs Won
- chad calderwood 2
- preston victory 6
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Faceoffs Won
- lake harris 9
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Faceoffs Taken
- chad calderwood 2
- preston victory 15
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Faceoffs Taken
- lake harris 17
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Saves
- cole zaferakis 9 ( 0.60 )
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Saves
- ben houser 9 ( 0.56 )
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Current Records
- Ohio Northern 8 - 6
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Current Records
- capital 8 - 6
Ohio Northern used a dominating defensive effort in the fourth quarter to hold for a 7-6 victory at Capital in an Ohio Athletic Conference men's lacrosse contest on Friday night at Bernlohr Stadium.
The Polar Bears improve to 5-4 overall and are 4-3 in the OAC, while the Crusaders fall to 5-4, 2-4.
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.
ONU did not trail in the game, scored the first three goals and led 5-1 with 2:13 gone in the second quarter.
Capital would answer by scoring five of the next seven goals to get within 7-6 with 13:19 left in the game.
But Ohio Northern would control play in the fourth quarter and hang on for the victory.
Senior Branden Stoeffler (Fishers, Ind.) 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 (Liverpool, N.Y.) had nine saves in goal and a .600 save percentage for the victors.
The two defenses dominated most of the game, forcing a combined 48 turnovers (26 CU, 22 ONU).
Junior Nick Gosnell (Dublin/Jerome) scored two goals and senior Joe O'Connell (Fishers, Ind.) added a goal and two assists for the Polar Bears.
The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday night at Baldwin Wallace in a non-conference battle at Finnie Stadium.