Athletics Good Stuff – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/24/2012 12:00:00 AM | General
April 24, 2012
Athletes of the Week
The Ohio State men’s gymnastics team had an outstanding night at the 2012 NCAA Individual Event Finals April 21 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla., seeing five members in senior Ty Echard, sophomores Misha Koudinov, Kris Done and Michael Newburger and freshman Danny Steiner earn All-America honors. The five 2012 All-Americans ties the single-season program record with the 1993 and 2002 campaigns, respectively.
The Ohio State women’s gymnastics team had an impressive tripto the NCAA Championship April 20 in Duluth, Ga. The team recordedthe fifth Top 10 finish in program history behind All-AmericansSarah Miller and Colleen Dean. Miller earned second-team All-America honors onbalance beam and floor exercise while Dean garnered second-teamAll-America honors on floor exercise. The duo became the seventhand eighth All-Americans in Ohio State women’s gymnastics history.It is the first time the Buckeyes have had multiple All-Americansin the same season.
Baseball (22-18, 7-8 Big Ten)
Head coach: Greg Beals
Ohio State dropped a 3-2 decision to Xavier April 17 at NickSwisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium.
Ohio State fell to Cincinnati, 6-5, April 18 at Nick Swisher Fieldat Bill Davis Stadium.
Ohio State dropped a 9-1 decision to Illinois on a blustery April20 at Illinois Field.
Ohio State fell to Illinois, 8-3, April 21 at Illinois Field.
Ohio State topped Illinois, 10-4, April 22 at Illinois Field.
Football
Head coach: Urban Meyer
Ohio State’s Scarlet team defeated the Gray team, 20-14, April21 on a nippy, gray afternoon at Ohio Stadium in the 2012 LiFESports Spring Game. Braxton Miller threw for 258 yards and Rod Smith capped his 47-yard rushing day with a winningtouchdown run from seven yards out.
No. 22 Women’s Golf
Head coach: Therese Hession
With a team total of 894, No. 22 Ohio State closed regularseason play with a win at their own Lady Buckeye Invitational inColumbus. The Buckeyes tallied a third round score of 289 at thepar 72, 6,268-yard Scarlet Course at The Ohio State University GolfClub to secure their win by a 16-stroke margin over second-placeMichigan State.
No. 7 Men’s Gymnastics
Head coach: Rustam Sharipov
Seven members of the Ohio State men’s gymnastics team advancedin the 2012 NCAA Championships April 19 during the NCAA qualifierat the Lloyd Noble Center. The Buckeyes notched a 345.350 in thefirst session of the team qualifier but finished fourth behindMichigan (353.450), Penn State (353.000) and Stanford (348.500) whoall advanced to the NCAA team final at 8 p.m. ET Friday in Norman,Okla.
Ohio State saw all seven of its qualifying members advance to the2012 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Individual Event Finals April 20 at theLloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.
Ohio State had an outstanding night at the 2012 NCAA IndividualEvent Finals April 21 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.,seeing five members in senior Ty Echard, sophomores Misha Koudinov, Kris Done and Michael Newburger and freshman Danny Steiner earn All-America honors. The five 2012All-Americans ties the single-season program record with the 1993and 2002 campaigns, respectively.
No. 12 Women’s Gymnastics
Head coach: Carey Fagan
No. 12 Ohio State recorded a 196.525 to place fourth in thesecond session of the NCAA Championship semifinals April 20 inGwinnett Arena. Sarah Miller earned second-team All-America honors on balancebeam and floor exercise while Colleen Dean garnered second-team All-America honors on floorexercise. The duo became the seventh and eighth All-Americans inOhio State women’s gymnastics history. It is the first time theBuckeyes have had multiple All-Americans in the same season.
Carey Fagan, Ohio State women’s gymnastics head coach, wasnamed National Coach of the Year, the NACGC/W announced. Inaddition, assistant coaches Bill Lorenz and Meredith Yonushonis earned Co-Assistant Coach of the Yearhonors.
Men’s Lacrosse (7-6, 4-1 ECAC)
Head coach: Nick Myers
Ohio State clinched a spot in the ECAC tournament with a 14-4win over Air Force April 21 in the fifth annual Showdown in theShoe in Ohio Stadium in front of 19,213 fans. More than 30,000 fanswere in the stands by the end of the lacrosse game, as the Buckeyefootball team played the LiFE Sports Spring Game following.
No. 12 Women’s Lacrosse (10-4, 1-3 ALC)
Head coach: Alexis Venechanos
AlaynaMarkwordt and Jackie Cifarelli tallied seven points apiece as 12th-rankedOhio State downed American, 14-4, April 21 at Jesse Owens MemorialStadium.
Softball (27-18, 6-8 Big Ten)
Head coach: Linda Kalafatis
Ohio State swept a doubleheader against Ohio April 18at BuckeyeField. The Buckeyes (26-16, 5-6 Big Ten) won game one, 9-5, beforeclaiming a 13-3 run-rule victory in five innings in game two.
In its third home conference series, Ohio State fell in adoubleheader against Nebraska April 21 night at BuckeyeField.
Sophomore Melanie Nichols led Ohio State to a 4-0 victory vs. NebraskaApril 22 after throwing a three-hit, complete-game shutout atBuckeye Field.
No. 3 Men’s Tennis (29-2, 11-0 Big Ten)
Head coach: Ty Tucker
Behind three doubles wins and six straight-set singlesvictories, No. 3 Ohio State shut out Purdue 7-0 to clinch a shareof the Big Ten regular-season title April 18 at the Schwartz TennisCenter in West Lafayette, Ind. The 2012 title is the Buckeyes’seventh-consecutive.
Before honoring Chase Buchanan and Steven Williams on senior day, No. 3 Ohio State captured itsseventh-consecutive outright Big Ten regular-season title with a6-1 victory over No. 21 Michigan April 22 at the outdoor VarsityTennis Courts.
Women’s Tennis (9-15, 4-7 Big Ten)
Head coach: Chuck Merzbacher
Ohio State swept doubles and earned five singles victories topick up a conference win against Michigan State, 6-1, at home inwindy conditions April 20 at the Ohio State University VarsityOutdoor Tennis Courts. The match, the Buckeyes’ last regular-seasoncontest at home, was also Senior Day for the team’s lone senior,Kelsey Haviland, who was honored in a post-matchceremony.
Ohio State dropped its final regular-season contest to No. 14Michigan, 5-2, on the road in Ann Arbor, Mich., April 22.
Men’s Track and Field
Interim head coach: Ed Beathea
Ohio State captured the 2012 All-Ohio Outdoor Track and FieldChampionship April 21 at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio. With acombined score of 160.83, the Buckeyes finished 12.50 points aheadof second place Akron (148.33) and 47.50 ahead of third place andhost Miami (104).
No. 8/10 Men’s Volleyball (19-8, 9-3 MIVA)
Head coach: Pete Hanson
ShawnSangrey and Michael Piechowski were honored by the MIVA this week for theirperformances on the court last weekend. Sangrey was namedCo-Offensive Player of the Week, while Piechowski was namedDefensive Player of the Week. The honor is the fifth of the seasonfor Sangrey, while it’s the first for Piechowski.
Sangrey was named the 2012 Midwestern Intercollegiate VolleyballAssociation’s Player of the Year, the league announced April 20. Itmarks the third consecutive year a Buckeye has won the MIVA’s tophonor and it’s the 20th in the program’s history.
Wrestling
Head coach: Tom Ryan
AndrewCampolattano, who concluded his freshman season last month, wonthe 211.5 (96 kg) title at the 2012 FILA Junior Freestyle NationalChampionships April 14 in Madison, Wis. The Buckeye from BoundBrook, N.J., beat Minnesota’s Scott Schiller in the final 1-0,2-1.
Ohio State Athletics Schedule
April 23-May 6
April 25
Baseball vs. Bowling Green, 6:35 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium
Men’s Volleyball vs. Ball State, 7 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, St. John Arena
April 26-28
Men’s Track at Drake Relays, All Day
Des Moines, Iowa
Women’s Track at Penn Relays, TBA
Philadelphia, Pa.
April 26-29
Women’s Tennis Big Ten Tournament, All Day
Columbus, Ohio, Varsity Tennis Courts
Men’s Tennis at Big Ten Tournament, All Day
Evanston, Ill.
April 27
Baseball at Penn State, 6:05 p.m.
State College, Pa.
Men’s Golf at Big Ten Championships Round 1 & 2, All Day
French Lick, Ind.
Women’s Golf at Big Ten Championships Round 1 & 2, All Day
French Lick, Ind.
April 28
Women’s Rowing vs. Harvard, 9 a.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Griggs Reservoir, Scioto River
Women’s Rowing vs. Virginia, 9 a.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Griggs Reservoir, Scioto River
Women’s Lacrosse at John Hopkins, 1 p.m.
Baltimore, MD
Men’s Lacrosse at Fairfield, 1 p.m.
Fairfield, Conn.
Women’s Rowing vs. Clemson, 1 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Griggs Reservoir, Scioto River
Softball at Northwestern, 2 p.m.
Evanston, IL
Baseball at Penn State, 2:05 p.m.
State College, Pa.
Softball at Northwestern, 4 p.m.
Evanston, IL
Women’s Golf at Big Ten Championships Round 3, All Day
French Lick, Ind.
Men’s Volleyball vs. Lewis/Loyola, 7 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, St. John Arena
April 29
Baseball at Penn State, 1:05 p.m.
State College, Pa.
Softball at Northwestern, 2 p.m.
Evanston, IL
Women’s Golf at Big Ten Championships Round 4, All Day
French Lick, Ind.
Men’s Track at Payton Jordan Invitational, All Day
Palo Alto, Calif.
Men’s Golf at Big Ten Championships Round 4, All Day
French Lick, Ind.
May 1
Baseball vs. Youngstown State, 6:35 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium
Men’s Soccer vs. Columbus Crew (Connor Senn Game), 7 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
May 2
Men’s Lacrosse at ECAC Tournament Semifinals, TBA
Denver, Colo.
May 3
Men’s Volleyball at TBD, TBA
Los Angeles, Calif.
Women’s Lacrosse at TBA, TBA
Gainesville, Fla.
May 4
Men’s Lacrosse at ECAC Tournament Championship, 6 p.m.
Denver, Colo.
Baseball vs. Northwestern, 7 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium
Women’s Lacrosse at TBA, TBA
Gainesville, Fla.
May 5
Baseball vs. Northwestern, 3:05 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium
Softball vs. Iowa, 6 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Buckeye Field
Softball vs. Iowa, 8 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Buckeye Field
Women’s Lacrosse at TBA, TBA
Gainesville, Fla.
Men’s Volleyball at TBD, TBA
Los Angeles, Calif.
Men’s Track at Oregon Twilight, All Day
Eugene, Ore.
Men’s Track at Akron Invitational, All Day
Akron, Ohio
May 6
Baseball vs. Northwestern, 1:05 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium
Softball vs. Iowa, 2 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio, Buckeye Field
