No. 20 Ohio State Now 8-0 with 22-8 Win at San Diego State

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No. 20 Ohio State Now 8-0 with 22-8 Win at San Diego State

3/15/2025 10:07:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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Buckeyes return home to host No. 21 USC March 23 in B1G game

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 20 Ohio State women's lacrosse team downed San Diego State, 22-8, in the final nonconference game of the regular season Saturday in San Diego, Calif. The Buckeyes led 6-1 after the first quarter and 11-4 at the half. Ohio State extended the lead to 17-8 after 45 minutes and then shut out the Aztecs in the fourth, while scoring five goals, for the 22-8 victory.

Zoe Coleman led the Buckeyes with five goals and seven points and Leah Sax and Kampbell Stone each scored four goals and Makena Harrington had a hat trick and four points. Brynn Ammerman notched four points with a goal and three assists. Annie Hargraves tallied twice, and Emily Magalotti and Kate Tyack each had a goal and an assist. Abby Boyle was first for the Buckeyes with seven draw controls and Magalotti picked up a team-best four ground balls. Joceyln Torres made 10 saves in the Buckeye cage.

The Buckeyes are now 8-0, extending the best start in school history, which had been 6-0 by the 2002 team. San Diego State is 5-4 on the year.

Up Next
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.

How it Happened

The teams traded goals to start the game, with Zoe Coleman setting up Leah Sax at 12:11 and SDSU answering at 11:15.
The Buckeyes scored five times to close out the first quarter for a 6-1 lead through 15 minutes.
Kampbell Stone put the Buckeyes in the lead at 8:24, followed by a goal from Annie Hargraves, set up by Emily Magalotti, at 7:07.
In the final 2:59, Ohio State notched three goals, from Sax, Zoe Coleman off an assist from Brynn Ammerman and Stone on a free position chance.
Stone scored her second in a row 30 seconds into the second quarter for a 7-1 Buckeye lead.
SDSU'S Bella Tan scored twice around a Makena Harrington goal, for an 8-3 Ohio State advantage and a tally from Nikki Seven at 7:42 drew San Diego State within four (8-4).
Three goals to close out the half – at 4:08 from Sax, 3:23 from Hargraves and 1:06 by Tyack assisted by Coleman – sent the teams into halftime with the Buckeyes leading 11-4.
Ammerman converted player-up just 17 seconds into the third quarter before a three-goal run by the Aztecs made it 12-7 at 10:33.
After the teams traded goals, with Coleman scoring in front off a Tyack pass at 8:03 and SDSU's Frankie Gracia tallying at 7:11, the Buckeyes tallied the next four to push the lead to 17-8.
Stone recorded her fourth of the day at 6:28, Harrington scored on a free position at 3:22 and then found Coleman for a player-up score at 1:30. Emily Magalotti's free position score with 48 seconds remaining was the final tally of the quarter.
Ohio State shut out the Aztecs in the fourth quarter, allowing just two shots, while scoring five goals of its own.
Ammerman set up Coleman and Harrington at 13:29 and 5:04, with Sax scoring in the middle at 10:11. Coleman found the back of the cage with 3:00 remaining and Audrey Rudoph closed out the scoring with her first collegiate goal at 1:26.
The Buckeyes outshot San Diego State, 44-23, in the game. Jocelyn Torres made 10 saves in 53:27 in the Ohio State cage and Whitney Robinson did not face a shot in the final 6:33. SDSU's goalie made 13 stops.
Ohio State led in draw controls, 21-11, and ground balls, 20-9. Both teams were perfect on clears – the Buckeyes had 16 chances and the Aztecs had 15.
Abby Boyle led the Buckeyes with a career-high seven draw controls, Stone and Harrington each had three and Maeve Simonds had two.
Magalotti was first with four ground balls, followed by Coleman with three.