Badgers Up Next For Buckeyes Friday at Home

Ohio State vs. Wisconsin - Breast Cancer Awareness Match
Date: Friday, Oct. 20
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Tickets/Parking: Free
Watch: B1G+
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | Wisconsin
Rosters: Ohio State | Wisconsin
2023 Stats: Ohio State | Wisconsin

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State (3-5-5, 1-3-1) plays host to Wisconsin (4-4-5, 1-2-3) Friday in the second to last home match of the season at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

Laurence Wootton leads the Buckeyes with four goals and eight points. He has a pair of game-winning scores on a team-leading 30 shots on the year.
After battling to scoreless draws against Michigan and Xavier, Ohio State has shutout four of the last seven opponents and five of the last nine.
Buckeye keepers combined to hold opponents scoreless over 304 minutes before Louisville scored in the 18' (2-2, 10/10).
Ohio State earned its first Big Ten win of the season with a 2-0 road win at Rutgers (9/29). Wootton scored on a first-half penalty kick before Marko Borkovic added an insurance goal in the second half in the shutout.
The last time Ohio State recorded a shutout on the road in Big Ten play was during the 2021 spring season at Michigan State (2-0) March 3, 2021. The Buckeyes also blanked Maryland 1-0 just prior to the MSU win Feb. 27. Those matches were contested in the spring because of the COVID pandemic in 2020.
The last time the Buckeyes recorded three-consecutive shutouts was a season ago when after a 1-all tie against South Carolina in the season opener, Ohio State held Cal Poly (3-0), Bowling Green (away, 1-0), Wright State (2-0) and Butler (2-0) without a score.
When it comes to experience, Ohio State has five players on its roster who have appeared in 50 or more NCAA Division I men's soccer matches. Brayden Durbin lead the way with 72 appearances while David Wrona, a transfer from Wake Forest, owns 67. Wootton owns the most starts on the 2023 roster with 56 in 57 career appearances.
The Buckeyes finished 0-1-1 at the IU Classic (Sept. 1/4). The opener against Seton Hall (L, 0-1) was held in Bloomington, Indiana, Sept. 1. Ohio State played host to No. 22 Washington (T, 1-1) in Columbus (9/4) as part of the event.
With 90 corner kicks to date this season, the Buckeyes rank No. 8 nationally with an average of 6.92 per match. Ohio State also ranks 21st on shots per game (14.62).
Wootton was named to the preseason Watch List for the 2023 Hermann Trophy by the United Soccer Coaches. He also was named the No. 2-rated player nationally by TopDrawerSoccer in its preseason list of Top 100 players.
Wootton and Adedokun were named to the 2023 Wolstein Classic All-Tournament Team. The Buckeyes finished with a 0-1-1 record in the event, held the opening weekend of the season in Columbus.
After a team vote, seniors Wootton, Brayden Durbin, Owen Sullivan and Deylen Vellios were named captains of the 2023 Buckeyes.
Wootton, Anthony Samways and Vellios were all named to the Big Ten Players to Watch List for 2023. In addition, the Buckeyes were tabbed as the No. 3 team in the rugged Big Ten Conference by the league coaches.
This was Year 17 for the Wolstein Classic in Columbus. The event was first played in 2006 and since then, Ohio State is 17-8-8.
Devyn Etling, a mainstay on the sidelines over the last six years, chose to remain in Columbus to assist the Buckeyes further as a program assistant in 2023. Etling finished his career in 2022 with 64 matches played and 17 goals in 46 starts.
In games played at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium since it opened in 1999, Ohio State is 133-69-38.

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