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Ohio State Heads to New York For Games at Colgate & Syracuse
9/4/2024 1:18:00 PM | Field Hockey
Buckeyes sit at No. 14 in this week’s NFHCA poll
COLUMBUS, Ohio –The Ohio State field hockey team's first two road games of the season occur this weekend, as the Buckeyes look to improve their 2-0 start with matches against the Colgate Raiders (0-1) on Friday at 4 p.m. and No. 10 Syracuse (2-0) on Sunday at noon.
Information on live stats and streaming for both games can be found on the schedule page of OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Sunday's game at Syracuse will be televised nationally on the ACC Network.
The Basics
Ohio State at Colgate // Friday, Sept. 6 // 4 p.m. // Hamilton, N.Y.
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Ohio State at Syracuse // Sunday, Sept. 8 // 12 p.m. // Syracuse, N.Y.
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Briefly on the Buckeyes
- Ohio State began the 2024 season with two wins at home last week, where they bested No. 20 UAlbany and Bucknell. This is the third-straight season the scarlet and gray have started at 2-0 or better.
- The Buckeye offense was led by Makenna Webster over the weekend, who totaled 10 points on four goals and two assists — the most by any player in the country. She was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and NFHCA Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
- Goalkeeper Abby Danson also earned her share of honors this week: her .818 save percentage and only two goals allowed in 116 minutes earned her both Big Ten and NFHCA Defensive Player of the Week.
- Five other Buckeyes saw goal-scoring action in last weekend's contests: sophomores Brenna Bough, Reagan Eickhoff and Cam Standish and juniors Zella Bailey and Lindsey Roberts.
- Ohio State is ranked no. 14 in the latest National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll and is one of six Big Ten teams in the top 20.
Scouting Colgate
- This is the first-ever matchup between the Buckeyes and the Raiders
- Colgate sits at fifth in the Patriot league; the Raiders opened the season last weekend with a 5-1 loss at home to Rider.
- The Raiders finished seventh in the Patriot League last season and were 3-14 overall.
- The 2024 squad returns three of last year's top five scorers: Alice Walton (3G, 2A), Dani Palmer (3G, 1A) and Sarah Killcommons (2G, 3A).
Scouting Syracuse
- This is the 10th meeting between the Orange and the Buckeyes and the first since 2014, a game won by the Orange in overtime, 3-2.
- Although Syracuse leads the all-time series 7-2, each of the last two games have been decided by one goal: 2-1 in 2013 and 3-2 in 2014, both games won by the Orange.
- The last Ohio State win in the series came in the NCAA quarterfinals in 2010. The Buckeyes prevailed 3-2 in overtime to punch its ticket to the program first-ever trip to the Final Four.
- Syracuse scored a combined 11 goals in their opening-weekend wins: nine against Lock Haven and two against No. 16 Penn State.
- Head coach Lynn Farquhar is in her second season with the Orange. The 2023 team finished 11-8 overall and notched their third-straight NCAA tournament berth.
- The Orange welcome graduate student Berber Bakermans, a transfer from Delaware, where she appeared in 60 games racking up 46 points on 10 goals and 26 assists.
More Fun with Numbers
10: Ohio State began their season with 10 goals in two games, the most since the start of the 2019 campaign.
35: Danson's two wins last weekend give her 35 in her career at Ohio State, which is fourth-most in program history. She needs one more to tie Allison Williams, who manned the goal from 2002-05.
4: Including this season's 6-1 triumph over No. 20 UAlbany, Ohio State owns four wins against ranked teams since the start of the 2023 season. Last year, the Buckeyes knocked off No. 8 Michigan, No. 1 Iowa and No. 13 Penn State.
6: Six different players scored goals for Ohio State in its opening weekend games. In addition to Webster's four tallies, Brenna Bough added two goals while Zella Bailey, Reagan Eickhoff, Lindsey Roberts and Olivia Wallace each scored once.
43-19: Ohio State had a more than 2-to-1 advantage in total shots last weekend. The Buckeyes outshot UAlbany and Bucknell by a 43-19 count and 67 percent of those 43 shots ended up on goal.
