Athletics Good Stuff – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/6/2004 12:00:00 AM | General
Athletes of the Week
The men’s gymnastics Buckeyes were led against Michigan totheir NCAA record score by senior Randy Monahan (Elizabethtown,Pa./Central Pennsylvania Academy of Gymnastics), who posted afirst-place and OSU all-around score of 56.550. Monahan’sall-around score is the NCAA’s second-highest since 2000. Thesenior co-captain also claimed first on both rings (9.850) andfloor (9.650), while finishing second on high bar with a score of9.650. Women’s lacrosse goalie Kim Hastings played a key role inOSU wins over sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins (12-9) and over VirginiaTech (13-7). Hastings was outstanding with 14 saves against JohnsHopkins and added five ground balls. After giving up six goals inthe first half, Hasting held the Blue Jays to three goals in thesecond half to help secure the upset win. In the Virginia Techgame, Hastings recorded 10 saves, adding a ground ball and a keycaused turnover. In the two games, Hastings had an 8.00 goalsagainst average and a .600 saves percentage and recorded six groundballs and a caused turnover.
Athletics Good Stuff
The fencing squad aims to defend its 2004 national fencingtitle Thursday through Sunday at the 2005 NCAA Championship inHouston, Texas. Ohio State is represented by 11 fencers in each ofthe six weapons. For the men, Buckeyes Adam Crompton and JasonRogers will compete in sabre, Boaz Ellis and William Jeter willcompete in foil and Christian Rivera and Denis Tolkachev willrepresent Ohio State in epee competition. On the women’s side, twinsisters Hanna and Metta Thompson will fence in foil, Siobhan Byrneand Amelia Gaillard will compete in sabre and Kaela Brendler is thelone Buckeye in epee competition. Individually, junior Crompton isaiming for his third-consecutive men’s sabre title, while sophomoreEllis will look to defend his 2004 men’s foil crown. The women’sbasketball team (28-4, 14-2 Big Ten) earned a No. 2 seed in the2005 NCAA Tournament and will play No. 15 seed Holy Cross (20-10,12-2 Patriot League) at noon March 20 at the Comcast Center inCollege Park, Md. The Buckeyes are one of 16 teams in thePhiladelphia Regional.
The winner of the Ohio State-Holy Cross contest will meet the winner of the No. 7 Maryland and No. 10 UW-Green Bay game March 22 in College Park, Md.
The No. 2 seeding for Ohio State is the second highest in program history. The 1992-93 Final Four team was a No. 1 seed in the tournament. The Buckeyes, who have made the tournament each of the last three seasons, reached NCAA postseason play for the 14th time in team history. Ohio State is 15-13 all-time in the NCAA tournament.
Sophomore center Jessica Davenport was named a finalist for the Wooden Award and a semifinalist for the Naismith Trophy. Both honors will be presented to the national player of the year in April. She also was named a finalist for Kodak/WBCA All-America.
The No. 8/10 men’s hockey team advanced to the CCHA Super SixChampionship in Detroit with a first-round series victory overFerris State last weekend. In the best-of-three series, theBuckeyes won game one (4-2) before the Bulldogs evened the serieswith a 1-0 overtime victory in game two. In game three, theBuckeyes fought back from two one-goal deficits before overcoming atwo-goal FSU third-period lead to come back and win in overtime,5-4. In game three, OSU trailed, 4-2, with 15 minutes remainingbefore Matt Beaudoin’s fourth goal of the series (scoredshorthanded at 9:55) cut the Bulldog lead to one (4-3). FreshmanJason DeSantis tied the game with a goal with 50 seconds remainingon the clock. In overtime, freshman John Dingle scored thegamewinner at 4:40, assisted by Bryce Anderson and Rod Pelley.
The No. 2-seed Buckeyes and defending tournament champions have a bye into the semifinal round and will face the highest remaining seed from the quarterfinals at 8:05 p.m. Friday, while top-seed Michigan will take on the lowest remaining seed at 4:35 p.m. Friday. The semifinal winners will meet at 7:35 p.m. Saturday, preceded by the third-place game at 4:05 p.m. The tournament winner receives the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.
The No. 1 men’s gymnastics squad set a NCAA team score record,posting a 226.900 to edge No. 4 Michigan, who posted a 218.300. Therecord surpasses the 225.200 set by Oklahoma March 6, 2004. TheBuckeyes also hold the record for highest team score on the road(223.400) set Jan. 29, 2005 against Illinois. Three members of thewrestling team placed at the 2005 Big Ten Championships to gainbids the national tournament March 17-19 at the Savvis Center inSt. Louis.
Sophomore J.D. Bergman, who took second at Big Ten’s, will vie for his second All-America honor after taking third at 197 last season. Freshmen T.J. Enright, sixth in the Big Ten at 133, and Kirk Nail, eighth in the league at HWT, will make their first treks to the NCAA meet.
Five seniors on the men’s and women’s track and field teamscompeted in the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships at the University ofArkansas’ Randall Tyson Track and Field Complex in Fayetteville,Ark. Brian Olinger, a distance runner, placed 11th in the5,000-meter run in a time of 13:58.18 to record his firstAll-America honor, while Shayla Moore finished 12th in the women’striple jump to earn her first indoor All-America honor at adistance of 42 feet, 3 1/2 inches.
Rosalind Goodwin tied for 13th to narrowly miss repeating as an All-American in the triple.
Bryan Duby placed 12th in the men’s weight throw, Shelaine Larson finished 17th in the women’s weight.
The men’s golf team will tee it up against some of the topteams in the country Saturday and Sunday at the 2005 SchenkelE-Z-Go Invitational. Georgia Southern University will play host tothe three-day event at the par 72, 6,962 Forest Heights CountryClub in Statesboro, Ga.
The 54-hole tournament begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday with a shotgun start. The event will conclude on Sunday with tee times beginning at 8 a.m.
The women’s gymnastics team (5-9, 0-4 Big Ten) dropped a195.425-194.625 decision to Illinois Saturday afternoon at HuffHall in Champaign, Ill. Led by senior Liz Meaney, who placed firston balance beam for the eighth time this season (9.875), theBuckeyes posted scores of 48.200 on vault, 48.675 on bars, 48.925on beam and 48.825 on floor. The softball team (11-6) will play itsfirst home games of 2005 at Buckeye Field this weekend as host ofthe Buckeye Invitational. The event, which is in its fifth year,welcomes five visiting teams to Columbus, including Notre Dame,Ball State, Marshall, Oakland and Eastern Michigan. Ohio State haswon seven of its last eight games this season and is aiming toremain perfect in the Buckeye Invitational, where OSU is 16-0 inthe four years of the event. Friday the Buckeyes take on Ball Stateat 4 p.m. and Eastern Michigan at 6 p.m., while Saturday willfeature a 7 p.m. match-up with Notre Dame. The tournament willconclude Sunday with a 4 p.m. game against Marshall. The Buckeyesare coming off a 6-1 record and runner-up finish March 4-6 at theBuzz Classic hosted by Georgia Tech, which included a 5-3 win overthe host and 19th-ranked Yellow Jackets. The women’s tennisBuckeyes fell to No. 20 TCU, 5-2, despite victories in doubles byduo Emily DeCamilla (Sr., Sacramento, Calif./Maryland) and MeredithVincent (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio/Virginia Tech), 8-3, at the No. 2spot over Helena Besovic and Karla Mancinas and in singles byCaitlin O’Keefe (Fr., Troy, Mich./Troy), who swept Andrea Morgadoat the No. 6 position, 6-3, 6-4, and Sonia Ruzimovsky (Soph.,Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooklyn Tech), who picked up her team-leading ninthdual match victory when Ana Cetnik retired with an injury at No. 4.The baseball team, which improved to 4-4 on the season after going2-1 last week at the Kennel Club Classic in Jacksonville, Fla.,next travels to Sarasota and Bradenton, Fla. for its annual springbreak trip. The Buckeyes will play eight games in nine daysbeginning Friday when it meets Northern Iowa at Ed Smith Stadium inSarasota. Jason Zoeller led the Buckeyes last week at the KennelClub Classic in Jacksonville, Fla., where the team went 2-1 withwins over North Florida and Rider and a loss to Bradley The Buckeyeinfielder was 8-for-15 with two doubles, a triple and two home runsto knock in seven runs. He scored six times as well and finishedthe three games with a slugging percentage of 1.200 and did notwalk or strikeout. Wes Schirtzinger batted .500 with seven hits,scored twice and batted in two runs and Ronnie Bourquin was .462 inthe three games in his 6-for-13 effort that included three doubles,one home run and four RBI. Ohio State batted .350 last week andfinished with a .602 slugging percentage. Cory Luebke started theRider game and though he did not factor into the decision, heallowed only one run from seven hits in 5.2 innings and had sixstrikeouts against only one walk.
The Bob Todd Radio Call-in Show begins Tuesday, March 22 on WBNS Radio 1460 The Fan. The weekly show can be heard every Tuesday night from 7-7:30 p.m. through May 24. To participate in the show, dial 614-821-1460. Todd, now in his 18th season at Ohio State, is one of few college baseball coaches in the country to have his own weekly radio call-in show.
Last week the women’s lacrosse team upset No. 6 Johns Hopkins,12-9 and defeated Virginia Tech, 13-7 in home contests. OSU brokean eight-all tied in the second half against Johns Hopkins to scorefour consecutive goals, two by KC Carter and one each from KellyKremer and Lindsay Weiner to secure the win. Kremer scored agame-high six goals while Carter added four. In goal, Kim Hastingsgot the win with 14 saves and five ground balls. In the VirginiaTech game, OSU broke a four-all tied with a Kremer goal at 28:47 inthe half. At 6-5, OSU, a goal by Oliver and two by Kristen Slahorgave OSU a 9-5 edge. At 9-6, goals by Carter, Kremer, Oliver andKristen Hannon broke the game open. Kremer had a game-high threegoals with Slahor, Oliver, Carter and Ashley Evans each adding two.In goal, Kim Hastings picked up the win, recording 10 saves, oneground ball and a key caused turnover. Ohio State hosts OhioThursday, March 17 at 7 p.m. Four divers qualified for the 2005NCAA Championships in their performances this weekend at NCAA ZoneRegional Qualifying Championships in West Lafayette, Ind. Threemembers of the men’s team move on to the NCAA championships, whileone member for the women’s team advanced. Seven qualifying spotswere available for each of the men’s and women’s teams for Zone C.Mitch Richeson won the 1-meter event with 326.35 points Friday andplaced second in the 3-meter event with 583.25 points. KellenHarkness, who followed Richeson in fourth place, finished the meetwith a 10th-place finish in the 1-meter with 283.65 points and afourth-place finish in the 3-meter, scoring 526.10 points. Thethird Buckeye qualifier was Nick Hanneman, who grabbed the finalspot in Zone C. He finished eighth in the 1-meter with 288.25points and a 26th finish in the 3-meter event with 236.85 points.Julie Broms will represent the women’s diving squad afterqualifying sixth. Broms opened the competition with a fourth-placefinish in the 3-meter competition, accumulating 315.60 points.Broms finished 11th in the 1-meter competition with 508.65 points.The diving squads will join their respective teams when they travelto the 2005 NCAA Championships. The women’s swimming and divingteam will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., March 15-19. The men’ssquad will head to Minneapolis, Minn., March 24-26. The No. 13men’s tennis team returns to action March 21 on their spring breaktrip to face Coastal Carolina in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and VanderbiltMarch 23 in Nashville, Tenn. The Buckeyes are back at home March 26and 27 as the squad opens Big Ten play against Iowa and Minnesotain Columbus. Under sixth-year head coach Ty Tucker, the Buckeyesare 4-1 in Big Ten openers. Last season, OSU opened league playMarch 14 with a 6-1 win over Penn State in State College, Pa. Themen’s lacrosse team remains at home, as it plays host to Quinnipiacat noon Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The team islooking for its first home win of the season after falling toHobart, 9-6, last Saturday. Against the Statesmen, freshman goalieMike Rimmer had a career-best 19 saves. 13th-ranked men’svolleyball (14-5 overall, 7-1 MIVA) defeated Mercyhurst 3-0 (30-16,30-26, 30-24) Sunday night in St. John Arena. Mark Greaves had amatch-high 18.5 points with a match-high 17 kills (.48) and threeassist blocks. OSU’s Layne Dreven had 13.5 points with nine kills(.467) and a match-high nine assist blocks. Ohio State is on theroad next weekend at Lewis Saturday and at Quincy Sunday.
Ohio State Athletics Schedule
Wednesday, March 16-Tuesday, March 22
Wednesday, March 16
Pistol at Collegiate Nationals
Columbus, Georgia
Thursday, March 17
Women’s Swimming at NCAA Championships
West Lafayette, Ind.
Women’s Lacrosse vs. Ohio, 7 p.m.
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Pistol at Collegiate Nationals
Columbus, Georgia
Wrestling at NCAA Championships
St. Louis, Mo.
Friday, March 18
Women’s Swimming at NCAA Championships
West Lafayette, Ind.
Baseball vs. Northern Iowa, 2 p.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
Softball vs. Ball State, 4 p.m.
Softball vs. Eastern Michigan, 6 p.m.
Buckeye Field, Columbus, Ohio
Men’s Hockey CCHA Super Six Semifinal, 8:05 p.m.
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.
Fencing at NCAA Championships
Houston, Texas
Pistol at Collegiate Nationals
Columbus, Georgia
Wrestling at NCAA Championships
St. Louis, Mo.
Saturday, March 19
Women’s Swimming at NCAA Championships
West Lafayette, Ind.
Men’s Lacrosse vs. Quinnipiac, Noon
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Women’s Gymnastics at All-Ohio Championships, 7 p.m.
Kent, Ohio
Softball vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
Buckeye Field, Columbus, Ohio
Men’s Volleyball at Lewis, 8 p.m.
Chicago, Ill.
Baseball vs. Bucknell, 10:30 p.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
Men’s Golf at Schenkel Invitational
Statesboro, Ga.
Wrestling at NCAA Championships
St. Louis, Mo.
Men’s Hockey at CCHA Super Six Championship, 4:05 or 7:35 p.m.
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich.
Fencing at NCAA Championships
Houston, Texas
Pistol at Collegiate Nationals
Columbus, Georgia
Sunday, March 20
Women’s Basketball vs. Holy Cross, noon
NCAA Tournament First Round
College Park, Md.
Baseball vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2 p.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
Softball vs. Marshall, 4 p.m.
Buckeye Field, Columbus, Ohio
Men’s Volleyball at Quincy, 8 p.m.
Quincy, Ill.
Fencing at NCAA Championships
Houston, Texas
Men’s Golf at Schenkel Invitational
Statesboro, Ga.
Monday, March 21
Men’s Tennis at Coastal Carolina, Noon
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Baseball vs. Illinois-Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
Tuesday, March 22
Women’s Lacrosse vs. Cornell, 1 p.m.
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Women’s Tennis at San Diego State, 5 p.m.
San Diego, Calif.
Softball at Cal State Fullerton, 6 p.m.
Fullerton, Calif.
Women’s Basketball NCAA Tournament Second Round
College Park, Md.
