Buckeyes Move to 2-0 with 17-6 Win over Kent State

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's lacrosse team downed Kent State, 17-6, Sunday afternoon in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium, moving to 2-0 on the season. The Buckeyes were 19-3 winners over Robert Morris Friday in their season opener and first game under new head coach Amanda Moore.

Against the Golden Flashes, Jamie Lasda led the Buckeyes with six goals and points, while Brynn Ammerman had four points with two goals and two assists. Leah Sax and Kampbell Stone each scored twice in the win. The Buckeyes led 5-1 after 15 minutes and 10-2 at halftime, pushing the advantage to 14-3 through 45 minutes.

Up Next

The Buckeyes will play their next three games away from Columbus. After staying instate for matchups vs. Youngstown State Friday and Akron Sunday, Ohio State will travel for a game at No. 4 Denver Feb. 23.
The next home game is March 2 vs. Butler.

The Short Story

Buckeye Jamie Lasda opened the scoring at 9:43 of the first quarter.
After Kent State tied the game at 6:48, Ohio State went on a six-goal run.
Kampbell Stone, Leah Sax and Brynn Ammerman all scored in a span of just over a minute to push Ohio State to a 4-1 lead. Lasda converted a free position chance with 1:49 left in the first and the Buckeyes took a 5-1 lead into the first quarter break.
Sax and Stone (set up by Casey Roberts) tallied at 9:41 and 8:09 of the second quarter to give Ohio State a 7-1 lead.
A goal by the Golden Flashes at 5:36 stopped Ohio State's run but the Buckeyes answered with the next seven goals.
Before halftime, Lasda scored twice, sandwiched around a Roberts goal that was assisted by Zoe Coleman, for a 10-2 Ohio State advantage through 30 minutes.
The Buckeyes scored four times in the first eight minutes of the third quarter. Ammerman notched her second of the game just 26 seconds into the stanza and Annie Hargraves followed less than a minute later.
Lasda scored back-to-back at 10:28 (set up by Ammerman) and 7:00 for a 14-2 Ohio State lead. Kent State ended its scoreless streak with a goal in the final second of the quarter.
Ohio State scored three times in the final stanza, answered by Kent State each time for the 17-6 final.
Buckeyes Kate Tyack, Gabby Cleveland and Sarah Klein all found the back of the cage in the final quarter.
In the game, Ohio State had the shot advantage, 37-20, and was ahead in ground balls, 14-13, and draw controls, 19-6. The Buckeyes were a perfect 19-for-19 on clear attempts, with Kent State 17-for-19.
Goalie Regan Alexander led the Buckeyes with three ground balls, with Audrey Schoemer and Lilli Sherman each picking up two. Ohio State had eight caused turnovers in the win.
Hargraves had a team-best six draw controls, with Stone recording four.
In goal, Alexander made five saves in 52:06 and Whitney Robinson had one stop in the final 7:54.

Buckeye This and That

This was just the second meeting between the Buckeyes and Golden Flashes. The first was a 22-11 Buckeye victory in Columbus in 2020.
Lasda extended her point streak to eight, with 20 goals, 12 assists and 32 points in the stretch. The six goals matched her personal best, set March 12, 2022 vs. Mount St. Mary's. It was her fourth career game with six or more points and her 10th career game with a hat trick or better. Lasda has 73 goals, 43 assists and 116 points in her 44-game Buckeye career. She leads the Buckeyes with nine goals this year.
Stone, a freshman, had her first career two-goal game after scoring once in the season opener.
Ammerman had two goals and two assists for the second straight game and the third time in her career. She now has four career two-goal outings.
Sax notched her second straight two-goal game, the first of her Buckeye career.
Hargraves had a hat trick in the season opener and scored vs. Kent State.
Tyack and Cleveland both scored a goal in each of the first two games.
Roberts had a second straight multiple-point game with a goal and an assist. She now has seven career multiple-point outings.
For the second game in a row, all 37 Buckeyes dressed for the game saw minutes.

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