Ohio State Tops Central Michigan for Third Consecutive Win

Friday, October 7

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio State

(6-5)

Central Michigan

(1-11)

Central Michigan

Ohio State

Ohio State Tops Central Michigan for Third Consecutive Win

10/7/2022 6:31:00 PM | Field Hockey

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State field hockey team won its third consecutive game, downing Central Michigan on Friday, 7-1, at Buckeye Varsity Field. The win improves the Buckeyes' record to 6-5 overall. Central Michigan is 1-11.

The Short Story
The Buckeyes got onto the board quickly as Sarah Charley capitalized just 30 seconds into the game. Ohio State extended its lead to 3-0 by the end of the first quarter. The score remained 3-0 at halftime with OSU leading 16-2 in shots and 5-0 in penalty corners. Makenna Webster scored her second of the game in the third quarter, the first of four Buckeye goals in the quarter to increase the OSU lead to 7-0 after 45 minutes of play. Central Michigan got on the board after time expired as a penalty corner chance played out.

How It Happened

Charley began the game quickly for the Buckeyes by scoring her fifth goal of the season just 30 seconds into the game off the pads of the Chippewa goalkeeper.
Claudia Thomas followed with her fourth goal of the season, capitalizing on her own rebound six minutes into the game.

Ohio State extended its lead to 3-0 in the first quarter as Webster took her own rebound around the goalkeeper to cap scoring for the quarter.
Webster scored her second of the day on a cross pass from Leanne Bough midway through the third quarter.
Grace Kim redirected a shot from Malen Iglesias for her first goal of the season with five minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Emma Goldean redirected the initial penalty corner shot from Charley less than four minutes to play in the third.
The final goal of the third quarter came from Charley, her second of the day, on a cross pass from Lindsey Roberts.
Central Michigan scored its lone goal by playing out a penalty corner with time expiring in the game.

Statistically Speaking
Shots: Ohio State 31, Central Michigan 5
Shots on Goal: Ohio State 18, Central Michigan 2
Penalty Corners: Ohio State 11, Central Michigan 3
Saves: Central Michigan (Halasz) 11, Ohio State (Danson) 1

Buckeye This and That

Ohio State improved to 16-5 all-time against Central Michigan.
The Buckeyes are now 4-2 at home this season and have three regular season home games remaining: Oct. 14 vs. Iowa, Oct. 16 vs. Northwestern and Oct. 30 vs. Ball State.
Fifth-year senior Emma Goldean played in her 82nd career game on Friday. The Ohio State record for games played is held by Jenn Sciulli, who played in 85 from 2008-11.
Ohio State registered a season-high in goals (7), shots (31) and penalty corners (11).
The Buckeyes are outscoring opponents 11-2 in the third quarter through 11 games this season.
Friday's win marks Ohio State's second three-game winning streak of the season. Previously, the Buckeyes defeated Northeastern, Albany and Lehigh to start the season.
Makenna Webster had the first multi-goal game of her career while Charley did so for the second time in as many games.

What's Next
Ohio State is back in action in less than 48 hours, as it makes a trip south to Athens, Ohio to take on the Ohio Bobcats on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. Live stats for the game will be available on the schedule page of OhioStateBuckeyes.com.