Buckeyes Down Marquette in High-Scoring Game, 22-17

Tuesday, March 12

Columbus, Ohio

1:00 PM

Ohio State

6-2

Marquette University

2-6

Marquette

Ohio State

Buckeyes Down Marquette in High-Scoring Game, 22-17

3/12/2024 3:55:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's lacrosse team stayed undefeated at home, as it topped Marquette, 22-17, on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium.

Ohio State, now 6-2 on the year, took the lead at 9:12 of the first quarter and held the lead the rest of the way. The Buckeyes scored seven goals in both the first and second quarters and led 14-7 at halftime. The Ohio State advantage was 19-13 after the third, ending 22-17.

Four Buckeyes scored four goals each – Annie Hargraves, Jamie Lasda, Brynn Ammerman and Leah Sax. Lasda and Sax each had two assists for a six-point game, while Ammerman posted a helper for five points. Zoe Coleman had a hat trick and two assists for five points. Regan Alexander recorded 14 saves, her fourth-straight game with double-digit stops.

The Buckeyes had the advantage in draw controls, 24-18, led by Emily Magalotti and Lasda with five each. Marquette had the edge in ground balls, 21-17, and shots, 43-35. Alexander was first for the Buckeyes with three loose balls.

Ohio State's 22 goals tied for the sixth-most in a single game in school history and were the most since scoring 22 vs. Detroit Mercy in 2016.

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How it Happened

After Marquette opened the scoring at 10:52 of the first quarter, Ohio State scored the next four, all in a 2:02 span, to lead 4-1 at 8:04. Brynn Ammerman tied the game on a free position shot at 10:06. Leah Sax put the Buckeyes in the lead, set up by Kampbell Stone's first collegiate assist, at 9:12. Annie Hargraves followed at 8:35 before Zoe Coleman set up Jamie Lasda with the Buckeyes player-up at 8:04.
Each team scored three times before the end of the quarter for a 7-4 Buckeye lead through 15 minutes.
After two Golden Eagle goals to cut Ohio State's lead to one (4-3), Hargraves scored back-to-back, with Coleman setting up the second goal.
Lasda answered a Marquette score with a free position tally with 21 seconds left in the quarter.
Ammerman scored twice in the first 4:03 of the second quarter, with Sax assisting goal one, for a 9-4 Ohio State lead.
Marquette scored three of the next four, with Coleman converting player-up for Ohio State, to cut the Buckeye advantage to three (10-7).
Ammerman started a four-goal Buckeye run in the final 4:16. Coleman scored back-to-back, off assists from Sax and Ammerman. A Sax free position goal closed out the half with the Buckeyes up 14-7.
The teams traded goals for much of the third quarter.
Sax opened the scoring before two straight Marquette tallies. Ohio State then scored three times, answered by MU each time. Emily Magalotti, Amani Kimball-McKavish and Hargraves had the Buckeye goals in the stretch.
The Golden Eagles converted player-up with 14 seconds left and the quarter ended with a Kampbell Stone goal right as time expired, assisted by Casey Roberts. Ohio State was ahead 19-16 through 45 minutes.
Ohio State scored three of the first four goals of the final quarter, with Sax scoring player-up and back-to-back unassisted goals by Lasda, moving the lead to 22-14.
Three Marquette tallies in the final 5:06 closed the game for the 22-17 final.
Ohio State was outshot in the game, 43-35. Regan Alexander made 14 saves for the Buckeyes. Two Golden Eagle goalies combined for seven saves.
The Buckeyes had the advantage in draw controls, 24-18. Magalotti and Lasda each had five, while Stone had four. In all, seven Buckeyes had at least one in the game.
Marquette had the edge in ground balls, 21-17. Alexander was first for Ohio State with three and five Buckeyes each had two in the win.
The Buckeyes caused 11 turnovers, led by Lasda, Sophie Patton and Roberts with two each.

Buckeye This and That

Alexander had a fourth straight game with double-digit saves with 14. She has 71 stops on the year.
Hargraves scored a career-best four goals vs. Marquette, her fourth game with three-plus goals. She has 14 goals this year, passing the 13 she had last season in her first year competing for the Buckeyes. She is second on the team with 20 draw controls.
Lasda leads the Buckeyes with 26 goals and 32 points. The game was her fourth six-point outing as a Buckeye and her sixth with six or more points. She now has seven games with four or more goals. She moved her scoring streak to a career-high 14 games and has 37 goals, 18 assists and 55 points in the stretch. In her career, Lasda has 90 goals, 49 assists and 139 points in 50 games.
Ammerman has at least one point in each game this season and is second on the squad with 30 points, ranking first with 16 assists. She had a career-high four goals vs. Marquette, matching her personal best of six points, set earlier this season at Akron.
Coleman marked her first career hat trick, had her third multiple-assist game and recorded her first five-point day as a Buckeye. She had three games with three or more points entering Tuesday's contest. Coleman has a career-high eight assists and 18 points this season.
Magalotti now has goals in four straight games and five on the year. She had a career-best five draw controls in the win.
Sax tallied her first game with more than two goals and her second two-assist outing, with the six points a career high. The senior has 15 goals and four assists for 19 points this year, all career bests.
Roberts had her fifth career two-assist day and is tied with Coleman for second on the team with eight assists this year.
Stone leads the Buckeyes with 21 draw controls and has a goal in seven of eight collegiate games, with nine goals and 10 points on the year. It was her third career two-point day.