Buckeyes Return to Conference Competition at Northwestern Sunday
10/1/2021 10:25:02 AM | Men's Soccer
Ohio State at Northwestern
Date: Oct. 3
Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium (1,702)
Watch: B1G+($)
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | Northwestern
Rosters: Ohio State | Northwestern
Season Stats: Ohio State | Northwestern
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Buckeyes (4-4-1, 0-1-0) resume Big Ten Conference play Sunday at Northwestern (3-5-2, 0-3-0) after completing nonconference competition last Wednesday with a 2-1 double-overtime win over No. 17 Bowling Green in Columbus.
- Follow live stats at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. The game will be live streamed on B1G+($).
- Trailing 1-0 in the 88th minute, senior Devyn Etling, who was making his first start of the fall season, headed in a long cross from sophomore Owen Sullivan to send the game vs. No. 17 Bowling Green into overtime. After senior keeper Keagan McLaughlin stopped a Falcon PK attempt, senior Xavier Green scored in the 106' for the game winner in double OT last Wednesday.
- With the 2-1 (2ot) win over No. 17 Bowling Green, Ohio State is 3-1 vs. Ohio teams this year following shutouts of both Cleveland State (2-0) and No. 7 Akron (1-0) and a loss to Xavier (2-1).
- Sophomores Deylen Vellios and Laurence Wootton along with senior Xavier Green were named 2021 Big Ten Players to Watch Aug. 23 following a vote by the Big Ten Coaches prior to the season. Wootton leads the Buckeyes with nine points. Green is next with five.
- Ohio State returned all 12 players with points from the 2021 Spring season, including all eight goal scorers.
- Wootton and Parker Grinstead led the Buckeyes offensively last spring and both were members of the Big Ten All-Freshman team.
- Wootton was named First Team All-Big Ten and was named the league’s 2021 Freshman of the Year.
- Three Buckeyes elected to use the extra year of eligibility afforded by the NCAA because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Samuel Buzzas, Joe Ortiz and Noah Lawrence return to the Ohio State roster for the extra year.
- Ohio State is playing its fourth season under head coach Brian Maisonneuve.
- Maisonneuve was associate head coach at Indiana University, guiding the team to the 2012 NCAA national title. He was a member of the Columbus Crew from 1996-2004.
- Ohio State started the season with a 1-1 record in the annual Wolstein Classic on the Ohio State campus. The Buckeyes defeated Memphis 3-2 and fell to UAB 2-1 in overtime. Laurence Wootton and Channing Chasten earned All-Tournament honors.
Northwestern Wildcats
Oct. 3 / 5 p.m. / Evanston, Illinois
Location: Evanston, Illinois
Home Field: Martin Stadium (1,702)
Head Coach: Russell Payne
Career Record: 72-90-33 (12 yrs.)
Record at School: 3-5-2 (1 yr.)
2021 Spring Record: 2-8-1, 2-7-1 (Big Ten)
OSU Series Record: 22-12-5
(H: 11-5-2; A: 9-6-1; N: 2-1-2)
Last Meeting: 3/7/21, W, 4-2, Columbus
Website: nusports.com
• The Buckeyes are 3-1-2 in the last six meetings with the Wildcats, including a 4-2 win March 7 of this year during the spring season in Columbus.
