Myers, Inacio Claim Weekly Big Ten Men’s Lacrosse Honors
2/22/2022 2:09:47 PM | Men's Lacrosse
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State’s Jack Myers and Justin Inacio were announced as recipients of weekly men’s lacrosse awards in the Big Ten Conference on Tuesday. Myers is the league’s Offensive Player of the Week while Inacio is the Specialist of the Week.
A senior from Bethesda, Md., Myers matched his career high with nine points in Ohio State’s 20-8 win at No. 4 North Carolina on Saturday. He scored twice and had seven assists, the most by a Division I player in a game so far this season. It was also the most assists it a game by a Buckeye in nearly eight years, since Jesse King also had seven vs. Delaware in 2014.
Through three games, Myers ranks sixth nationally and second in the Big Ten in assists per game (3.67) and eighth in points per game (6.33). He has at least two points in 14 consecutive games and is currently the Buckeyes’ leading scorer with 19 points (eight goals, 11 assists).
Inacio won 18 of the 26 faceoffs that he took against the Tar Heels while also adding a team-high six ground balls. His play in the X during the third and fourth quarters – when the Buckeyes won 13-of-18 – propelled Ohio State on a 12-5 scoring run to open a 14-7 lead after three quarters.
A fifth-year senior from Oakville, Ontario, Inacio is the nation’s leader in faceoff win percentage so far this season at 81.2 percent (56-of-69). His 586 career face-off wins is second only to Jake Withers (614 from 2014-17) and his ground ball total of 285 is also second to Withers (351).
Myers, Inacio and the No. 8-ranked Buckeyes head south this weekend and face Harvard at the Paradise Coast Sports Complex in Naples beginning at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed live on BTN+ (subscription required).
