Michigan Travels to Ohio State

» Michigan is ranked No. 20 in both the USILA and Maverik media poll.
» Freshman Kevin Mack is three goals and one assist away from the second 20-20 season in school history.
» The contest, originally slated to be played prior to the Ohio State football spring game, will take place on Friday at 7 p.m., and will be broadcast via BTN.

THIS WEEK
Friday, April 13 -- at Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio), 7 p.m.
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The No. 20-ranked University of Michigan men's lacrosse team (7-4, 0-2 B1G) will face the Ohio State Buckeyes (5-6, 0-2 B1G) on Friday (April 13) at 7 p.m. The contest will be broadcast on Big Ten Network with Mike Monaco and Mark Dixon on the call.

WOLVERINE BITES
• Michigan is ranked No. 20 in both the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) and Maverik media poll. The four consecutive weeks of being ranked in both major polls is the longest stretch in school history.

• Junior Brent Noseworthy enters the week with 34 goals and is averaging 3.09 goals/game, a number that ranks No. 5 in the NCAA and is the top mark in the Big Ten. His shooting percentage of .447 (34 goals on 76 shots), checks in at No. 29 in the country and No. 2 in the Big Ten, and he is four goals shy of breaking his own school record for goals in a season (37). He also leads the country in even-strength unassisted goals (24).

• Noseworthy has marked at least one point in each of his last 25 games, and has 71 goals, 12 assists, for 83 points over that span. Overall, he has ripped off a point in 29-of-32 games played in his career. In the three contests he did not register a point or shot in as a freshman, he was solely a part of U-M's man-up unit.

• Freshman attackman Kevin Mack ranks second on the team in goals (17), assists (19) and points (36). Mack is looking to become only the second player in U-M history to register a 20-20 season, with Ian King accomplishing the feat last season. He is three helpers away from breaking King's single-season assist record (21, 2017). Mack's 36 points rank him fourth in the country for freshmen behind Albany's Tehoka Nanticoke (53), Boston's Chris Gray (51), and High Point's Asher Nolting (47).

• The Wolverine offense boasts six players with double-digit points, while 144 of U-M's 170 points have come via the junior (82) and freshman (62) classes. Noseworthy paces the team with 40 points, and freshman Kevin Mack checks in at No. 2 on the team (36), while freshman Alex Buckanavage (26), junior Decker Curran (23) and junior Rocco Sutherland (15) check-in as juniors and freshmen with double-digit points.

• According to AnalyticsLacrosse.com, Michigan ranks No. 21 in raw offense, No. 20 in adjusted offense, and No. 9 in shooting efficiency. The metric also rates Noseworthy as its No. 31 player in the country, and Mack the No. 43 player.

• Junior longstick Nick DeCaprio checks in as the Big Ten leader for caused turnovers (1.82 per game), ranking him No. 16 in the country. He also checks in at No. 2 on the team in ground balls (32), and had his best statistical game of the season against Rutgers (April 8), collecting seven ground balls and causing three turnovers.

• U-M's ranked future opposition features No. 5 Johns Hopkins (April 21), as well as No. 14 Penn State (April 28). As a whole, U-M's past opposition is a combined 50-51 on the season.

• Freshman Connor Cronin is 63-of-111 (57 percent) at the dot since taking over the full-time faceoff duties vs. Marquette (March 17). His overall percentage of 55 (94-of-172) ranks No. 30 in the country, and is on pace for the best single-season effort in U-M history.

OPPONENT PREVIEW
Ohio State
The Buckeyes enter with a 5-6 overall record, and are 0-2 in Big Ten play. Six of the Buckeye contests have been decided by two goals or fewer, and they are 3-3 in such contests. In conference play, OSU has lost to Penn State (12-4) and Johns Hopkins (13-10).

The Buckeyes are led by sophomore All-American Tre LeClaire, who paces the team in goals (20) and assists (10) from his midfield position. Jackson Reid (14), Jack Jasinski (12) and John Kelly (10) are the other Buckeyes with double-digit goals. OSU is No. 51 in the country in scoring offense (9.00 goals/game), and is the No. 20 defense in the country (9.18 goals/game).

The top clearing team in the NCAA (94 percent) features impact players in defensive midfielder Ryan Terefenko (28 ground balls), as well as USILA first team All-American close defender Ben Randall. The faceoff duo of Christian Feliziani and Justin Inacio have combined to go 53 percent at the dot. Goalie Matthew Smidt tops the conference in goals-against average and is No. 10 in the NCAA, allowing 8.25 goals per game.

The Buckeyes own a 6-0 lead in the all-time series against Michigan. Saturday's contest will mark the first time in the series that the teams are meeting with U-M ranked in the top 20.

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are now on sale for all remaining home games at U-M Lacrosse Stadium, with general admission tickets available for $6 and group tickets (10 or more) on sale for $3 each. Group experiences are also available. Tickets

Tweet of the Week

Proud of our STUDENT-athletes.

????#EarnIt? | #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/qvKT5z9Ebm
— Michigan Lacrosse (@UMichLacrosse) April 10, 2018

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NEXT WEEK
Saturday, April 21 -- vs. No. 5 Johns Hopkins (U-M Lacrosse Stadium), noon