No. 2 Buckeyes Head to Hollywood, Battle UCLA Friday

No. 2 Ohio State at UCLA
Date: Friday, Oct. 11
Time: 10 p.m.
Venue: Wallis Annenberg Stadium (2,145)
Watch: B1G+
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | UCLA
Rosters: Ohio State | UCLA
2024 Stats: Ohio State | UCLA

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 2 Ohio State (9-0-2, 4-0-1) begins the second half of the 2024 Big Ten Conference season at UCLA (4-3-4, 1-2-2) Friday at Wallis Annenberg Stadium in Los Angeles.

Ohio State has the best winning percentage in the nation (.909) and leads the country in total goals with 32.

The meeting in LA against the Bruins is the first in the series with both as members of the Big Ten Conference.

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At 9-0-2 and winners in nine of the last 10 matches, Ohio State has started the season undefeated, the best start in program history. The last time the Buckeyes enjoyed a stretch of 11 games without a loss was in 2007 when over a 15-match stretch, Ohio State posted a record of 12-0-3 on its way to the national title match vs. Wake Forest (L, 1-2/12/16/2007).
After posting wins at Michigan (6-3) and over Washington at home (2-0), three Buckeyes were named players of the week by the Big Ten Conference. David Wrona scored two match winners and three goals overall to go with two assists to earn offensive POW Oct. 8. Siggi Magnusson was named the defensive POW and Max Trejo (5-0-1) claimed goalkeeper of the week, his second award of the year.
After a pair of shutout wins to open the Big Ten season over Penn State (5-0) and Rutgers (3-0), junior Luciano Pechota and freshman Nick McHenry were awarded the Big Ten Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week awards, respectively. Pechota had three goals in the wins.
For the second time in three seasons, Ohio State finished the non-conference portion of the regular season without a loss. Ohio State was 5-0-3 in 2022 against out-of-league foes on its way to an 11-3-6 overall record and a trip to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
The Buckeyes earned a 5-0-1 record during the 2024 non-conference schedule.
Ohio State posted a seven-match win streak entering the game against Indiana (2-2). The last time Ohio State had posted seven-consecutive wins was during the 2015 campaign during an eight-match win streak.
In the first United Soccer Coaches poll of the season, Ohio State, unranked in the preseason poll, was tabbed the No. 20 team nationally. In the most recent poll this week, the Buckeyes remained at No. 2, the highest ranking in program history.
The Buckeyes opened 2024 Big Ten Conference play with a 5-0 win at Penn State. It's the most goals against the Nittany Lions in the series history The last time out against Michigan, Ohio State scored six times on the road in a 6-3 victory. Ohio State's total was the most against the Wolverines in series history.
Prior to the Penn State game this year, the last time Ohio State scored five or more goals against a Big Ten opponent was at Wisconsin Oct. 3, 1999 in a 7-3 victory against the Badgers. The Buckeyes also defeated Northwestern at home that season 5-0 Sept. 12.
The six goals against the Wolverines marked just the eighth time Ohio State scored five or more against a Big Ten opponent.

NA/54 H MICHIGAN W 5 2
10/15/1978 N Michigan State (at Wis.) W 5 2
10/11/1981 A Illinois W 5 0
10/11/1998 H MICHIGAN STATE W 5 0
9/12/1999 H NORTHWESTERN W 5 0
10/3/1999 A Wisconsin W 7 3
9/17/2024 A Penn State W 5 0
10/5/2024 A Michigan W 6 3

Ohio State earned a pair of Big Ten weekly awards Sept. 17 when the league announced Max Trejo earned the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week and Nick Skubis as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Trejo was in net for the 1-0 win over Butler Sept. 13. Skubis scored the match winner in the win to claim the rookie award for the second-consecutive week.
With a game-winning goal already to his credit, Nick Skubis was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week (9/10/24) after adding an assist in the win over Xavier (3-1, 9/8/24).
Ohio State enters its match against UCLA among the Top 5 nationally in several statistical categories:

No. 1 Won-Lost Percentage (.909)
No. 1 Total Goals (32)
No. 2 Goal Differential (+23)
No. 2 Shots on Goal Per Game (8.55)
No. 3 Total Points (95)
No. 3 Corners Kicks Per Game (7.45)
No. 3 Shots Per Game (18.64)
No. 3 Points Per Game (8.64)
No. 3 Scoring Offense (2.91)
No. 5 Assists Per Game (2.82)
No. 5 Total Assists (31)

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