Buckeyes, Bulldogs Square Off in Indy Saturday

Ohio State at Butler
Date: Sept. 9
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Sellick Bowl (5,647)
Watch: FloSports
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | Butler
Rosters: Ohio State | Butler
2023 Stats: Ohio State | Butler

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State (0-2-2) will face Butler (0-2-1) in the first true road match of the season for the Buckeyes Saturday in Indianapolis.

Follow live stats at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. The Butler match will be broadcast by FloSports. All remaining Ohio State home matches will be streamed live by B1G+.
The Buckeyes finished 0-1-1 at the IU Classic last week. 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) last Monday in Columbus as part of the event.
With 31 corner kicks to date this season, the Buckeyes rank No. 9 nationally with an average of 7.75 per match.
Senior Laurence 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 nationally.
Wootton and newcomer Michael 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.
Academically, Ohio State had another outstanding year in the classroom in 2022. Returner Owen Sullivan and graduate Keagan McLaughlin both were named to the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Division I Academic All-Ohio team. In addition, 17 were named 2022 Academic All-Big Ten with 25 OSU Scholar Athletes and four Big Ten Distinguished Scholars (Connor DesRoches, McLaughlin, Peter Van Euwen and Deylen Vellios).
In games played at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium since it opened in 1999, Ohio State is 132-68-36.
The Buckeyes finished 11-3-6 overall in 2022 with a second place (tie) finish in the Big Ten. Ohio State then advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a first round win at Wake Forest, 3-0 before tie at UNC Greensboro. UNCG then advance on PKs.
Ohio State made its 11th appearance in the NCAA Tournament ago and the first since 2015.
The Buckeyes finished 7-0-2 at home during the 2022 regular season and then added a win in the 2022 Big Ten Tournament over MSU for an 8-0-2 record at JOMS. Ohio State was 8-0-1 in 2010 and 4-0-1 in 1974 and 4-0-0 in both 1965 and 1967 to mark the only other undefeated home seasons in Ohio State history. The eight home wins last year are the most since a 10-2-2 record at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in 2015.
In 2023, Ohio State returns Big Ten honorees Wootton (2022 Midfielder of the Year/First Team All-Big Ten) and Anthony Samways, a Second Team All-Big Ten selection by the league coaches. Tanner Creech and Luciano Pechota (unanimous) earned spots on the All-Freshman team last year as well.
The Buckeyes went undefeated in nonconference play for the first time in 2022 after the win over Northern Kentucky gave Ohio State a 5-0-3 record outside the Big Ten in regular-season competition last year. After the opening-season tie with CSUN this year, Ohio State had not lost a game outside the Big Ten in its last 14 outings (9-0-5) dating to the 2021 season. That streak ended with a 2-1 defeat against UC Davis in the opening weekend.
Ohio State went undefeated against intrastate foes in 2022. The Buckeyes won at Bowling Green (1-0), defeated Wright State in Columbus (2-0) and tied No. 14 Akron (3-3) and Cleveland State (0-0) on the road. The last time the Buckeyes played four Ohio teams in a season without a defeat was in 2015 at Akron (T, 3-3, 2ot), vs. Dayton (W, 2-0), vs. Bowling Green (W, 2-1), vs. Cleveland State (W, 1-0) and vs. Dayton (T, 1-1, 2ot, pks 4-3) in the NCAA Tournament in Columbus.

2023 Rookies/Newcomers
Ohio State added four freshmen to the 2023 roster to go with a pair of transfers to complete the roster this year. Three rookie newcomers hail from Ohio with defender Siggi Magnusson traveling from Iceland to Columbus. Michael Adedokun, a junior midfielder, transferred to Ohio State from Dayton and graduate student David Wrona left Wake Forest to become a Buckeye.
2023 Ohio State Newcomers
14-Andre Roberts, Fr., M
17-Michael Adedokun, Fr., M
26-David Wrona, Gr., M
29-Zsombor Onodi, Fr., F
30-Siggi Magnusson, Fr., D
32-Patrick McLaughlin, Fr., GK

Maisonneuve at OSU
Brian Maisonneuve is in his sixth year as head coach of the Buckeyes. Maisonneuve came from Indiana University where he was associate head coach for the Hoosiers. The Buckeyes posted 11 victories, tied for second in the Big Ten and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament a year ago.
As one of the top assistants in the country, Maisonneuve guided Indiana to the 2012 NCAA National Title, a NCAA runner-up finish in 2017, the 2010 Big Ten Regular-Season Title as well as the 2013 Big Ten Tournament Championship. Maisonneuve, a native of Warren, Michigan, is one of the top players in Indiana soccer history, winning the Hermann Trophy in 1994. He spent nine seasons with the Columbus Crew from 1996-2004 and was a member of the United States' 1998 World Cup team. Maisonneuve is assisted by Matt Foldesy, Travis Morris and Corey Brueggeman. Former Buckeye Devyn Etling was added in the offseason as a program assistant.

Game 1 - CSUN 8/24/23 (1-1)
Sean Ryan scored the first goal of the season for the Buckeyes on a header in the 67th minute to put OSU up 1-0 vs. CSUN in the Wolstein Classic. The Matadors countered with a goal in the 90' for the draw.

Game 2 - UC Davis 8/27/23 (1-2)
Tanner Creech scored the first goal of the game in the 2' but the Aggies countered with a pair of first-half goals and claim a 2-1 win in the final game of the Wolstein Classic in Columbus.

Game 3 - vs. Seton Hall 9/1/23 (0-1)
The Buckeyes and Pirates were scoreless in a defensive battle until the 81st minute when SHU's Sam Bjork scored to give the Pirates the eventual 1-0 win in a neutral contest at Indiana in the IU Classic.

Game 4 - No. 22 Washington 9/4/23 (1-1)
Ohio State was again in a battle of the defenses until the 61st minute when sophomore Ashton Bilow put Ohio State up 1-0 on an unassisted goal. The Huskies ramped up its attack and tied the match at 1-all with a score in the 85' to earn the draw.

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