Buckeye Sports Shorts – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/5/2002 12:00:00 AM | General
Nov. 5, 2002
Athletes of the Week
Dan Glaz, a sophomore on the men’s cross country team earnedSecond Team All-Big Ten honors for his team-best 11th place finishat the Big Ten Championships Sunday. He helped the Buckeyes to asecond-place finish, their highest since 1977.
Sports Shorts
Ohio State will play host to the 2002 Big Ten Field HockeyTournament this weekend at the North Turf Field. The competitionbegins Friday, with games at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. The Buckeyes,the No. 4 seed, will face Iowa in the noon game Friday. Saturday,the games will be held at noon and 2 p.m., with the championshiptilt set for noon Sunday. The men’s hockey team went 1-1-0 over theweekend, falling to No. 7/8 Cornell, 3-1, Friday before beatingColgate, 6-2, Sunday. Against the Raiders, the squad had afive-goal outburst in the first period en route to the victory.Freshman Ryan Kesler led the team with four points on the weekend,including a team-high three points Sunday, and was named CCHARookie of the Week for his performance. Scoring goals for theBuckeyes over the weekend were R.J. Umberger, Daymen Bencharski,Chris Olsgard, JB Bittner, Kesler, Dan Knapp and Miguel Lafleche.Bill Wadley, OSU’s men’s swimming and diving head coach, will tryfor his 125th win at Ohio State when the team travels toMorgantown, W.Va to take on West Virginia and Louisville Friday at5 p.m. at the WVU Natatorium. Wadley’s record stands at 123-20after the team began the season with a 138-92 victory over Ohio.Women’s volleyball (11-10 overall, 5-7 Big Ten) defeatedNorthwestern 3-2 (23-30, 32-30, 25-30, 30-27, 15-8) and lost to No.15 Wisconsin 3-1 (18-30, 30-22, 23-30, 30-32) in road matches lastweekend. OSU begins a four-match home stand this weekend withcontests against Michigan Fri., Nov. 8 and Michigan State Sat.,Nov. 9. OSU’s Suzie Stiling moved to eighth on the OSU career killslist last week and now has 1,253 kills. Stiling has also moved tofourth on the OSU career total blocks list with 402 blocks (59solo, 343 assists). Stacey Gordon extended her streak ofdouble-figure kill matches to 37 with 19 at Northwestern and 20 atWisconsin. Gordon has 992 career kills and needs eight to becomethe 15th Buckeye to reach 1,000 career kills. She currently standsat 15th on the OSU career kills list. The rowing team concludes itsfall season Sunday with a trip to the Rivanna Romp inCharlottesville, Va. The team won the first varsity 8 competitionlast year at the Romp and will look to defend its title againstVirginia, Columbia, Clemson and North Carolina. The men’s andwomen’s cross country teams finished competition at the Big TenChampionships Sunday Nov. 3 in West Lafayette, Ind. The menfinished the event in second place while the women finished 10th.The men’s finish of second marks their highest finish since 1977.At the conclusion of the meet men’s cross country team members DanGlaz, Derrick Butler and Aaron Fisher were awarded Second TeamAll-Big Ten honors. The men’s golf team concluded its fall seasonat the Aztec Invitational placing seventh. During the fall seasonthe men had their best finish at the Gary Koch Invitational wherethey finished fourth. Junior Zach Doran was the top Buckeye golferof the fall season compiling a scoring average of 69.8. Doran alsoshot under par six times during the fall season including an8-under par, 64 at the Gary Koch Invitational. Jeremy Wurtzman, ajunior on the men’s tennis team, advanced to the semifinals of theITA Midwest Regional IV Championship in Madison, Wis. last week. Hefell to Phil Stolt of Illinois 7-5, 6-4. Wurtzman, ranked No. 21 inthe nation, leaves Wednesday for Dallas, Texas, to compete in theNational Intercollegiate Indoors Thursday-Sunday. The women’sswimming team is headed to Morgantown, W.Va., Friday to competeagainst WVU and Louisville. Head coach Jeanne Fleck is very excitedabout the team’s season-opening victory over Ohio University and isexcited to compete this weekend. “The win over Ohio was veryimportant for us and it sets the mindset for our team to takeanother win, ” Fleck said. The women’s soccer team (7-10-1, 4-5-1),winners of three of its final four Big Ten regular season matches,opens Big Ten Tournament action at Michigan State’s Old CollegeField Thursday at 10 a.m. against No. 24 Michigan (13-5-1, 7-2-1).The seventh-seeded Buckeyes face the No. 2-seed Wolverines in arematch of a tightly contested 1-0 UM victory in Ann Arbor on Oct.6. The women’s ice hockey team finished the weekend with a tie anda loss to Bemidji State. The Buckeyes tied the Beavers 1-1 inovertime Friday and lost 4-2 Saturday. Sophomore Jeni Creary scoredOSU’s lone goal Friday. Creary continues to lead the Buckeyes with12 points (five goals and seven assists). Freshmen Jana Harriganand Crystal Sayther scored OSU’s goals in game two. The Buckeyesare 2-4-1 overall and 2-3-1 in the WCHA this season. OSU hasoutshot its opponents 230-209. The Buckeyes have tallied 17 goalsand 28 assists, averaging 2.1 goals per game. Ohio State faces No.1 Minnesota -Duluth at 7:05 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the OSU IceRink in Columbus.
The following is a list of Ohio State athletics events, both home and away, for the upcoming week.
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Ohio State Athletics Schedule
Monday, Nov. 4 – Sunday, Nov. 10
All Times Eastern
Tuesday, Nov. 5
No events scheduled
Wednesday, Nov. 6
No events scheduled
Thursday, Nov. 7
Women’s Soccer at Big Ten Tournament, 10 a.m.
Ohio State vs. Michigan
East Lansing, Mich.
Men’s Tennis at National Indoors, All Day
Dallas, Texas
Friday, Nov. 8
Field Hockey/Big Ten Tournament
10 a.m. – Michigan State vs. Indiana
Noon – Ohio State vs. Iowa
2 p.m. – Penn State vs. Northwestern
North Turf Field
Women’s Soccer at Big Ten Tournament, TBA
East Lansing, Mich.
Rifle/Buckeye Invitational, TBA
Converse Hall
Men’s Tennis at National Indoors, All Day
Dallas, Texas
Swimming at West Virginia with Louisville, 5 p.m.
Morgantown, W.Va.
Women’s Volleyball vs. Michigan, 7 p.m.
St. John Arena
Men’s Ice Hockey at Lake Superior State, 7:05 p.m.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Women’s Ice Hockey vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 7:05 p.m.
OSU Ice Rink
Saturday, Nov. 9
Field Hockey/Big Ten Tournament
Noon – Michigan vs. Ohio State/Iowa winner
2 p.m. – Michigan State/Indiana winner vs. Penn State/Northwestern winner
North Turf Field
Women’s Soccer at Big Ten Tournament, TBA
East Lansing, Mich.
Rifle/Buckeye Invitational, TBA
Converse Hall
Pistol at Purdue, TBA
West Lafayette,Ind.
Men’s Tennis at National Indoors, All Day
Dallas, Texas
Wrestling at Michigan State Open, All Day
East Lansing, Mich.
Football at Purdue, 12:10 p.m.
West Lafayette, Ind.
Women’s Volleyball vs. Michigan State, 7 p.m.
St. John Arena
Men’s Ice Hockey at Lake Superior State, 7:05 p.m.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Women’s Ice Hockey vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 7:05 p.m.
OSU Ice Rink
Sunday, Nov. 10
Field Hockey/Big Ten Tournament
Noon – Championship Game
North Turf Field
Women’s Soccer at Big Ten Tournament, TBA
East Lansing, Mich.
Rifle/Buckeye Invitational, TBA
Converse Hall
Pistol at Purdue, TBA
West Lafayette,Ind.
Men’s Tennis at National Indoors, All Day
Dallas, Texas
Women’s Tennis at National Indoors, All Day
Dallas, Texas
Wrestling at Michigan State Open, All Day
East Lansing, Mich.
Men’s Soccer at Northwestern, noon
Evanston, Ill.
Women’s Basketball vs. Basketball Travelers, 2 p.m. (exhibition)
Value City Arena
