Athletics Good Stuff – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/21/2000 12:00:00 AM | General
Athletes of the Week
Jeremy Wurtzman (Sr., Rochester, N.Y.), of the men’s tennisteam, claimed the ITA National Indoors title after defeatingGeorgia’s Bo Hodge, the No. 2 player in the nation, 7-6 (9), 6-2,in the final round of the Sunday at the Varsity Tennis Center inAnn Arbor, Mich. Wurtzman is the first Buckeye in program historyto capture a national tournament crown. Stacey Gordon, of women’svolleyball, had career-highs of 41 kills and 23 digs against theBoilermakers. Her 14 kills at Indiana made her OSU’s career killsleader with 1,806 passing Holly O’Leary with 1,802. Gordon alsomoved to 12th in OSU career kills with 118 after equaling herseason-high of six at Indiana. She moved to 11th in OSU career digswith 1,034. Against Purdue, Gordon had an amazing game four whereshe had a career-high 17 kills on 22 swings.
Athletics Good Stuff
The No. 24-ranked women’s soccer team (12-4-3) was assured of abid to the 2003 Women’s Soccer NCAA Tournament Monday afternoon asthe squad was selected to its first at-large bid in program historyMonday. The Buckeyes will travel to Morgantown, W. Va., to face theDayton Flyers Friday night at 5 p.m.
Several Buckeyes reaped awards for their efforts in the 2003 regular season as freshman defender Melissa Miller was named to both the All-Big Ten Freshman Team and Second Team All-Conference squad, while fellow defender Erica Nollen earned Second Team Academic All-America in District IV. Senior Jackie Shirer joined Nollen as an Academic All-American, earning third team honors in District IV. Junior midfielder Liz Mumley was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team, while fellow midfielder Colleen Hoban was awarded a spot on the SoccerBuzz.com Elite Team of the Week.
The men’s and women’s cross country teams return to action thisSaturday, in Terre Haute, Ind. as they compete in the 2003 GreatLakes Regional Championships. The men’s 10-kilometer race begins at11 a.m. with the men’s 6-kilometer race directly following themen’s race at 12:15 a.m. The event will take place at the LavernGibson Championship Course at the Wabash Valley Family SportsCenter. The No. 13/14 men’s hockey team split its series atNorthern Michigan, falling in the opener, 2-1, before reboundingfor a 6-1 victory. Senior Paul Caponigri led the squad with fourgoals in the series, including three in the win. His hat trick wasthe first for the Buckeyes in 129 games, dating back to Oct. 21,2000. Freshman defenseman Sean Collins chipped in a teamseason-high three helpers in the victory for his first careerpoints. In all, 13 Buckeyes had at least one point over theweekend.
The Buckeyes return home to play host to rival Michigan for two games this weekend. The squads will face off at 8:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Value City Arena. Friday, the Ohio State Band will perform Script Ohio on the ice.
The Ohio State men’s basketball team concludes its exhibitionschedule Thursday at Value City Arena (8 p.m./ESPN Plus/WBNS 10TV). The E.A. Sports East All Stars provide the competition.Transfers J.J. Sullinger and Tony Stockman combined to score 43points in the exhibition opener against Coaches vs. Cancer.Sullinger topped four double-figure scorers for the Buckeyes with28 points in the 95-87 victory. The Buckeyes open the regularseason with four games away from home. The season opener will beplayed at San Francisco Nov. 21 with the next three taking place inHawaii at the E.A. Sports Maui Invitational Nov. 24-26. GeorgiaTech travels to Columbus for the home opener Dec. 3 in the BigTen/ACC Challenge. Women’s volleyball (10-12 overall, 4-10 Big Ten)won 3-1 at Purdue and lost 1-3 at Indiana last weekend. OSU’sStacey Gordon had career-highs of 41 kills and 23 digs against theBoilermakers. Her 14 kills at Indiana made her OSU’s career killsleader with 1,806 passing Holly O’Leary with 1,802. Gordon alsomoved to 12th in OSU career aces with 118 after equaling herseason-high of six at Indiana. She moved to 11th in OSU career digswith 1,034. Against Purdue, Gordon had an amazing game four whereshe had a career-high 17 kills on 22 swings. Amanda Miller made astrong contribution for the weekend with 18 kills at Purdue and 13at Indiana. OSU begins a four-match home stand this Friday withMichigan State at 7 p.m. OSU’s match with Michigan has been movedto Sunday at 2 p.m. due to the 3:30 football kickoff Saturday. TheMichigan match will be carried live by Ohio News Network. Thewomen’s basketball team earned a No. 15 ranking in the USAToday/ESPN/WBCA Preseason Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll. TheBuckeyes were 22-10 last season, garnered a No. 4 seed in the NCAAtournament and made it to the finals of the Big Ten tournamentunder first-year head coach Jim Foster. Ohio State, who was 14-0last year in Columbus, opens the season against Ohio University at7 p.m. Nov. 21 in Value City Arena. The wrestling team (0-0, 0-0),ranked 10th in the country, competed at the Michigan State OpenSunday at Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Mich. with two firstplace finishers, a runner up and a third place wrestler in thenon-scoring event.
Ohio State seniors Tommy Rowlands (HWT, Hilliard, Ohio), a three-time All-American, and Blake Kaplan (184, Cincinnati, Ohio) defended their 2002 MSU Open crowns Sunday as Rowlands captured the HWT title and Kaplan added a championship at 184 to his 174 title from a year ago.
Freshman J.D. Bergman captured second place in his first collegiate competition, while senior John Clark earned third at 165 pounds.
The men’s soccer team suffered a 3-0 loss at second-rankedMaryland Friday as the Buckeyes concluded the regular seasonagainst their 14th ranked opponent of the season. Ohio State(4-11-4, 2-3-1 Big Ten) will now enter the Big Ten tournament asthe No. 4 seed Thursday against No. 5 Wisconsin. Hosted by Indiana,the Big Ten’s top seed, the winner of the 4/5 contest will meet theHoosiers at 5 p.m. Friday. The championship match, televised liveby CSTV, will be played at 2 p.m. Sunday. The fencing squad is backin action this weekend at the Northwestern Duals in Evanston, Ill.This season both the men’s and women’s teams are undefeated with a6-0 mark. Both the men and women defeated squads from BowlingGreen, Case Western Reserve, Chicago, Cleveland State, MichiganState, Northwestern and Purdue Nov. 1 at the OSU Duals in Columbus,Ohio. Left-handed pitcher Scott Lewis (Jr., Washington Court House,Ohio/Washington) and second baseman Drew Anderson (Jr. Brownsburg,Ind./Brownsburg) were named Third Team Preseason All-AmericansTuesday by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.Lewis was named the 2003 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and aLouisville Slugger First Team All-American last year afterfinishing 9-1 on the mound. Anderson was a Second Team All-Big Tenselection and was unanimously named the most outstanding player ofthe NCAA Auburn Regional by batting .429 (6-of-14) with two doublesand four home runs. The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teamsdefeated West Virginia (M 130-107, W 169.5-65.5) and Louisville (M166-69, W 171-62) at the first home dual meet of the season Friday.In the 200-yard breaststroke, the women’s squad took first, secondand third place, making it the first time in head coach JeanneFleck’s tenure at Ohio State that the Buckeyes swept an event.Nicole Maglich (So., Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota) won both the 200-yardfreestyle and 500-yard freestyle, along with Deanna Strunk (So.,West Lawn, Pa./Wilson) taking first-place in the 200-yardindividual medley and 200-yard backstroke. Freshman Nate King (Fr.,Youngstown, Ohio/Warren Harding) earned his first win for theBuckeyes, placing first in the 200-yard backstroke. Marty Tomes(So., Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson) won the 200-yard butterfly in aclosely timed race, along with Ryan Sciortino (Jr., Maitland,Fla./Lake Highland), Tommy Seay (Jr., Buffalo, N.Y./McKinley) andRob Kauscher (Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson) placing first inindividual events. Mitch Richeson (Jr., Greenwood, Ind./Greenwood)and Julie Broms (Fr., Springfield, Ill./North Central) each wonboth the 1- and 3-meter dives.
The women’s squad plays host to Big Ten rival Michigan Nov. 14 at the Mike Peppe Aquatic Center.
Jeremy Wurtzman (Sr., Rochester, N.Y.), a senior on the men’stennis team, claimed the ITA National Indoors title after defeatingGeorgia’s Bo Hodge, the No. 2 player in the nation, 7-6 (9), 6-2,in the final round Sunday at the Varsity Tennis Center in AnnArbor, Mich. Wurtzman is the first Buckeye in program history tocapture a national tournament crown. Wurtzman, ranked No. 20 (Sept.3 preseason polls), defeated three of the Top 10 players in thenation at the event, No. 2 Hodge, No. 5 Florida’s Janne Holmia andNo. 6 Chad Harris of Vanderbilt. Wurtzman, on an 11-match winstreak, is 14-1 in tournament play this season, extending hiscareer singles record to 104-41, including a 24-16 record as afreshman at Florida. He recently captured the 2003 Midwest Regionaltitle Oct. 28 in East Lansing, Mich. Next up, the men’s tennissquad travels Nov. 15-17 to the Big Ten Singles Championships inAnn Arbor, Mich. The women’s ice hockey team returns to actionagainst St. Cloud State at 8:05 p.m. EST Friday and Saturday in St.Cloud, Minn. The Buckeyes are 11-6-1 against the Huskies all-time.Two underclassmen lead the squad this season, sophomore JanaHarrigan and freshman Tessa Bonhomme with four points each. SeniorEmma Laaksonen returns to the Buckeye bench this weekend, aftercompeting in the 2003 Four Nations Cup in Skovde, Sweden. The fieldhockey team finished tied for third in the 2003 Big Ten Tournamentin University Park, Pa. last weekend. The No. 3 seed Buckeyesdefeated No. 6 seed Northwestern, 3-2, Nov. 7 and fell in semifinalaction to eventual champion Michigan State, 3-0, Nov. 8. The 15thranked Buckeyes are awaiting a bid to the 2003 NCAA Field HockeyTournament. First and second round action takes place Nov. 15-16 invarious campus locations and the finals are Nov. 21 and 23 inAmherst, Mass. Prior to the tournament, the Big Ten announced itsannual conference awards. Ohio State’s Curlyne Wynn claimedFreshman of the Year, while senior Vanessa Immordino and juniorLucy Clayton earned First Team All-Big Ten honors and sophomoreLeticia Fragapane garnered second team accolades. The rowing teamcompletes fall competition as it travels to Charlottesville, Va. tocompete in the Rivanna Romp Sunday. Last year the Buckeyes sweptthe varsity events to clinch first place at the 2002 Rivanna Romp.OSU also competed at the Speakmon Head Race, in which the squadswept the varsity eight and pair boats competition. After thisweekend the Buckeyes do not return to action until March 27 whenthe team travels to Princeton, N.J., to take on Princeton and Brownfor the beginning of regular season action. Brutus Buckeye is oneof 12 mascots in the running for Capital One Mascot of the Year.Fans may vote for Brutus daily by visitinghttp://ohiostatebuckeyes.ocsn.com/genrel/brutus2003.html. Votingwill continue through Dec. 23. As of this morning, Brutus leads”Cocky” the mascot from South Carolina by over 15 percent.
Ohio State Athletics Schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 11 – Sunday, Nov. 16
All Times Eastern
Thursday, Nov. 13 Men’s Soccer vs Wisconsin, 1:30 p.m.
Big Ten Tournament
Bloomington, Ind.
Men’s Basketball vs. EA Sports, 8 p.m.
Value City Arena
Friday, Nov. 14
Women’s Swimming vs. Michigan, 5 p.m.
Peppe Aquatic Center
Women’s Soccer vs. Dayton, 5 p.m.
NCAA Tournament First Round
Morgantown, W.Va.
Women’s Volleyball vs. Michigan State, 7 p.m.
St. John Arena
Women’s Ice Hockey at St. Cloud State, 8:05 p.m.
St. Cloud, Minn.
Men’s Hockey vs. Michigan, 8:05 p.m.
Value City Arena
Fencing at Northwestern Duals
Evanston, Ill.
Men’s Soccer at Big Ten Tournament
Bloomington, Ind.
Saturday, Nov. 15
Football vs. Purdue, 3:30 p.m.
Ohio Stadium
Women’s Ice Hockey at St. Cloud State, 8:05 p.m.
St. Cloud, Minn.
Men’s Hockey vs. Michigan, 8:05 p.m.
Value City Arena
Men’s Tennis at Big Ten Singles Championship
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Men’s Soccer at Big Ten Tournament
Bloomington, Ind.
Fencing at Northwestern Duals
Evanston, Ill.
Pistol at SW Missouri State
Springfield, Mo.
Cross Country at NCAA Regionals
Terre Haute, Ind.
Wrestling at Oklahoma Gold Classic
Brockport, N.Y.
Sunday, Nov. 16
Women’s Volleyball vs. Michigan, 2 p.m.
St. John Arena
Women’s Soccer at NCAA Tournament
Morgantown, W.Va.
Men’s Tennis at Big Ten Singles Championship
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Fencing at Northwestern Duals
Evanston, Ill.
Men’s Soccer at Big Ten Tournament
Bloomington, Ind.
Women’s Rowing at Rivanna Romp
Charlottesville, Va.
