Ventiquattro Nets OT Winner as Men’s Lacrosse Buckeyes Post 10-9 Victory at Denver – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/22/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
April 22, 2007
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Buckeye freshman Mario Ventiquattro completed his first career hat trick with a goal with 11 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Ohio State men’s lacrosse to a 10-9 victory at Denver Sunday in Denver, Colo.
Ohio State, on a four-game winning streak, improves to 8-4 this year and is undefeated in the Great Western Lacrosse League with a 4-0 mark. The Buckeyes will take on 3-0 (GWLL) Notre Dame at noon Saturday in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus to wrap up league play. A win would give the Buckeyes the outright conference title and the GWLL’s automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. The Pioneers drop to 7-7 and 2-2 in the league.
Against the Pioneers, the Buckeyes led throughout the game, including 5-1 at halftime, until there was less than a minute left in regulation. After Ohio State went ahead, 9-6, at 3:50, the Pioneers scored the last three goals of the fourth quarter, including Joey Murray’s tally with 36 seconds left that tied the score at 9-all, to force overtime.
In the first overtime, Ventiquattro (Fr., Carthage, N.Y./Carthage Central) had the first shot on goal, but it was saved by DU goalie Jeb Hollinsgworth. Denver then cleared the ball and Buckeye goalie Stefan Schroder (Jr., Kirkville, N.Y./Onodaga C.C./East Syracuse Minoa) made a save on Ilija Gajic to keep the game tied. The Buckeyes got the ball down-field and Jeff Ryan (So., Syracuse, N.Y./Hobart/West Genesee) found Ventiquattro at the right side of the net for the winner.
Three Buckeyes had a team-best four points in the win. Ventiquattro had a hat trick and assist, Ben Drake (Sr., Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) had a goal and career-best three assists and Ryan had two goals and two assists. James Green (Fr., Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) also had a hat trick, marking the first multiple-goal game of his career. The Buckeyes outscored the Pioneers, 5-1, in the first half, including 3-1 in the first quarter. Ryan got Ohio State on the board at the 11:02 mark, assisted by Brian Lalley (So., Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park). The Pioneers tied the game on Jon Paulson’s tally at 8:25. Ryan scored his second goal of the game 37 seconds later to put Ohio State ahead at the 7:48 mark, with Joel Dalgarno (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia/Western Reserve (Ohio) picking up the assist. Drake found Kevin Buchanan (Jr., Cockeysville, Md./Calvert Hall) for a goal with 5:21 left in the first, putting the Buckeyes on top, 3-1.
Green scored his first of three goals on the day unassisted at the 13:35 mark of the second quarter. Drake then set up Ventiquattro’s first goal of the game with 4:51 remaining until halftime.
The Pioneers scored the first three goals of the second half, in a 2:21 span, to cut the Buckeye lead to one (5-4). Kyle Widerstedt scored at 13:41, followed by Brandon Barcus’ tally at 12:58 and Murray’s score at 11:21. OSU responded with two goals, as Buchanan set up Green at 6:23 and Drake tallied, assisted by Ventiquattro, at 3:59. OSU led, 7-4, at the end of the third quarter.
DU’s Ryan Shaughnessy scored 33 seconds into the fourth quarter (14:27), followed by Green’s third goal of the game, set up by Drake, just over a minute later (13:19), to make the score 8-5 Ohio State. Shaughnessy cut the Buckeye lead to two (8-6) with a goal at 8:40. After Ryan found Ventiquattro for a goal at 3:50 to put the Buckeyes ahead, 9-6, Denver went on a three-goal run in the final 2:44 to force overtime. Jon Paulson started the stretch, followed by Murray’s back-to-back goals at 1:49 and with 36 seconds remaining.
Each team had 32 shots in the game. Schroder made seven saves for the Buckeyes in 63:49. For Denver, Hollingsworth had 10 stops in 63:49.
Neither team converted a man-up chance. OSU was 0-for-1 and stopped Denver on two chances.
Game Notes
The Buckeyes have held their opponents fewer than 10 goals in 9-of-14 games this season.
Ohio State, which beat Air Force, 10-6 Friday, was 2-0 on its trip to Colorado for the first time since 1999.
The Buckeyes, who now lead the series with Denver 8-4, ended a two-game losing streak to Denver and a two-game losing streak in road games vs. the Pioneers. OSU’s last win over Denver also was in overtime, April 25, 2004, in Columbus (9-8).
The overtime win was the Buckeyes’ first since beating UMBC in two overtimes, 10-9, March 5, 2005. OSU was 0-1 in OT last year, with a loss at Penn State, and had not played an overtime game this season.
Buchanan is on a 27-game point streak that began with two games remaining in the 2005 season (May 1, 2005 vs. Fairfield). He has 46-36-82 totals during the stretch. He leads the Buckeyes with a career-high 21 assists this season and is second with a career-high tying 41 points. He had his streak of games with two or more goals stopped at six.
Ryan is on a 12-game point streak that began in the season opener. He is first on the team with 26 goals and third on the squad with 34 points. Ryan has multiple goals in nine games this season, including the last six, and has more than two points in all but one game this season. It was his second four-point outing, one shy of the five points he had in the season opener.
Green has back-to-back three-point games, after posting a goal and two assists at Air Force Friday. He had his first career multiple-goal game and has goals in 7-of-11 games on the year.
Ventiquattro, who has played in the last five games for the Buckeyes, is on a four-game scoring streak and has 7-2-9 totals over the stretch and multiple points in the last three games.
Drake had a career-high three assists and four points. He has 2-6-8 totals over the last three games. He entered the 2007 season with just one career goal.
Dalgarno had an assist to extend his point streak, which began in his first game as a Buckeye, to 25 games (47-37-84). It was the first time he was held to just one point since his first career game Feb. 18, 2006. It ended his goal-scoring streak at 12. He is first on the team with a career-best 43 points, including a career-high 20 assists.
Lacrosse Game Summary (Final) 2007 Ohio State Men’s Lacrosse Ohio State vs Denver (Apr 22, 2007 at Denver, Colo.)
Ohio State (8-4, 4-0 GWLL) vs. Denver (7-7, 2-2 GWLL) Date: Apr 22, 2007 Location: Denver, Colo. Stadium: Barton Lacrosse Attendance:2019 Start time:1:40 pm End time:3:47 pm Total time:2:07
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 OT Tot —————————————- Ohio State………. 3 2 2 2 1 – 10 Denver………….. 1 0 3 5 0 – 9
Ohio State SCORING: GOALS: Ventiquattro, Mario 3; Green, James 3; Ryan, Jeff 2; Drake, Ben 1; Buchanan, Kevin 1. ASSISTS: Drake, Ben 3; Ryan, Jeff 2; Buchanan, Kevin 1; Dalgarno, Joel 1; Lalley, Brian 1; Ventiquattro, Mario 1.
Denver SCORING: GOALS: Murray, Joey 3; Paulson, Jon 2; Shaughnessy, Ryan 2; Barcus, Brandon 1; Widerstedt, Kyle 1. ASSISTS: Murray, Joey 1; Zordani, Ryan 1.
Ohio State GROUND BALLS: Carr, Nick 4; Dalgarno, Joel 4; Funk, Josh 3; Ryan, Jeff 3; O’Brien, Eric 2; Pataki, Tim 2; Schroder, Stefan 2; Benson, Joe 1; Buchanan, Kevin 1; Buck, Jeff 1; Lovett, Keith 1; Matthews, Scott 1; Pages, Ricky 1; Schell, Peter 1; Ventiquattro, Mario 1.
Denver GROUND BALLS: Shepard, Shea 5; Patterson, Brad 4; Murray, Joey 2; Olson, Sandon 2; Zordani, Ryan 2; Barcus, Brandon 1; Gajic, Ilija 1; Hollingsworth, Jeb 1; Houghton, Jacob 1; Millice, Clayton 1; Paulson, Jon 1; Richardson, Brad 1; Shepard, Rory 1.
SHOTS – Ohio State 32; Denver 32. SHOTS ON GOAL – Ohio State 20; Denver 16.
PENALTIES – Ohio State 2/1:00; Denver 1/1:00. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES – Ohio State 0-1; Denver 0-2.
FACEOFFS – Ohio State 12-22; Denver 10-22.
CLEARS – Ohio State 14-16; Denver 15-20.
GOALIES – OSU: Schroder, Stefan 8-4 (63:49 minutes, 16 shots-7 saves, 9 GA); DU_MEN: Hollingsworth, Jeb 6-7 (63:49, 20-10, 10).
Start time: 1:40 pm Finish time: 3:47 pm Length of game: 2:07 Officials: J.D. Doyle; Dave Malmquist; Eric Amptsberg. Scorer: Erin Pahl.
A-2019 T-2:07
