Women’s Lacrosse Announces Schedule – Ohio State Buckeyes
8/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio State women’s lacrosse team will host eight home contests and play at defending national champion Northwestern in 2009, OSU head coach Sue Stimmel announced today.
“This schedule will be a real challenge for our team,” Stimmel said. “The teams in our conference compete at the highest level nationally, and we also face top squads from the ACC, the Big East and the Pac-10.”
The Buckeyes open the season with three February road games: at American, at George Washington and at Notre Dame. Ohio State’s home opener is March 1 against St. Bonaventure. The Buckeyes will also host the ALC-ACC Challenge April 3 and 5, facing Maryland and North Carolina; Penn State will also be part of that field. The ALC tournament will be April 30-May 2 at Penn State.
The Buckeyes will compete in three events this fall: tournaments at Duke (October 5) and Temple (October 18) and a home exhibition match against Cincinnati October 8. The complete 2009 schedule:
Feb. 13 at American
Feb. 15 at George Washington
Feb. 22 at Notre Dame
March 1 St. Bonaventure
March 7 Johns Hopkins
March 11 Cincinnati
March 14 at Louisville
March 22 at Duquesne
March 24 California
March 29 Canisius
April 3 North Carolina* (also Penn State vs. Maryland)
April 5 Maryland* (also Penn State vs. North Carolina)
April 12 Vanderbilt
April 14 at Detroit Mercy
April 19 at Penn State
April 22 at Northwestern
April 30-May 2 at ALC Tournament (Penn State)
