No. 20 Ohio State Begins B1G Play with 20-6 Win at Oregon

Wednesday, March 12

Eugene, Ore.

8 p.m. ET

Ohio State

7-0, 1-0B1G

Oregon

5-3, 0-1B1G

Ohio State

Oregon

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No. 20 Ohio State Begins B1G Play with 20-6 Win at Oregon

3/12/2025 10:37:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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Buckeyes now 7-0 on the year

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 20 Ohio State women's lacrosse team opened the Big Ten Conference slate with a dominant 20-6 win at Oregon Thursday in Eugene, Ore. The Buckeyes led 6-3 at the end of the first quarter and 12-4 at the half. Ohio State shut out the Ducks in the third quarter to stretch the lead to 15-4 through three quarters en route to the victory.

The Buckeyes are now 7-0, the best start in school history, passing the 6-0 mark set by the 2002 team. Oregon, playing its first B1G women's lacrosse game, is 5-3.

Up Next

Ohio State remains on the west coast, where it will take on San Diego State at 3 p.m. ET Saturday to close out nonconference action.
The Buckeyes will return home to host No. 21 USC at noon March 23, followed by a game vs. No. 11 Michigan at 6 p.m. March 27.
Admission and parking are free for all regular season home games in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium.

The Short Story
Ohio State scored four of the game's first five goals and led 6-3 after the first quarter. Kate Tyack and Kampbell Stone both notched a hat trick in the opening stanza and Brynn Ammerman had three assists. The Buckeyes scored six goals in a row, including two from Annie Hargraves, to open the second quarter, shutting out the Ducks until just four seconds remained before the half. The defensive pressure kept up in the third, with Ohio State not allowing a goal while scoring three times, highlighted by two goals from Ammerman. The Buckeye run continued to start the final quarter, pushing the lead to 18-4 with 9:20 remaining. The Ducks and Buckeyes each scored twice in the final 8:01 to close out the game.

Tyack led the Buckeyes with a career-high five goals and added an assist for six points. Brynn Ammerman had seven points, with two goals and five assists. Kampbell Stone had four goals in the win and Annie Hargraves notched a hat trick. Katie Kaucheck had four ground balls and three caused turnovers and Lilli Sherman forced four turnovers. Goalie Jocelyn Torres made four saves and had four ground balls. Abby Boyle was first with five draw controls, followed by Emily Magalotti with four.

How it Happened

Kampbell Stone and Kate Tyack both scored hat tricks in the first half for a 6-3 Buckeye lead. Brynn Ammerman set up all three Tyack tallies in the stanza.
Stone opened the scoring at 13:31, followed by a Tyack tally at 10:55.
After an Oregon free position goal at 9:53, Stone and Tyack scored in less than a minute for a 4-1 lead.
A Duck goal on an eight-meter chance at 6:19 was again answered by goals from Tyack and Stone. Stone's second and third goals were both free position tallies. Oregon's Gabby Santucci notched the last goal of the opening quarter at 2:38.
Ohio State scored six goals to start the second quarter, shutting out the Ducks until just four seconds were left in the stanza.
Tyack put the Buckeyes up 7-3 at 11:18, assisted by Ammerman, and Makena Harrington drove the cage for a goal at 10:32.
Annie Hargraves tallied back-to-back at 9:38 and 7:14 for a 10-3 Ohio State advantage. Emily Magalotti set up Hargraves' second goal.
Leah Sax, on a free position chance, and Stone scored 13 seconds apart for a 12-3 Ohio State lead.
A Santucci free position goal with four seconds remaining ended Oregon's scoreless streak at 17:34.
The only goals in the third quarter came from the Buckeyes. Hargraves completed her hat trick at 11:50 for a 13-4 lead.
Ammerman scored at 5:52, assisted by Tyack, and at 2:32 and the Buckeyes led 15-4 through 45 minutes.
The first three goals of the fourth quarter were scored by the Buckeyes.
Sax set up Zoe Coleman at 14:15, Maeve Simonds scored unassisted at 11:32 and Harrington notched her second of the day at 9:20.
Lyla Hurley ended the Buckeye run at 8:01 on a free position opportunity. Tyack answered less than two minutes later for a 19-5 Ohio State lead.
Ammerman's fifth assist of the game set up freshman Maddy Paz for a behind the back goal at 2:39.
Oregon notched the game's final goal with 1:32 remaining.
The Buckeyes outshot the Ducks, 30-14, in the game, allowing just three shots in each of the last three quarters. Ohio State goalie Jocelyn Torres made four stops and Oregon's goalies combined for six saves.
Ohio State had the advantage in ground balls, 18-8, and draw controls, 16-14. The Buckeyes were a perfect 16-for-16 on clears, with Oregon 12-of-14.
Torres and Katie Kaucheck led the Buckeyes with four ground balls each. Abby Boyle had five draw controls and Emily Magalotti recorded four.
Ohio State caused 13 turnovers; Lilli Sherman was first for Ohio State with four and Kaucheck had three.

Buckeye This and That

Tyack's five goals and six points were a career high. She has four four-goal games, including three this season, and had two five-point outings. She has 13 multiple-goal games as a Buckeye and leads the squad with 21 goals this season.
Ammerman is on a 10-game point streak (12g, 29a, 41p). She has a Buckeye-best 25 assists and 34 points this season. It was her third career game with five or more assists and her third game with six or more points. She has 10 multiple-goal outings.
Stone's four goals marked her career high and she has four games with three or more tallies. It was also a career high in points, her seventh multiple-point outing in the Scarlet and Gray. She is second on the squad with 15 goals.
Hargraves now has five hat tricks and six games with three or more goals. She has six games with at least three points as a Buckeye.
Harrington's two goals were a career best and marked her second multiple-point outing of the year.
Torres has a 6.04 goals-against average and .554 save percentage on the year.
The Buckeyes are scoring 12.86 goals a game and are among the NCAA leaders in team defense, allowing just 6.14 goals per game.
Sherman has a team-high 14 caused turnovers and the four vs. Oregon were a career best. Boyle leads Ohio State with 20 draw controls and Magalotti is second with 19.
Simonds has a goal in three straight games.