Buckeyes Start Final Regular Season Push at Michigan State
10/8/2021 11:05:06 AM | Women's Soccer
Ohio State at Michigan State
Date: October 10, 2021
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: East Lansing, Mich. – DeMartin Soccer Complex
Watch: B1G+
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | Michigan State
Rosters: Ohio State | Michigan State
Season Stats: Ohio State | Michigan State
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State had a week off to refresh and prepare for the final push of the regular season which begins on Sunday with a 1 p.m. match at Michigan State. The Buckeyes will play five matches over the next two weeks leading into the Big Ten Tournament. Sunday’s match is set for a 1 p.m. start and will be streamed on B1G+.
- The Buckeyes lead the all-time series with Michigan State 16-10-0 and has won the last five meetings in the series dating back to 2015.
- The teams met last spring in East Lansing and the Buckeyes came away with a 1-0 victory on a goal by Emma Sears in the fifth minute.
- Ohio State took a 1-0 lead against No. 9 Rutgers last Sunday but surrendered two goals late in the first half and the Scarlet Knights were able to hold on for a 2-1 victory. The Buckeyes come into Sunday’s match with a 7-5-1 record overall and a 2-2-1 mark in the Big Ten.
- Michigan State also had the midweek off and is coming off a 2-1 victory last Sunday at Iowa. The Spartans are 8-1-3 with their only loss coming at the hands of Wisconsin on Sept. 23. MSU hasn’t lost in its last three matches and has scored two goals in all three matches.
- Captain Izzy Rodriguez was named to the MAC Hermann Award Watch list at the start of the season and was also named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award. She has a pair of goals and an assist on the year.
- Senior Kayla Fischer leads the Buckeyes in points this season with 16 as she has five goals and a team-high tying six assists. She is fifth in the conference in points and third in the conference in assists.
- Kine Flotre is tied with Fischer with six assists on the year.
- Emma Sears has five goals this year. Three of those five goals have been game-winners which second-most in the conference.
- Freshman forward Kailyn Dudukovich has registered points in four of the last five matches and now leads the team with six goals on the season. Those six goals are the most by any Big Ten freshman this year.
- Senior keeper Bailey Kolinski played her best match of the season vs. Indiana (Sept. 30), making a pair of tremendous saves en route to a season-high 10 on the evening.
News and Nuggets
- Ohio State has won their first two Big Ten road matches this season and have not lost in their last five Big Ten road contests.
- The 1-0 win at Penn State on Sept. 26 was the first win in State College for the Buckeyes since 2008.
- The Buckeyes are third in the conference in total goals and points second in assists.
- The four goals scored against No. 18 UCF was the most against a ranked opponent since the Buckeyes beat No. 23 Indiana 6-0 on Nov. 1, 2009.
- Ohio State is 53rd in the latest RPI
- In goal, Bailey Kolinski has started the last 26 games. She has seven career shutouts, including a 1-0 shutout at No. 12 Penn State (9/26) this season.
- Izzy Rodriguez is the reigning Big Ten Defender of the Year and a third team United Soccer Coaches All-American. She is also on the MAC Hermann Award Watch List and a Senior CLASS Award candidate. Rodriguez has two goals this season off set pieces, scoring an Olympico vs. UCF (9/2) and scoring off a free kick in the 1-0 win at Penn State (9/26).
- Kayla Fischer leads the team with 16 points. She is tied for fifth in the conference in points and tied for third in assists. She has taken 214 career shots which sixth-most in program history.
- Fischer had 11 points in a four-match stretch from Aug. 29 – Sept. 5. That is the most points by a Buckeye in a four-match stretch since Tiffany Cameron notched 18 points in a four-match stretch in late October of 2012.
- Emma Sears has five goals on the year. Three of those goals have been game-winners which is second in the Big Ten.
- Midfielder Kine Flotre has been making things happen out of the midfield this season. She leads the team with six assists which is second-most in the Big Ten.
- Freshman Kailyn Dudukovich has registered points in four of the last five matches and leads the team with six goals. She was also named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Sept. 28 for her efforts vs. Minnesota.
- Junior Kitty Jones Black has five assists this season, the first five of her career. She notched a pair of helpers in the 4-2 win over No. 18 UCF.
- Midfielder Brittany Duncan scored her first collegiate goal late in the win over Dayton (Sept. 9)
- Graduate Emaly Vatne scored a goal against TCU, her first goal since her freshman year in 2018.
- Midfielder Christin Baumbick tallied her first collegiate goal at Maryland on Sept. 19.
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