No. 9 Ohio State Falls in Shootout to No. 4 Rutgers

Friday, October 13

Columbus, Ohio

3:00 PM

Ohio State

(12-4, 4-3)

Rutgers

(13-0, 4-0)

Rutgers

Ohio State

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No. 9 Ohio State Falls in Shootout to No. 4 Rutgers

10/13/2023 5:46:00 PM | General, Field Hockey

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The Buckeyes and Scarlet Knights were knotted at zero after double overtime for OSU’s first shootout game of the season.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 9 Ohio State Buckeyes (12-4, 4-3 B1G) fell to No. 4 Rutgers (13-0, 4-0 B1G) in a shootout on Friday afternoon at Buckeye Varsity Field after being scoreless through double overtime.

The Short Story
The game was scoreless after one quarter, though Ohio State led in shots (5-2) and corners (3-1). The Buckeyes led 7-4 in shots and 5-2 in corners at halftime as the game hadn't seen its first goal. OSU led 10-5 in shots and 7-3 in corners after three quarters as the score was knotted at zero. The game required overtime as the Buckeyes led 16-6 in shots and 9-4 in corners at the end of regulation.

Ohio State capped the first overtime period with a 17-7 lead in shots and a 10-4 advantage in corners. Rutgers had the lone shot and penalty corner in the second overtime as the game moved to a shootout.

Shootout Summary

First attempt: Abby Danson made a save on Rutgers' attempt, but Ohio State's attempt was no good.
Second attempt: Both teams made their attempt with Lindsey Roberts converting for the Buckeyes.
Third attempt: Rutgers converted on its attempt to take a 2-1 lead after three attempts by each team.
Fourth attempt: Both teams scored on the fourth attempt as the Scarlet Knights led 3-2 after the fourth round. Brenna Bough put it into the back of the cage for OSU in this round.
Fifth attempt: Rutgers converted on its attempt to seal the win.

Buckeye This and That

Friday's game pitted one of the nation's best offensive teams – Ohio State was averaging 3.27 goals/game, good for fourth-best nationally, and one of the top defensive teams – Rutgers' 0.91 goals-against average is No. 5 in the country.
Ohio State is now 6-2 at home this season and plays its final two remaining regular season games at Buckeye Varsity Field on Oct. 15 (vs. Maryland) and Oct. 22 (vs. Bellarmine).
This is the second game of the season for Ohio State that required more than four quarters to decide and the first requiring more than one overtime period to decide.
Ohio State entered Friday's game with 49 goals on the season – the most of any team in the country. Conversely, Rutgers had allowed just 12 total goals on the season – fifth fewest in the nation.
Goalie Abby Danson started her 54th career game on Friday. She is one of seven players on this year's roster who have played in 50 or more career games: Delaney Lawler (86), Leanne Bough (84), Julie Rodijk (82; 66 at UAlbany, 16 at Ohio State), Claudia Thomas (53), Sarah Richards (57), Ali Gordon (52).