No. 21 Ohio State Drop B1G Game at Rutgers

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No. 21 Ohio State Drop B1G Game at Rutgers

3/30/2025 4:29:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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Ohio State now 8-3 on the year; Ammerman reaches 100-point mark

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 21 Ohio State women's lacrosse team dropped a Big Ten game at Rutgers, 12-8, Sunday in SHI Stadium in Piscataway. Ohio State is now 8-3 on the year and 1-3 in B1G play, while the Scarlet Knights are 8-4 overall and 2-1 in league action.

The Buckeyes trailed the Scarlet Knights 8-1 early in the third quarter but a six-goal run cut the lead to one (8-7) early in the fourth. Rutgers responded with a run of its own, pushing the lead to 12-7, and a final Buckeye goal made it a 12-8 final.

With three assists in the game, Buckeye senior Brynn Ammerman crossed the 100-point mark for her career. She has 36 goals and 66 assists for 102 points in her 42-game career at Ohio State, with a team-best 34 assists and 45 points this season.

Up Next
The Buckeyes will travel to take on Penn State at noon next Sunday (April 6) before hosting No. 5 Johns Hopkins at 6 p.m. April 10 in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium. Admission and parking are free for all regular season home games in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium.

How it Happened

Rutgers scored the only four goals of the first quarter for a 4-0 lead through 15 minutes.
A Kampbell Stone free position goal put the Buckeyes on the board a minute into the second quarter but the Scarlet Knights shut out Ohio State the rest of the quarter, while scoring three times, to carry a 7-1 lead into halftime.
Rutgers pushed the lead to 8-1 1:02 into the third quarter.
A Makena Harrington free position goal at 9:24 opened a six-goal run for Ohio State.
Brynn Ammerman set up Kate Tyack at 5:02 and Zoe Coleman at 3:57 for an 8-4 game.
Stone and Annie Hargraves (on a free position chance) both tallied in the final 22 seconds of the third quarter for an 8-6 game.
Tyack's second of the day drew the Buckeyes within one at 13:07 of the fourth quarter.
The Scarlet Knights answered with two goals in the next three minutes to push the lead to 10-7 and added two more at 8:16 and 6:53 for a 12-7 advantage.
Ammerman set up a Leah Sax tally with 6:11 to end Rutgers' run. That would stand as the final goal of the day.
Rutgers outshot the Buckeyes, 30-23, in the game. Buckeye goalie Jocelyn Torres made nine saves, with the RU goalie making six stops.
Ohio State had the advantage in draw controls, 12-11, led by Emily Magalotti with four and Hargraves with three.
The Scarlet Knights led in ground balls, 17-11. Hargraves, Katie Kaucheck, Stone and Torres each had two for the Buckeyes. Lilli Sherman was first for Ohio State with two caused turnovers.

Buckeye This and That

Ammerman leads the Buckeyes with 34 assists and 45 points and has multiple assists in all but one game on the year. She is on a 14-game point streak (14g, 38a, 52p).
Sherman leads the Buckeyes with 19 caused turnovers and 18 ground balls.
Coleman has 20 goals this season and at least one tally in 15 of the last 16 games.
Harrington has a goal in four of the last five games and now has nine goals and 11 points this season.
Stone marked her seventh multiple-goal game of the season and she has at least one goal in 10 of 11 games this season. She has 23 tallies overall to rank second on the team.
Torres has a 7.87 goals-against average and .531 save percentage this year.
Tyack leads the Buckeyes with 25 goals and has two or more in seven games, with a goal in nine of 11 outings. She is second on the squad with 29 points.
Sax has at least one point in 10 of 11 games this season and has a 15-11-26 line, ranking second in assists and third in points.