No. 1 Ohio State Closes Regular Season at No. 10 Maryland

No. 1 Ohio State at No. 10 Maryland
Date: Sunday, Nov. 3
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: Ludwig Field (7,000)
Watch: BTN (btn.com)
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Admission: Tickets
Game Notes: Ohio State | Maryland
Rosters: Ohio State | Maryland
2024 Stats: Ohio State | Maryland

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 1 Ohio State (11-1-3, 6-1-2) travels to face No. 10 Maryland (8-3-5, 5-2-2) Sunday (1 p.m./BTN) with a share of the 2024 Big Ten Regular Season Title and league postseason seeding on the line.

The Buckeyes currently have 20 points in the league standings behind Indiana with 23. The Hoosiers have completed action in conference play. Wins are worth three points in the standings.

If tied at the end of the regular season, conference tournament seeding will first be determined by head-to-head competition. Ohio State and Indiana tied (2-all) during conference play. Next is goal differential in league play, Indiana finished at +16 with Ohio State currently at +15. Next is overall goals in conference play. Both Indiana and Ohio State are tied at 27 with a game remaining for the Buckeyes.

Ohio State enters the match with Maryland with an opportunity to clinch a share of the 2024 Big Ten Regular Season Championship. The Buckeyes have four previous league titles (2000-07-09-15). Ohio State owns three Big Ten Tournament crowns as well (2000-07-09).
Ohio State recognized its senior class in pregame ceremonies last Tuesday. Parker Grinstead, Tommaso Villa, Deylen Vellios, Anthony Samways, Siggi Magnusson, David Wrona and Michael Adedokun all played their final regular-season home match in the game against Michigan State (T, 2-2).
Adedokun, the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (10/29) leads the Big Ten in points with 25. He's scored eight goals to go with nine assists to lead the Buckeyes in both categories. He also leads the league in shots (60) and is third in shots on goal with 20.
The Buckeyes are No. 1 in the 16-team NCAA Division 1 Men's Soccer Rankings used to seed the field in the 2024 NCAA 48-team tournament. It's the highest ranking in program history. The United Soccer Coaches Poll agreed by ranking the Buckeyes as its unanimous No. 1 the last two weeks, also the highest ranking the Buckeyes have achieved.
The 2024 Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be held in Bridgeview, Illinois, at SeatGeek Stadium. The quarterfinals will be held Nov. 7 (1/3:30/6 p.m./B1G+) between seeds 2-7. The No. 1 seed will get a bye to the semifinals Nov. 10 (3/5:30 p.m./BTN). The highest remaining seed after the semifinals will host the finals on its campus Nov. 17 (3 p.m./BTN).
Top Drawer Soccer released a couple Top 100 lists with the Buckeyes well represented. In the Midseason Top 100, Michael Adedokun (5), Deylen Vellios (21), Siggi Magnusson (68) and Marko Borkovic (92) all made the list. In the Midseason Top 100 Freshmen, David Ajagbe (25), Patrick McLaughlin (94) and Nick McHenry (97) were recognized.
At 11-1-3 and winners in 11 of the last 13 matches, Ohio State started the season undefeated, the best start in program history, before a 2-1 setback at UCLA. 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).
The Buckeyes finished the home portion of the 2024 regular season undefeated at 7-0-3, marking the second time in the last three seasons the Buckeyes have not suffered a loss at home. 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 that year.
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, the Buckeyes are ranked No. 1 for the second-consecutive week, their highest ranking in program history.
Ohio State 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. Then, 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).

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