Webster’s Hat Trick Lifts Buckeyes over UAlbany

Friday, August 30

Columbus, Ohio

4:00 PM

Ohio State

(1-0)

UAlbany

(0-1)

UAlbany

Ohio State

Webster’s Hat Trick Lifts Buckeyes over UAlbany

8/30/2024 6:47:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

Ohio State wins its fourth consecutive season opener

COLUMBUS, Ohio – – The No. 14 Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0) bested No. 20 UAlbany (0-1) on Friday afternoon 6-1 in their season opener with graduate student Makenna Webster recording her second career hat trick.

How it Happened
UAlbany struck first with 5:45 left in the first quarter on a penalty corner. Ohio State answered in the second, notching two goals before the half.

The Buckeyes opened the scoring in the second half with a buzzer-beater goal at the end of the third quarter. Ohio State would then score three more unanswered goals in the fourth.

How The Goals Were Scored
• UAlbany had the first goal of the game on a penalty corner, despite back-to-back saves by Abby Danson and Katie Fichtner.
• Junior Zella Bailey scored first for the Buckeyes at the 18:11 mark
• Webster notched her 24th career goal with less than a minute left in the first half, thanks to an assist by sophomore Anne-Marie Krebs.
• Sophomore Brenna Bough scored on a penalty corner with 9.2 seconds left in the third.
• Webster rattled off two more goals in the fourth to complete the hat trick (48:59 and 53:46)
• Sophomore Reagan Eickhoff logged her first career goal as a Buckeye late in the fourth quarter

Buckeye This and That
• Today's win lifts the Buckeyes to 4-0 in their last four season openers and 5-2 during the Jarred Martin era.
• Today's six goals are the most scored in a season opener since 2019 when Ohio State topped UMass 7-0.
• Friday's game featured senior Jenna Zunic for Ohio State playing against her sisters, Julianne and Rylee of UAlbany. The sisters are triplets.

Statistically Speaking
Shots: Ohio State 18, UAlbany 11
Penalty Corners: Ohio State 4, UAlbany 4
Saves: Ohio State 5, UAlbany 6
Scoring Summary: UAlbany – 5:45 Q1 Mara Kuskes (unassisted); OSU – 18:11 Q2 Zella Bailey (unassisted); OSU – 29:18 Q2 Makenna Webster (Anne Marie Krebs); OSU – 44:49 Q3 Brenna Bough (Makenna Webster/Anne Marie Krebs) OSU – 48:59 Q4 Makenna Webster (unassisted); OSU – 53:46 Q4 Makenna Webster (unassisted); OSU – 59:16 Q4 Reagan Eickhoff (unassisted)

What's On Tap
The Buckeyes will face the Bucknell Bisons on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Buckeye Varsity Field. Information on stats and how to stream can be found on the schedule page of OhioStateBuckeyes.com.