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Trio of Buckeyes Named B1G Players to Watch, Buckeyes Open Schedule with Scrimmage Friday
1/31/2024 11:03:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the season nears, three members of the Ohio State women's lacrosse team have been selected as Big Ten Players to Watch, the conference announced Wednesday. Jamie Lasda, an attacker, goalie Regan Alexander and midfielder Emily Magalotti were recognized by the conference. All three are seniors and captains for the Scarlet and Gray.
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The trio will lead the Buckeyes into a scrimmage Friday as preparation for the 2024 campaign continues. Ohio State will host Vanderbilt at 4 p.m. Friday in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium. Admission and parking are free to the scrimmage, and to all regular season home games.
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A Trio to Watch
Alexander, from Orlando, Fla., has seen action in 35 games in the Scarlet and Gray and has 31 starts, including in 16-of-17 games a season ago (with the lone exception Senior Night) and her final 15 games as a sophomore. Last year Alexander was among the NCAA and Big Ten leaders in save percentage and saves per game. Now a two-time captain for the Buckeyes, she is a three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.
A native of Ithaca, N.Y., Lasda earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades in 2023 after leading Ohio State with 30 assists and 57 points and ranking second with 27 goals (all career highs). She was Top 7 in the Big Ten in assists and points per game last year. Lasda enters her senior year with 107 career points, on 64 goals and 43 assists, in 42 games played. She is a three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree and was named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll in 2023.
Magalotti, a midfielder from Reading, Pa., is in her second season at Ohio State. She started all 17 games last year on defense and had 30 ground balls, 13 draw controls and 14 caused turnovers. Magalotti spent two years at North Carolina and was part of the squad that won the 2022 NCAA Championship.
The Schedule This Spring
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The trio will lead the Buckeyes into a scrimmage Friday as preparation for the 2024 campaign continues. Ohio State will host Vanderbilt at 4 p.m. Friday in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium. Admission and parking are free to the scrimmage, and to all regular season home games.
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A Trio to Watch
Alexander, from Orlando, Fla., has seen action in 35 games in the Scarlet and Gray and has 31 starts, including in 16-of-17 games a season ago (with the lone exception Senior Night) and her final 15 games as a sophomore. Last year Alexander was among the NCAA and Big Ten leaders in save percentage and saves per game. Now a two-time captain for the Buckeyes, she is a three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection.
A native of Ithaca, N.Y., Lasda earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades in 2023 after leading Ohio State with 30 assists and 57 points and ranking second with 27 goals (all career highs). She was Top 7 in the Big Ten in assists and points per game last year. Lasda enters her senior year with 107 career points, on 64 goals and 43 assists, in 42 games played. She is a three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, a two-time Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honoree and was named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll in 2023.
Magalotti, a midfielder from Reading, Pa., is in her second season at Ohio State. She started all 17 games last year on defense and had 30 ground balls, 13 draw controls and 14 caused turnovers. Magalotti spent two years at North Carolina and was part of the squad that won the 2022 NCAA Championship.
The Schedule This Spring
- This year, the Buckeyes will host seven regular season home games in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium and will travel for nine road contests.
- Regular-season games kick off with home contests vs. Robert Morris Feb. 9 and Kent State Feb. 11.
- The next three games will be on the road, vs. instate foes Youngstown State Feb. 16 and Akron Feb. 18 before heading to No. 4 Denver Feb. 23.
- After hosting Butler March 2, Big Ten play kicks off for Ohio State at No. 12 Michigan March 7.
- The next week includes home games vs. Marquette March 12 and No. 9 Maryland March 16.
- Ohio State will travel for a B1G matchup at No. 14 Johns Hopkins March 23 and then return to Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium for a Thursday night game vs. No. 18 Penn State.
- A stretch of three straight road games follows, with nonconference tilts at Cincinnati April 5 and Louisville April 9 and a B1G game at No. 1 Northwestern April 13.
- The home and B1G slate wrap up April 18 vs. Rutgers and the regular season closes at Temple April 21.
- Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal games will be on campus sites April 27 and Northwestern will host the semifinals and final May 2 and 4. Â
- Amanda Moore is in her first year as the head coach of the Buckeyes after seven seasons at East Carolina.
- Moore started her coaching career as an assistant coach at Ohio State for two years and had assistant coaching positions at Boston University and Duke before she was selected to lead the new program at ECU.
- Ally Kennedy and Tianna Wallpher are the Buckeye assistant coaches.
- Kennedy was an All-American at Stony Brook who was on the gold medal winning Team USA squad at the 2022 World Championships. She coached at her alma mater and at Virginia before coming to Ohio State.
- Wallpher had an outstanding career as a defender at Towson, where she earned All-America honors. She spent time coaching at Towson and Johns Hopkins before joining Moore on the staff at ECU.
- Ohio State returns four of its top seven scorers from 2023.
- Jamie Lasda was first on the team in assists (30) and points (57) and ranked second with 27 goals. Casey Roberts had 22 points, with 16 goals, and Zoe Coleman notched 11 goals and five assists for 16 points. Annie Hargraves was among the leaders with 13 goals.
- Regan Alexander, the starter in goal the last two years, is back for her senior season.
- Emily Magalotti, Sarah Johnson and Katie Kaucheck, who each started at least 12 games on defense last year, all return.
- Alexander led the Buckeyes with 46 ground balls last season and Magalotti was second with 30, followed by Johnson with 26. Lasda is back after ranking third on last year's squad with 35 draw controls. Magalotti had a team-best 14 caused turnovers in 2023.
- Lasda, Alexander, Magalotti and Leah Sax were selected captains for the Buckeyes for 2023-24.
- This is the second season the Buckeyes are playing in their new home, Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium. Among the highlights are 360-degree vantage points and a heated turf.
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