No. 12 Buckeyes Open Big Ten Play at Penn State Tuesday

No. 12 Ohio State at Penn State
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 17
Time: 6 p.m.
Admission: FREE!
Venue: Jeffrey Field (5,000)
Watch: Big Ten Network
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | Penn State
Rosters: Ohio State | Penn State
2024 Stats: Ohio State | Penn State

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 12 Ohio State (5-0-1) travels to Penn State (2-4) to open the 2024 Big Ten Conference regular-season competition Tuesday at Jeffrey Field in University Park, Pennsylvania. The Big Ten Network is set to broadcast the game to a national audience starting at 6 p.m.

The meeting is a rematch of the 2023 Big Ten Tournament semifinals in which the teams battled to a 1-all draw in regulation before the Nittany Lions advanced to the league finals on PKs, 4-3.

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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. Ohio State enters Big Ten play Tuesday after posting a 5-0-1 non-conference record.
Ohio State is on a five-match win streak entering the 2024 Big Ten season. The last time the Buckeyes won five-consecutive matches was in 2019 when Ohio State started the year at 5-0-1. The last time Ohio State posted six-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 last week, the Buckeyes moved to No. 12.
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). He also scored the match-winner the last time out vs. Butler in a 1-0 victory.
Ohio State enters its match against Penn State among the Top 12 nationally in shots per game (7th/19.0), shots on goal per game (11th/7.60) and won lost percentage (8th/.900). Michael Adedokun is sixth nationally in shots per game (4.4) and keeper Patrick McLaughlin is sixth in save percentage (.889) and ninth goals against average (.344).
After a team vote, seniors Vellios and David Wrona were named captains for the 2024 season.
The Big Ten selected three Buckeyes as players to watch in 2024. Adedokun, Siggy Magnusson and Luciano Pechota made the league's preseason list. Ohio State was picked sixth by the conference coaches in the expanded Big Ten Conference.
Freshmen David Ajagbe, Nick McHenry, Nick Skubis, Johnny Rush, Zsombar Onodi and Patrick McLaughlin all made their first appearances as Buckeyes to date this season. Redshirt sophomores RJ Stoller and Jacob Maisonneuve also made their first appearances this season.
Ajagbe has made his presence felt early in his Ohio State career with three goals over his first four matches. He got the equalizer in the 1-all draw in the home opener vs. Cleveland State and then put Ohio State out front 1-0 in the 3' at Akron. He added a score in a 4-0 win over SIUE as well.
In the last three road matches over the last two seasons, Ohio State has allowed the home team just one goal. The Buckeyes won 1-0 at Michigan State in the 2023 Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals (11/3/23) before a 1-all draw at Penn State in the league semifinals (11/8/23). PSU advanced on PKs, 4-3. At Akron earlier this season, Ohio State blanked the Zips 2-0 in the first road match of the 2024 season
Three regular-season Big Ten Conference matches will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network this season. Ohio State and Penn State kick at 6 p.m. on BTN Sept. 17 in the Big Ten opener for both squads in State College. In the first meeting as league opponents, Ohio State's home match against Washington Oct. 7 (8 p.m.) and then the senior-day matchup in Columbus against Michigan State Oct. 29 (6 p.m.) will both be delivered to a national audience on BTN.
Ohio State and Penn State have met 43 times previously with the Buckeyes owning a 15-23-5 record in the series. In the last meeting at Penn State, the teams battled to a 1-all draw in regulation (11/8/23) before the Nittany Lions advanced to the 2023 Big Ten Tournament Finals on PKs, 4-3.
The Big Ten Conference is made up of 11 teams sponsoring men's soccer with the addition of UCLA and Washington to the league starting this season. Oregon and USC also were added to the conference but neither sponsors men's soccer. The Buckeyes meet new league members UCLA on the road Oct. 11 after playing host to the Huskies Oct. 7.
Ohio State has allowed just one goal in the last 286 road minutes over the 2023-24 seasons. The Buckeyes tied Penn State on the road 1-all Nov. 8, 2023 (PSU advanced 4-3, PKs) in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals after defeating Michigan State 1-0 Nov. 3, 2023 in the Big Ten quarterfinals. Ohio State had just beaten the Spartans 3-2 in the 2023 regular-season road finale (MSU scoreless final 16 minutes). Ohio State defeated Akron earlier this season 2-0.

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