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Fall Ball Continues Friday at Buckeye Field vs. Ohio Dominican
10/3/2024 10:55:00 AM | Softball
Ohio State and ODU will play a 10-inning game betinning at 5:30 p.m.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Fall ball for Ohio State continues on Friday evening as the Buckeyes will host Ohio Dominican at Buckeye Field. First pitch is slated for 5:30 p.m.
Friday's game will be a 10-inning contest between the Buckeyes and Panthers. Admission is free and parking in available in the lots surrounding Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium and Bill Davis Stadium.
Fall Schedule at a Glance
Last weekend, Ohio State hosted the Play for Hope Charity Classic and, in spite of the rain, four games were played on Saturday. Sunday's slate was rained out.
Following Friday's 10-inning contest vs. Ohio Dominican, the Buckeyes will head to Akron next Friday, Oct. 11, for a game against the Zips (2 p.m.). On Friday, Oct. 18, Ohio State hosts Danville Community College at 4:30 p.m.
The Buckeyes' Alumni Weekend and Hit-A-Thon occurs on Friday, Oct. 25, which will then be followed by the Scarlet vs. Gray intrasquad series, which begins on Monday, Oct. 28 (10 a.m.) and continues on Tuesday, Oct. 29 (6 p.m.). If necessary, a third game will be played on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 10 a.m.
More About the Buckeyes
- The 2025 Buckeyes return eight letterwinners from last year's squad that finished 31-20 and in the offseason added nine newcomers, including four transfers. The most experienced members of the 2025 roster are seniors Kami Kortokrax and Kaitlyn Farley, who between them have started 300 career games.
- The new additions include last season's MAC Freshman of the Year in Sami Bewick, who hit .321 for Miami University last spring and had 14 home runs. Classmate Hadley Parisien also came from Miami where she hit .357 in her lone season with the RedHawks.
- The pitching staff consists of two veterans – Lexi Paulsen, a junior, and Kennedy Kay, a fourth-year junior – and three newcomers: freshmen Lorin Boutte, Kassandra Gewecke and Layna Gerhard.
- New head coach Kirin Kumar was 174-56-1 (.755) during her four seasons at Miami and won three MAC Tournament championships, four MAC regular season titles and led her team to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last four seasons.
- She brought with her two assistant coaches from Miami – Courtney Vierstra and Caitlyn Nolan – and also hired Matthew Guemmer, who spent the last two seasons as an assistant in the Big Ten at Rutgers University.
