Buckeyes, Utes Open 2025 Season Saturday in Columbus

Ohio State vs. Utah
Date: Saturday, Feb. 1
Time: Noon ET
Venue: Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Rosters: Ohio State | Utah
Tickets: Ticketmaster

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men's lacrosse team opens the program's 76th season this weekend in Columbus against Utah. The Buckeyes and Utes both start their 2025 seasons noon Saturday at Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium.

Tickets for Ohio State men's lacrosse home games can be purchased HERE. The game will also be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required).

Buckeyes In a Nutshell

The Buckeyes open the season for the second straight year against Utah. The last time the teams met, Ohio State won the opener, 11-8. The Buckeyes have won eight straight season openers and are 13-2 in opening games since 2009.
Ohio State returns the core of last season's roster for 2025. Twenty-nine players have donned the scarlet and gray jersey ahead of Saturday's season opener. The team added 18 new players in the off-season, including eight transfers and 11 freshmen.
The 2025 roster is comprised of five graduate students, 13 seniors, seven juniors, 11 sophomores and 11 freshmen. Three countries are represented on the roster - United States, Canada and England - with student-athletes representing fourteen states and two Canadian Provinces.
Eight of Ohio State's top 10 goal scorers from last season in Alex Marinier, Jack McKenna, Gannon Matthews, Ben Mayer, Ed Shean, Blake Eiland, Dillon Magee and Ari Allen are back.
At close defense, returning starters include Bobby Van Buren, Cullen Brown and Kyle Foster. Van Buren, a two-time All-Big Ten honoree, returns to the lineup after an injury in 2024 sidelined him for most of the season. The Buckeyes' defensive effort last season held some of the nation's top offenses to season low scoring performances and finished the year top 15 in scoring defense, clearing percentage and caused turnovers per game.
In goal for the Buckeyes, senior Henry Blake returns after starting, and winning, the season opener vs. Utah last season but was subsequently sidelined due to injury. Sophomore Caleb Fyock, who started 14 of 15 games last season, is also back between the pipes for Ohio State.
At the faceoff X, sophomore Jack Oldman is the team's leading returner, after going 70-for-135 (.519) in his rookie season.
Brown, Marinier and Van Buren were named Big Ten Players to Watch ahead of the 2025 season. Marinier led the team in goals (28), man-up goals (4) and points (30). He tallied a point in all but one game last season. Brown started every game for Ohio State last season and ended his sophomore campaign with a career-high 51 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers. Van Buren has started 27 of 33 games in his Ohio State career with 43 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers.
Ohio State head coach Nick Myers is in his 17th season at the helm of the Buckeyes. His coaching staff is comprised of associate head coach Travis Crane and assistant coaches Justin Tuma and Andrew Vossler.
The Buckeyes' 14-game regular season campaign this year features eight matchups against 2024 NCAA Tournament teams, including all four Final Four teams. Seven of the team's 2025 opponents are ranked in the preseason USILA Coaches' Poll.

History vs. Utah

The Buckeyes and Utes have met just one time prior to Saturday's season opener.
The teams opened the 2024 season in Columbus for the first meeting in series history.
Ohio State is 1-0 against Utah.
The Buckeyes are 61-16 all-time against teams in the ASUN conference.

The 2025 Home Slate

Ohio State hosts nine games at Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium in the 2025 season.
The team starts with seven straight home contests in the first month of the season, including games against Utah (Feb. 1), Detroit Mercy (Feb. 4), Cleveland State (Feb. 8), Bellarmine (Feb. 11), Air Force (Feb. 15), Virginia (Feb. 22) and Bryant (March 1)
The Buckeyes' Big Ten home games are against Rutgers (March 29) and Maryland (April 12).
Single game tickets can be purchased online HERE or by calling the Athletic Ticket Sales Office at 1-800-GOBUCKS.

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