Women’s Soccer Travels to Dayton Marriott Flyer Classic – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/2/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Sept. 2, 2002
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COLUMBUS, Ohio– The Ohio State Women’s soccer team makes the short jaunt to Dayton, Ohio for the Dayton Marriott Flyer Classic this weekend. The Buckeyes will first battle Conference USA preseason favorite Marquette University in the tournament opener on Friday night at 6 p.m. OSU will conclude the invitational on Sunday vs. Georgetown University at 3 p.m. The trip to Dayton and the tournament played last week in California marks the first time that the Buckeyes have played their first four games of a season away from Columbus since the 1995 season.
SET TO NEUTRAL
Ohio State has enjoyed fair success in games held at neutral sites. Following the results of the Cal Invite this past weekend, the Buckeyes hold a current record of 12-12-0 in matches at neutral sites. OSU has five of its last 12 neutral matches dating back to the 1999 season, highlighted by the first Big Ten Tournament victory in school history last season, a 2-1 first round overtime win over Purdue at East Lansing. Mich.
FLYER CLASSIC SCHEDULE
The Flyer Classic will be held at Dayton’s Baujun Field(all times EDT):
Sept. 6 OSU vs. Marquette 6 p.m. Georgetown vs. Dayton 8 p.m. Sept. 8 Marquette vs. Dayton 12 p.m. OSU vs. Georgetown 3 p.m.
WALKER AT THE HELM
Now in her sixth season as head coach, Lori Walker has amassed a 50-47-5 record (.523) with OSU, including two 12-plus win campaigns. She is 17-27-3 (.394) in Big Ten play and stands 63-70-6 (.475) overall as a collegiate coach following a two-year stint at Kansas.
LAST WEEK’S ACTION
The Buckeyes opened up the 2002 campaign with a tightly contested 2-0 loss at the hands of 14th ranked (NSCAA) California in the Cal Invite Friday night in Berkeley, California . The Buckeyes and Golden Bears tussled to a 0-0 tie through the first 76 minutes of the match, but Cal struck first with a goal off a penalty kick in the 77th minute. The Golden Bears added an insurance goal nine minutes later.
OSU concluded their trip with a 3-1 loss to 15th ranked (NSCAA) St. Mary’s (Calif.) on Sunday. Sophomore forward Lisa Grubb netted the first Buckeye goal of the 2002 campaign. She was assisted on the play by OSU senior team captain Jen Miller. It is OSU first 0-2 start to a season in team history.
A TALL ORDER TO OPEN THE SEASON
OSU has five nationally ranked opponents slated for the 2002 schedule with Friday’s opponent Marquette laying just outside of the Top 25 in the preseason poll distributed by Soccer Buzz. The Buckeyes dropped their first two contests to nationally ranked California and St. Mary’s (Calif.) in the season opening tournament at Berkeley, California.
The Buckeyes faired well against the nation’s elite during the 2001 season, collecting a 2-2 record that featured wins at No. 9 Connecticut and and over No. 4 Penn State. In addition, OSU pushed top-ranked North Carolina last November as the Tarheels escaped Columbus with a tightly contested 2-0 victory. The Buckeyes ended their season with a 2-0 loss to Penn State in the Big Ten Tourney semi-final.
SCOUTING MARQUETTE
The Marquette Golden Eagles are led by reigning Conference USA Player of the Year senior forward Kate Gordon. C-USA coaches have also named Gordon as the 2002 Preseason Player of the Year. The two-time All-America selection led the Golden Eagles in all offensive categories last season with 22 points on nine goals and four assists. Even more impressive, Gordon tallied an astounding 17 goals and 40 points, both school-records, in her Junior campaign. Marquette features an outstanding player on the other side of the field, as well, in C-USA Co-Defensive Player of the Year Anne Dalecky.
Marquette is directed by seventh-year head coach Markus Roeders. In Roeders’ tenure the Golden Eagles have won nearly 75 percent of their games (98-30-10, .741) and have qualified for the NCAA tournament in each of the last three seasons. Last year’s squad posted a 16-6-0 record, advancing to the C-USA Tournament final/championship game for the sixth consecutive season.
OHIO STATE VS. MARQUETTE
Ohio State has yet to drop a decision to Marquette in two all-time meetings. The Buckeyes carry a 1-0-1 advantage over the Golden Eagles heading into this weekend. OSU holds an 8-3-1 overall mark against C-USA foes.
A LOOK AT GEORGETOWN
In her fourth season at Georgetown, head coach Diane Drake has compiled an overall record of 27-27-5 (.500), including an 11-7-1 mark last season. The Hoyas finished with an overall Big East record of 3-6-1 and finished sixth in the Big East Eastern Division with a 1-4-1 ledger in 2001.
The youthful Hoya squad is lead by sophomore Nicole DePalma and Juniors Courtney Schuab and Jessie Beers-Altman, DePalma was named to the 2001 Big East All-Rookie team after scoring 10 points on four goals in 2001. Beers-Altman and Schuab shared the team lead in scoring with 15 points last year.
OHIO STATE VS. GEORGETOWN
The Buckeyes and Hoyas meet for the first time. Ohio State is just 2-5-0 in seven meetings with schools that are current members of the Big East Conference.
SOPHOMORE SENSATION
Sophomore forward Lisa Grubb made quite a first impression on Buckeyes fans in her initial season sporting the scarlet and gray. Grubb, a Portage, Mich native, lead OSU in all major offensive categories netting 25points on 10 goals and five assists, including three game-winners. Her efforts merited the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award as she finished among the Top 6 leading scorers in the conference.
Grubb tied for second in shots (62) among the conference ranks, fifth in goals (10) and tied for fifth in gamewinning goals (three), while her 25points tied her for fifth in the Big Ten.
MAKING THE GRADE
The Buckeyes epitomized the term “student-athlete” in 2001 as 12 individuals on the team earned OSU Scholar-Athlete status, included were five members who acheived Academic All-Big Ten honors. Stacia Daum, current seniors Shelly Besson, Lindsay Eckles, Kiley Enmark and Jen Miller were recognized by Big Ten officials for there academic efforts.
2001 RANKINGS
Despite losing two out of three to end the 2001 seaosn, OSU remained in the No. 3 and No. 4 spots in the Great Lakes region according to the Nov. 5 NSCAA/adidas and SoccerBuzz polls, respectively. Nationally, the Buckeyes received votes in both polls, placing them just outside the Top 25.
RECORDS SET TO FALL
A handful of career records are in jeopardy of falling in the 2002 season as senior Lindsay Eckles eyes the top spot in school history for both career goals and career shots. Eckles, a Hilliard, Ohio native, needs just five goals to take over the top spot from Lisa Suttmiller (1994-97), who finished her Buckeye career with 30 goals and needs to fire just 17 shots on goal to surpass Suttmiller for the top spot in that respective category. In addition, Eckles is just 11 points shy of overtaking second place on the all-time points list.
Sophomore Lisa Grubb will be knocking on the door of the top spots in the record books very soon. Following just one season with OSU, Grubb is already ranked as the eighth all-time career scorer with 25 points and is currently slotted in the seventh position in school history with 10 career goals.
Jen Miller also has a shot to climb up the OSU charts in career assists. She is currently tied for seventh all-time with nine career marks and needs eight this season to take over as second in assists in Buckeye history.
NEXT UP
The Buckeyes return home to Columbus to serve as host to the 2002 Ohio State Tournament. OSU welcomes Bowling Green, Missouri, and Pittsburgh for the two-day, four-game invitational. BGSU and Pittsburgh will kick things off on Friday, Sept. 13 at 5 p.m. and The Buckeyes will meet Missouri at 7:30 p.m.
