Buckeyes Make it Three in a Row with 2-0 Win over Iowa
9/27/2018 3:45:51 PM | Women's Soccer
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s soccer team picked up its third-consecutive win with a 2-0 victory over Iowa Thursday night at Bert L. & Iris S. Wolstein Field at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. With the win, the Buckeyes improve to 6-4-0 overall, 3-1-0 in the Big Ten, while the Hawkeyes drop to 5-5-2, 1-3-1 in conference play.
QUOTE FROM THE COACH
“It was fantastic to be back playing at home,” Lori Walker-Hock, Ohio State head coach, said. “The team had really strong energy from the first whistle. Our defending was consistent from front to back and we moved the ball well in possession. Games at this time of year are so often decided by set pieces and this was no exception.”
MATCH SUMMARY
– The Buckeyes controlled possession throughout the first half but neither team was able to create many quality opportunities. Late in the half, Eleanor Gabriel made a run down the right wing and played a cross to Lexxe Lipsey but her shot from eight yards was blocked by an Iowa defender. Then on another trip down, Lipsey looked to be tripped up in the box but it was not called. The possession led to a left-footed strike by Talani Barnett from 15 yards but that flew wide left.
– In the 58th minute, Blair Cowan took the ball away from a Hawkeye and ripped a right-footed shot from 20 yards on the right wing but it narrowly missed wide left.
– Six minutes later, Iowa had a chance when Kaleigh Haus curled in a left-footed shot towards the left post but Ohio State goalkeeper Devon Kerr was there to dive to her right to make the save.
– Ohio State then took the lead in the 71st minute when Izzy Rodriguez played an inswinging corner from the right wing toward the head of Talani Barnett, who deflected it inside the left post for the 1-0 Buckeye advantage.
71' A perfect inswinging corner from Rodriguez finds the head of Barnett and she deflects it inside the far post for the 1-0 Buckeye lead!#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/8uYHV2slv9
— Ohio State WSOC (@OhioStateWSOC) September 28, 2018
– On the ensuing trip down the field for the Hawkeyes, Rose Ripslinger possessed inside the box on the left wing but Kerr was there again to make the save on the shot from eight yards.
– The Buckeyes then doubled their lead in the 83rd minute. After Gabriel was taken down just inside the right side of the box, Rodriguez converted the penalty kick inside the left post for the 2-0 advantage.
83' Gabriel’s taken down just inside the box and Rodriguez converts the PK inside the left post! 2-0 Buckeyes!#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/rkzssplaxz
— Ohio State WSOC (@OhioStateWSOC) September 28, 2018
MATCH NOTES
– Cowan made her first-career start in a Buckeye uniform.
– The goal was the second of the year for Barnett, a freshman from Bay Shore, N.Y.
– Rodriguez’s tally was the second of her career, her second of the season and her second in as many games after scoring the game-winner in the 100th minute of the Buckeyes’ 1-0 win at Northwestern Sunday afternoon.
– Kerr made four saves to pick up her fifth shutout of the season and 16th of her career to move into sole possession of third place on the Ohio State career list.
– Ohio State improved to 40-1-2 when scoring at least two goals since the start of 2014. The Buckeyes are 3-0-0 this season after going 11-0-0 a season ago.
– The Buckeyes are 6-0-0 on the year when scoring first and 30-1-1 when scoring first since the start of 2016.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Shots: Ohio State 13, Iowa 6
Saves: Ohio State 4, Iowa 1
Shots on Goal: Iowa 4, Ohio State 3
Corner Kicks: Ohio State 10, Iowa 2
UP NEXT
Ohio State hosts Big Ten-leading Nebraska on Senior Day at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Match: Iowa at Ohio State
Date: Sept. 27, 2018
Venue: Bert L. & Iris S. Wolstein Field at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium – Columbus, Ohio
Kickoff: 7 p.m. ET
Attendance: 621
Weather: Cloudy with drizzle and 63 degrees
Scoring Summary 1 2 F
OSU 0 2 2
IOWA 0 0 0
