Scheper Scores in 90' to Give Buckeyes 3-2 Win

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Scheper Scores in 90' to Give Buckeyes 3-2 Win

9/8/2019 8:07:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State (3-1) clinched its third-consecutive victory with an exciting 3-2 win over EIU (0-3) to cap off the Dayton Classic Sunday. The Buckeyes were up 2-0 after one half when the Panthers battled back to tie it 2-all with six minutes to play. Jake Scheper closed it out with a goal in the 90th minute, his first of the season, to give the team its best start since 2017.

MATCH SUMMARY

The Buckeyes carried over the momentum from their win on Friday, scoring in the 4th minute with a goal from Devyn Etling, his second of the season, with the assist from Joe Ortiz, to take an early lead in the match.
Ohio State maintained possession for most of the half, putting up 14 shots, five on goal, to EIUs one in the first 45.
Luis Hernandez scored his first goal of the season in the 43rd minute off a feed from Matteo Bennati, to push the lead to 2-0.
In the second 45, the Buckeyes did not let up, adding nine to their shot total of 23.
However, the Panthers would not go down without a fight, scoring goals in the 71st and 83rd minutes to tie the game up at 2-all.
With six minutes to play, Ohio State sent a barrage of shots in on the EIU keeper, with Jake Scheper netting the game winner in the 90th minute with help from Jack Holland and Brayden Durbin.

MATCH NOTES

Ohio State is now 45-50-11 all-time in neutral site games.
Junior Devyn Etling scored his second goal of the season, and fifth of his career.
Luis Hernandez, the redshirt sophomore transfer, scored the first goal of his Buckeye career.
Senior Jake Scheper also netted his first goal of the year, and 3rd of his Ohio State career.
Ohio State had four assists on the night, one each from Jack Holland, Joe Ortiz, Mateo Bennati and Brayden Durbin.
Parker Siegfried had a 258 scoreless minute streak (since last CSUN goal) before EIU goal in 71st minute.
The 23 shots on the night are the most for the Buckeyes since 11/8/15 vs. Penn State (22).
The last time Ohio State won three matches in a row was the 2017 season.
The last time the Buckeyes started the year 3-1 was 2017 when they started 7-1.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Shots: Ohio State 23, EIU 6
Saves: EIU 4, Ohio State 0
Shots on Goal: Ohio State 8, EIU 2
Corner Kicks: Ohio State 8, EIU 2

UP NEXT
The Buckeyes make the short trip up to Bowling Green to play BGSU Friday at 7 p.m.