Ohio State Falls, 12-9, to Penn State

Sunday, March 24

Columbus, Ohio

2:30 p.m.

Ohio State

5-5 (0-1B1G)

Penn State

7-1 (1-0B1G)

Penn State

Ohio State

Men's Lacrosse vs Penn State, March 24, 2024

Ohio State Falls, 12-9, to Penn State

3/24/2024 5:43:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score Photo Gallery

Buckeyes now 5-5 overall and 0-1 in the Big Ten with a game at Rutgers next

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Penn State fought back from a 6-1 deficit to defeat Ohio State, 12-9, Sunday afternoon at Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium in front of 2,156 fans. The win was the No. 7 Nittany Lions' seventh consecutive and improved their record to 7-1 overall and 1-0 in the Big Ten. Ohio State falls to 5-5 on the season and 0-1 in the Big Ten. All five of their losses have come against Top 10 teams and three of them to 2023 NCAA Final Four teams.

The Short Story
Penn State outscored the Buckeyes, 8-2, in the second half after trailing at halftime, 7-4. The Nittany Lions tied the score at 7-all with 13 seconds to play in the third quarter and then went ahead, 8-7, for its first lead since the first quarter. Ed Shean, who led the Buckeyes with three goals on the day, tied it up at 8-8 with his third of the game with 6:31 left to play. But Penn State scored four consecutive and held on for the win.

Ohio State led, 7-4, at the end of the first half off two goals apiece from Alex Marinier and Shean, and single markers from Ben Mayer, Gannon Matthews and Blake Eiland. Penn State led, 1-0, with a goal nine minutes into the game, but the Buckeyes countered with six consecutive goals to go up 6-1. The Nittany Lions scored three consecutive to close to within 6-4, but Eiland's goal stopped that string and was the last of the half.

Goalie Caleb Fyock made eight first-half saves and 12 for the game. The Nittany Lions led in shots, 40-37, and in face-offs won, 15-10. Each team had 13 turnovers and six caused turnovers.

How The Goals Were Scored

It took nearly nine minutes of action before the first score of the game, a shot by Mac Costin that bounced by Ohio State goalie Caleb Fyock after four saves to open the game.
About 90 seconds later and with Ohio State a man up, Alex Marinier fired a laser over the left shoulder of Penn State goalie Jack Fracyon with the assist to Kurt Brunn. The goal was Marinier's team-leading 16th of the season.
Sweet passing at 1:30 of the first quarter gave Ohio State its first lead of the game. Ed Shean took a pass in front of the goal from Jack McKenna and buried it for a 2-1 lead.
Then with 22 seconds left in the period, Ben Mayer scored unassisted for a 3-1 Buckeye lead. The goal was Mayer's 16th of the season.
Gannon Matthews' 16th goal of the season – also unassisted – a minute into the second quarter extended Ohio State's lead to 4-1.
Shean's second goal of the game and 11th of the season, from Marcus Hudgins, made the score 5-1 with 8:59 to play in the second quarter.
Moments later, Marinier scored his second of the game to increase the lead to 6-1 Buckeyes. Credit Matt Caputa on the assist.
Luke Mercer stopped the six-goal Ohio State run with an unassisted goal at 7:32, making the score 6-2.
Penn State climbed to within 6-3 with another unassisted goal by TJ Malone at 6:30 of the second.
At 5:44, Penn State scored again, this time an unassisted goal by Luke Walstrum to make the score 6-4 and prompting an Ohio State timeout.
Blake Eiland scored his seventh goal of the season with 2:25 to play in the second to stop Penn State's mini-run of goals and extend the Buckeye lead to 7-4. Caputa on the assist.
Penn State opened the scoring in the third quarter with an unassisted goal by Matt Traynor to cut the Buckeye lead to 7-5.
Penn State scored again at 7:12 of the third off another unassisted goal by Traynor to make the score 7-6.
A third consecutive Penn State unassisted goal, by Mac Costin, tied the score at 7-all with just 13 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
A second goal of the game by Malone, off an assist from Kyle Lehman, gave Penn State its first lead since the first quarter at 8-7 just a minute into the fourth quarter.
Ohio State tied the score at 8-all on Shean's third goal of the game and 12th of the season with 6:31 to go in the fourth quarter. He came from all the way around the goal for the score.
But 25 seconds later Penn State regained the lead as Jake Morin scored unassisted to make the score 9-8.
Penn State reached its first two-goal lead of the game at 10-8 with five minutes left to play on a goal from Costin with Malone getting the assist.
Grant Haus and Matt Traynor scored with 3:31 to play and 1:57, respectively, to increase the Penn State lead to 12-8.
Ohio State continued to battle, and at 1:44 Caputo scored off a feed from Jack Oldman to get to within three at 12-9.

Statistically Speaking
Ohio State Scoring (G-A-P): Shean (3-0-3), Caputo (1-2-3), (Marinier (2-0-2), Matthews (1-0-1), McKenna (0-1-1), Hudgins (0-1-1), Mayer (1-0-1), Eiland (1-0-1), Oldman (0-1-1), Bruun (0-1-1)
Ground Balls: Ohio State 35, Penn State 30
Faceoffs: Ohio State 15-of-25, Penn State 10-of-25
Clears: Ohio State 16-of-18, Penn State 22-of-24
Extra Man: Ohio State 1-for-2, Penn State 0-for-2
Saves: Ohio State (Fyock) 12, Penn State (Fracyon) 8
Turnovers: Ohio State 13, Penn State 13

What's Next
The Buckeyes take to the road to meet No. 17 Rutgers Saturday, March 30, in Piscataway, N.J. The teams will face off at 4:30 p.m. EDT from SHI Stadium.