Athletics Good Stuff – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/14/2010 12:00:00 AM | General
Athletes of the Week
• Konrad Warzycha, the leading scorer of the Ohio State men’s soccer team, received national praise Monday after helping lead the Buckeyes to a pair of wins over the weekend and an unblemished record through four games. Warzycha has scored at least once in each the last three games, extending his team-leading goal total to four over the weekend. He tallied the game-winner vs. Binghamton (1-0) Friday, Sept. 10 – his second-consecutive game-winner – and the first Buckeye score against Bucknell in the team’s 2-1 win Sunday, Sept. 16. The MVP of the Penn State Classic, Warzycha has doubled his goals from a season ago after scoring four in a row over three games for Ohio State.
• Senior midfielder Aisling McKeon helped the Buckeyes to two road wins against ranked opponents this week as No. 12 Ohio State improved to 4-2 this season. In three games, she tallied eight points on two goals and four assists. McKeon has already set her career-high in assists with seven, which is tied for the team lead. At No. 11 Louisville, McKeon was a major factor of the Buckeye offense with four points on a goal and a pair of assists in Ohio State’s double-overtime victory Sept. 8. In a competitive game vs. third-ranked Virginia, McKeon led the way with three points on a goal and an assist Sept. 11. Against the Lady Monarchs, McKeon rounded out the weekend with her seventh assist of the season in the Buckeyes’ comeback 2-1 win Sept. 12. McKeon is second on the team in points with 11 this year.
Baseball
Head coach: Greg Beals
• In a late night game by EDT standards featured on ESPN Sept. 8, former Ohio State pitcher Cory Luebke picked up his first Major League Baseball victory by pitching six scoreless innings in the San Diego Padres’ 4-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
No. 12 Field Hockey (4-2)
Head coach: Anne Wilkinson
• For the third time in just nine days, the Buckeyes had to play into overtime, but fatigue was not a factor as Ohio State defeated No. 11 Louisville, 4-3, in double-overtime Sept. 8 in Louisville, Ky. All-American forward Berta Queralt tallied the game-winning goal just a minute into the second part of extra time for her first goal of the season.
• The Buckeyes then headed to Norfolk, Va., for two games Sept. 11-12. Ohio State rallied twice in the first half to tie No. 3 Virginia at halftime, but the Cavaliers scored two goals in the second stanza to pull away for the 4-2 win Saturday in a neutral-site matchup. Ohio State then defeated No. 17 Old Dominion, 2-1, Sunday in a come-from-behind victory with Jena Cacciatore and Aisling Coyle scoring for the Buckeyes.
No. 2 Football (2-0)
Head coach: Jim Tressel
• In front of 105,545 fans in Ohio Stadium Sept. 11, No. 2 Ohio State rolled to a 36-24 win over No. 12 Miami.
• Offensively, the Buckeyes got 233 passing yards and 113 rushing yards from Terrelle Pryor and a school-record tying five field goals from kicker Devin Barclay. Touchdowns were scored by Brandon Saine (18-yard pass from Pryor), Dan “Boom” Herron (4-yard run) and Pryor (13-yard run). DeVier Posey caught four passes for 105 yards. Barclay’s fifth field goal of the game tied him in the record books with Josh Huston (2005 vs. Texas), Mike Nugent (2004 vs. N.C. State) and Bob Atha (1981 vs. Indiana), and extended the lead to 36-17.
• On the defensive side, Devon Torrence had a career-high tying eight tackles, a pass break-up and a blocked field goal attempt on Miami’s second possession of the second half. Chimdi Chekwa had two interceptions, two pass break-ups and six tackles. Ross Homan had a team-high 10 tackles and defensive linemen Cameron Heyward and Nathan Williams each recorded interceptions.
• Chekwa was named Walter Camp player of the week for his performance against the Hurricanes.
Men’s Golf
Head coach: Donnie Darr
• Three more rounds in the 60s were turned in by the top 3 golfers Sept. 10 to conclude the four-day, five-round fall qualifier on the Scarlet Course for the Ohio State men’s golf team. Jamie Sindelar, a sophomore from Horseheads, N.Y., took the top spot with a score of 6-under 349 after closing with a 68, adding to his rounds of 70-72-67-72 during the week.
No. 11 Men’s Soccer (4-0)
Head coach: John Bluem
• Matt Lampson earned the first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor of the 2010 men’s soccer season, the conference office announced Sept. 6. The sophomore goalkeeper helped lead the Buckeyes to a pair of wins last weekend in the Bert & Iris Wolstein Classic at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
• A penalty kick was once again the deciding factor for Ohio State as Konrad Warzycha scored on his third PK in a row to lead the Buckeyes over Binghamton, 1-0, Sept. 10 in University Park, Pa., as part of the Penn State Classic. Warzycha and Austin McAnena each scored in the following game as OSU defeated Bucknell, 2-1, Sept. 12 at the Penn State Classic.
Women’s Soccer (5-1-1)
Head coach: Lori Walker
• Ohio State goalkeeper Rachel Middleman has been named Big Ten freshman of the week, the conference office announced Sept. 6. The Mars, Pa., native recorded 165 scoreless minutes in goal as the Buckeyes shut out intrastate rivals Dayton and Akron.
• In a game that it controlled throughout, Ohio State picked up a 2-0 win over Cleveland State Sept. 8 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Caitlyn Martin scored both Buckeye goals with Liz Sullivan assisting on each.
Softball
Head coach: Linda Kalafatis
• The schedule for the 2010 Ohio Collegiate Charity Classic was released Sept. 10. In its 10th season, the breast cancer awareness fundraiser hosted by the Buckeyes at Fred Beekman Park will open with nine games Oct. 2 and conclude with 13 games Oct. 3.
• A total of 15 teams, with Tiffin fielding two squads, will compete in 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. The teams participating in the event this year include: Ohio State, Ohio, Toledo, Youngstown State, Ohio Dominican, Tiffin, Ursuline, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Urbana, Wittenberg, Denison, Case Western, Kenyon and Rio Grande.
Women’s Volleyball (9-1)
Head coach: Geoff Carlson
• Ohio State traveled to Baltimore, Md., to compete in the Madison Bingaman Memorial Tournament hosted by University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Sept. 10-11. The Buckeyes played four matches, starting with a 3-0 victory (25-12, 25-20, 25-18) over Brown and followed with another 3-0 win (25-22, 25-11, 25-19) over UMBC Sept. 10.
• The Buckeyes overcame a first set loss, 29-27, to Sacred Heart to defeat the Pioneers, 3-1 (27-29, 25-22, 25-21, 25-18) Sept. 11 and then captured the tournament with a 3-0 victory (25-13, 30-28, 25-14) over Towson
• OSU’s Katie Dull was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament along with Allie Schwarzwalder named to the all-tournament team.
Wrestling
Head coach: Tom Ryan
• Former Ohio State wrestling standouts J Jaggers and Mike Pucillo have been added to the Buckeye coaching staff head coach Tom Ryan announced Sept. 8.
Ohio State Athletics Schedule: Sept. 13-26
Sept. 13-14
Men’s Golf at Marshall Invitational, All Day
Huntington, W. Va.
Sept. 17-18
Men’s Golf at Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, All Day
Olympia Fields, Ill.
Women’s Golf at Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational, All Day
Albuquerque, N.M.
Sept. 17
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country at Mountaineer Open, TBA
Boone, N.C.
Women’s Volleyball vs. Presbyterian, 5 p.m.
Kennesaw, Ga.
Women’s Soccer vs. Arizona State, 7 p.m.
Tucson, Ariz.
Sept. 18
Women’s Volleyball vs. Coastal Carolina, 10 a.m.
Kennesaw, Ga.
Football vs. Ohio, Noon
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Stadium
Field Hockey at Duke, 1 p.m.
Durham, N.C.
Women’s Volleyball at Kennesaw State, 7 p.m.
Kennesaw, Ga.
Men’s Soccer at Florida Gulf Coast, 7:30 p.m.
Ft. Myers, Fla.
Sept. 19
Field Hockey at Wake Forest, 1 p.m.
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Women’s Soccer at Arizona, 3 p.m.
Tucson, Ariz.
Sept. 22
Men’s Soccer at Louisville, 7 p.m.
Louisville, Ky.
Sept. 24
Field Hockey vs. Northwestern, 3 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
Buckeye Varsity Field
Women’s Volleyball at Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Madison, Wis.
Sept. 25
Football vs. Eastern Michigan, TBA
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Stadium
Women’s Volleyball at Illinois, 7 p.m.
Champaign, Ill.
Men’s Soccer at Michigan, 7 p.m.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sept. 26
Women’s Soccer at Michigan, 2 p.m.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sept. 26-27
Men’s Golf at Windon Memorial Classic, All Day
Glenview, Ill.
