Athletics Good Stuff – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/7/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
Athletes of the Week
Men’s soccer’s freshman forward Joshua Breto scored the gamewinning goal Sunday against Eastern Illinois in the 59th minute. He went on to assist the second goal of the day 10 minutes later for his first collegiate three-point game. The goal was the second game-winner this season for Breto, who is the only player of the bench to tally one (let alone two) gamewinning goals.
Senior goaltender Liana Bonanno earned U.S. College Hockey Online Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors after she backstopped the women’s hockey team to an upset sweep at No. 9 Providence, Oct. 3-4 in Providence, R.I. The assistant captain made a total of 70 saves with just three goals allowed to the Friars for a .959 save percentage. Bonanno made 39 saves, just three shy of her career high, in a season-opening 2-1 victory. She then made 31 saves in the second game as the Buckeyes rallied for a 3-2 win to complete the sweep.
Bonanno, a native of Mount Sinai, N.Y., has now made 30 or more saves in a game 19 times in her career. She helped the Ohio State penalty kill to a solid 17-of-19 performance, making 25 saves against the PC power play. The two wins at Providence was just the second season-opening road sweep in Ohio State history.
Athletics Good Stuff
Women’s Basketball
Head Coach: Jim Foster
Katie Smith and the Detroit Shock won their third WNBA title in six seasons on Oct. 5, beating the San Antonio Silver Stars, 76-60, in Game 3. Detroit swept the league’s best regular-season team, winning the clincher at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center.
Smith was named MVP of the finals less than two months after she and the U.S. took gold in Beijing.
Field Hockey (8-6; 0-3 Big Ten)
Head Coach: Anne Wilkinson
Ohio State posted its sixth shutout of the season Oct. 1 with a 6-0 win in a nonconference game vs. Robert Morris at North Turf Field.
Senior Linda Haussener led the Buckeyes vs. the Colonials with seven points on three goals for her second hat trick of the season and an assist. With her performance, Haussener became just the seventh Buckeye to reach with 100-point milestone. She also tied her career-high for points (33) in a season and set a new mark for goals (12).
Sophomore Jena Cacciatore also scored twice against Robert Morris, Melissa Palm had a goal and assist and sophomore Brianne Doak had two assists.
Ohio State was edged by Michigan Oct. 5 by a score of 3-2 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Buckeyes tied the score in the second half, but the Wolverines scored with nine minutes left for the win.
The Buckeyes jumped on the board quickly, when Palm scored unassisted just 24 seconds into the game. In the second half of the game, Ohio State knotted the score at 2-all at 61:52 by capitalizing on a penalty corner. From the left side of the goal, Aisling McKeon tipped in a shot by redshirt-freshman Aisling Coyle from the arc.
Up Next: at Indiana, 3 p.m. Oct. 10 in Bloomington, Ind.
Football (5-1; 2-0 Big Ten)
Head Coach: Jim Tressel
Ohio State defeated Wisconsin, 20-17, Oct. 4, snapping a 16-game home winning streak for the Badgers (3-2, 0-2).
Freshman quarter back Terrelle Pryor finished 13-of-19 with 144 yards passing and scored on an 11-yard run. Chris Wells had 168 yards rushing and a score.
Up Next: vs. Purdue, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in Ohio Stadium
Men’s Golf
Head Coach: Jim Brown
Buckeyes Patrick Simard, Vaughn Snyder and Brad Wright were named captains for the 2008-09 season, head coach Jim Brown announced Sept. 30. It is the first time all three have earned captain honors at Ohio State.
Ohio State claimed its first tournament victory since 2004 by winning the Memphis Intercollegiate after the third round was rained out Oct. 7 in Memphis, Tenn. Senior Vaughn Snyder became the first Buckeye medalist since 2004 as well, winning the event with a total of 6-under 138.
Up Next: at the Bank of Tennessee at the Ridges, TBA Oct. 24-26 in Johnson City, Tenn.
Women’s Golf
Head Coach: Therese Hession
Ohio State finished seventh at the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C. In the third round of competition, the Buckeyes fired their best score at 9-over 297 to move up two places the final day.
The Buckeyes’ three-day total of 909 was just one stroke away from sixth-place Texas A&M. Wake Forest won the Tar Heel Invitational with a final score of 876 (+12).
Leading the Buckeyes for two rounds was senior Jessica Hauser. The Hartland, Wis., native was 2-under on the front nine and finished with four birdies while carding a final round of 1-under 71. Hauser finished the tournament with a total of 225 to tie for 21st. One shot back from Hauser was Nara Shin who tied for 24th in her first collegiate tournament.
The Buckeyes will next be in action Oct. 18-19 when they preview the site of the 2009 Big Ten Championships at the Lady Northern Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind.
Up Next: at Lady Northern Invitational, TBA Oct. 18-19 in West Lafayette, Ind.
Men’s Hockey
Head Coach: John Markell
Led by co-captain Zach Pelltier’s hat trick, Ohio State defeated York, 9-3, in an exhibition game Oct. 4 at the OSU Ice Rink. The teams ended the first period tied at 2, but the Buckeyes outscored the Lions, 6-1, in the second period for the decisive victory. Sophomore defenseman Shane Sims helped the offense with a goal and two assists, while sophomore forwards Todd Rudasill, John Albert and Patrick Schafer each had two assists. Freshman forward Cory Schneider had a two-point game with a goal and an assist.
Junior goalie Joseph Palmer stopped all seven shots he faced.
The Buckeyes open regular-season play against Miami next weekend. The teams will face off in Columbus at 7:05 p.m. Oct. 10 in Value City Arena and in Oxford, Ohio, at 7:05 p.m. Oct. 11 in Steve Cady Arena. The game Saturday is scheduled to be broadcast live on ONN.
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association was released its conference-wide television schedule for 2008-09 Sept. 30, with Ohio State scheduled to appear six times. The Buckeyes will make their television debut Nov. 1 at Michigan on Comcast Television. CBS College Sports will broadcast the Buckeyes’ home game vs. Notre Dame Feb. 6, as well as the Ohio State vs. Michigan game Feb. 21 in Value City Arena. The Big Ten Network will televise the Buckeyes’ series opener at Michigan State Feb. 13 and the Ohio State vs. Michigan game in Columbus Feb. 20. The Buckeyes’ game at Michigan State Feb. 14 will be shown by FSN Detroit, as part of “Hockey Day in Michigan.”
The league also announced the annual preseason polls at media day. Notre Dame was picked first by the coaches, followed by Michigan and Miami, with Ohio State ranked seventh. The media selected the Wolverines as the conference favorite, followed by the Irish and Michigan State, and ranked the Buckeyes ninth.
Up Next: vs. Miami, 7:05 p.m. Oct. 10 in Value City Arena
at Miami, 7:05 p.m. Oct. 11 in Oxford, Ohio
Women’s Hockey (2-0-0)
Head Coach: Jackie Barto
Ohio State posted two upsets in a road sweep of then-No. 9 Providence, Oct. 3-4 in Providence, R.I. The series was the season opener for both teams.
Senior goaltender Liana Bonanno was stellar in net for the series, stopping 70 of 73 shots faced. She had 39 saves in game one and 31 saves in game two. For her performance, Bonanno was named Co-Defensive Player of the Week by U.S. College Hockey Online.
In game one, the Buckeyes recorded a 2-1 victory with junior Colleen Olson providing the gamewinner in the third period.
Trailing 2-1 in the third period of the second game, the Buckeyes tied the score 6:57 into the stanza. During a flurry of shots in front of the goal, senior Morgan Marziali backhanded the puck in off a rebound by freshman Natalie Spooner.
Freshman Laura McIntosh then scored the gamewinner unassisted from the slot at 13:28. She was the second Buckeye rookie to tally her first college goal in the game, joining Spooner who scored in the first period.
Ohio State next returns to Columbus for its first home and WCHA series of the season. The Buckeyes host No. 2 Wisconsin (4-0-0) at the OSU Ice Rink, Oct. 10-11 with both games beginning at 7 p.m.
The weekend will be a celebration of the 10th season of Ohio State women’s hockey, with Director of Athletics Gene Smith dropping the puck before honoring members of the first team and other alumni prior to the Friday game. Before the second game Saturday, the program will retire its first number, Emma Laaksonen’s No. 3.
Freshman forward Spooner and former defenseman Tessa Bonhomme were named to the Canadian National Women’s Team for the 2008 Four Nations Cup. The tournament, featuring Canada, the U.S., Finland and Sweden, will be held Nov. 4-9 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Team Canada will be playing for its fifth-consecutive Four Nations title.
Up Next: vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m. Oct. 10-11 at OSU Ice Rink
Men’s Lacrosse
Head Coach: Nick Myers
Bill Katsaros will join Ohio State as an assistant coach and Mark Bergey will serve as the team’s volunteer assistant coach, head coach Nick Myers announced Oct. 7.
Katsaros, who began 2008-09 as the top assistant coach at Detroit before returning to Ohio State, joined the Buckeyes for 2007-08 after serving as the head coach at Troy Athens (Mich.) High School for five seasons (2003-07). As the volunteer with the Buckeyes, Katsaros worked with the defense, goalies and man-down units as the team shared the Great Western Lacrosse League title and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in program history.
Bergey served as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at his alma mater, Western New England College, the past two seasons. In 2008 the squad was ranked in the Top 10 the majority of the season and the Bears ended the 2007 campaign ranked third nationally. The team made the NCAA tournament quarterfinals both years Bergey was on the staff.
Pistol
Head Coach: Jim Sweeney
Ohio State started its season Oct. 3 and 4 hosting the Ohio Cup, an open invitational for international pistol shooters. Senior Seth Berglee won all three open events: free (544 of 600), standard (560 of 600), and air (573 of 600).
The Buckeyes travel to Missouri State University Oct. 10-11.
Up Next: at Missouri State, TBA Oct. 10-11 in Springfield, Mo.
Rifle (0-1)
Head Coach: Pat Cherry
Ohio State opened the season with a 4,629 to 4,535 loss at West Virginia. The Mountaineers won both events, outscoring the Buckeyes, 2,288 to 2,265 in smallbore rifle and 2,341 to 2,270 in air rifle.
Individually, James Clark tied for fifth with a 574 and finished eighth for the Buckeyes with a 574.
Ohio State will next shoot at Kentucky Oct. 11.
Up Next: at Kentucky, TBA Oct. 11 in Lexington, Ky.
Men’s Soccer (7-2-1; 0-1 Big Ten)
Head Coach: John Bluem
Three different players scored second-half goals for Ohio State as it defeated Eastern Illinois, 3-0, Oct. 5 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
Joshua Breto, German Gomez and Julian Sisman each tallied their second goals of the season in the second period, accounting for the largest scoring output by the Buckeyes since a four-goal performance against Furman on Sept. 14.
Earlier in the week, the Buckeyes blanked Bowling Green, 1-0, Oct. 1. Andrew Magill scored the gamewinner in the 21st minute off an assist from Geoff Marsh.
Up Next: at UIC, 8 p.m. Oct. 8 in Chicago, Ill.
Women’s Soccer (4-4-2; 1-0 Big Ten)
Head Coach: Lori Walker
Lauren Robertson, a junior goalkeeper on the women’s soccer team from Mission Viejo, Calif., was named the Big Ten Conference co-Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 29 for her efforts in two Buckeye wins last week that extended the team’s winning streak to four-consecutive games. Ohio State defeated Northwestern, 1-0, to climb to the top of the Big Ten standings with a 3-0-0 record.
Freshman Paige Maxwell, whose mother, Melinda, was one of the team’s five honorary captains and a breast cancer survivor, scored the only goal just 2:19 into the game and the Buckeyes, led by a terrific defensive effort by the back line and goalkeeper Lauren Robertson, made it stand up the final 87-plus minutes for the team’s sixth-consecutive win.
The Buckeyes defeated Wisconsin, 4-0, Oct. 3 in front of 1,005 fans at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
The Buckeyes unleashed a 16-shot attack against the Badgers, with 13 of those shots on goal. Lisa Collison, now just one goal away from the all-time Ohio State goals scored record, scored twice in the first half and Laura Roberts tallied second-half markers to give Ohio State its largest margin of victory since a 5-0 win over Morehead State in 2005.
For her efforts last weekend, Maxwell was named the Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week Oct. 6, following her two-goal weekend. The honor marks the third-consecutive week a Buckeye has been recognized by the Big Ten, after Collison and Robertson were chosen offensive and co-defensive players of the week, respectively, the past two weeks.
Up Next: at Michigan State, 4 p.m. Oct. 10 in East Lansing, Mich.
at Michigan, noon Oct 12 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Softball
Head Coach: Linda Kalafatis
Ohio State finished the Eighth Annual Ohio Collegiate Charity Classic, 3-0, with shutout wins over Bowling Green (5-0), Dayton (9-0) and Ashland (6-0) at Fred Beekman Park Oct. 5. The event, which benefits the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, featured 14 teams from around the state of Ohio.
Between games one and two of the day, Chris Spielman, former All-American and All-Pro linebacker and husband of Stefanie Spielman, addressed all teams, officials, family and friends, stressing the importance of breast cancer research and thanking people for their continued support.
The Buckeyes wrap up their fall season Oct. 12 at Ohio University. They will play a doubleheader vs. the Bobcats, taking the field at 1 and 3 p.m.
Up Next: at Ohio University, 1 and 3 p.m. Oct. 12 in Athens, Ohio
Women’s Tennis
Head Coach: Chuck Merzbacher
Junior Kristen Flower traveled to Pacific Palisades, Calif., for the prestigious 2008 Riviera/All-American Championships. The All-American features the best collegiate tennis players nationwide in a single elimination style tournament. Flower, who transferred to Ohio State this summer from Georgia Tech, made her Buckeye debut Tuesday in the qualifying draw of the tournament, falling in the first round to No. 2 seed Julie Cohen of Miami (Fla.). Flower was the first Buckeye to compete at the All-American Championships since now-assistant coach Sadhaf Pervez played there as a senior in 2003.
The Ohio State women’s tennis team finished action at the Hoosier Fall Classic Oct. 5 in Bloomington, Ind. Freshman Kelsey Haviland kept her stellar fall campaign going by picking up her third singles win of the tournament with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Stephanie Wooten of Purdue. The win pushed Haviland’s fall record to 5-1 in singles, while she also holds a 5-2 record in doubles.
Up Next: at ITA Midwest Regional, Oct. 23-28 in East Lansing, Mich.
Women’s Volleyball
Head Coach: Geoff Carlston
Ohio State (10-6 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) lost, 3-0 (28-26, 25-16, 25-17), at No. 20 Wisconsin (12-4, 2-2) Oct. 5in the Wisconsin Field House. Buckeye Anna Szerszen posted a team-high 11.5 points in the match with 11 kills and an assist block.
The Buckeyes needed a fifth set 15-10 win to earn a 3-2 (26-24, 26-24, 21-25, 12-25, 15-10) victory at Northwestern (6-8, 0-3) Oct. 3 in Welsh-Ryan Arena. OSU’s Katie Dull scored a match-high 19.5 points with Szerszen adding 16 for the Buckeyes. Dull had a match-high 16 kills, a solo block and five assists with Szerszen adding 13 kills, one ace serve and four assist blocks.
Ohio State returns home next week to host No. 19 Illinois (11-4, 2-2) at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 and No. 18 Purdue (13-3, 2-2) at 2 p.m. Oct. 12 in St. John Arena.
Up Next: vs. Illinois, 7 p.m. Oct. 10 in St. John Arena
vs. Purdue, 2 p.m. Oct. 12 in St. John Arena
Ohio State Athletics Schedule
Oct. 6-12
Oct. 6-12
Men’s tennis at D’Novo Men’s All-American Tennis Championships, TBA
Tulsa, Okla.
Oct. 6-7
Men’s golf at Memphis Intercollegiate, TBA
Memphis, Tenn.
Oct. 8
Women’s lacrosse vs. Cincinnati, 5 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Men’s soccer at Illinois-Chicago, 8 p.m.
Chicago, Ill.
Oct. 10-11
Pistol at Missouri State, TBA
Springfield, Mo.
Oct. 10
Men’s cross country at All-Ohio Cross Country Championships, 2 p.m.
Delaware, Ohio
Women’s cross country at All-Ohio Cross Country Championships, 2:45 p.m.
Delaware, Ohio
Field hockey at Indiana, 3 p.m.
Bloomington, Ind.
Women’s soccer at Michigan State, 4 p.m.
East Lansing, Mich.
Women’s volleyball vs. Illinois, 7 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
St. John Arena
Men’s hockey vs. Miami, 7:05 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
Value City Arena
Women’s hockey vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
OSU Ice Rink
Oct. 11
Rifle at Kentucky, TBA
Lexington, Ky.
Football vs. Purdue, 3:30 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Stadium
Men’s soccer at Penn State, 7 p.m.
University Park, Pa.
Men’s hockey at Miami, 7:05 p.m.
Oxford, Ohio
Women’s hockey vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
OSU Ice Rink
Oct. 12
Women’s soccer at Michigan, noon
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Softball at Ohio University, 1 and 3 p.m.
Athens, Ohio
Women’s volleyball vs. Purdue, 2 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
St. John Arena
