Buckeyes Suffer 12-11 OT Loss at Penn State

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Buckeyes Suffer 12-11 OT Loss at Penn State

4/6/2025 3:03:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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Ohio State returns home to host Johns Hopkins Thursday

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's lacrosse fell in overtime at Penn State, 12-11, Sunday in University Park, Pa. Ohio State is now 8-4 on the year (1-4 B1G), with the Nittany Lions 6-7 overall and 4-2 in the league.

The game was tied nine times and neither team was able to extend beyond a two-goal lead in the contest. The teams were tied at four after the first quarter and Penn State led 7-5 at the half. Ohio State outscored Penn State 5-2 in the third quarter to take a 10-9 lead. The Nittany Lions notched the first two goals of the fourth for an 11-10 advantage but Buckeye Kate Tyack responded 42 seconds later to again tie the game. An Ohio State shot was saved to start overtime and the Nittany Lions notched the gamewinner on the following possession.

For the Buckeyes, Tyack had four goals and five points in the game and Zoe Coleman had a four-goal outing. Brynn Ammerman picked up two assists and Annie Hargraves and Makena Harrington each had two points with a goal and an assist. Jocelyn Torres made nine saves, with Abby Boyle recording five draw controls.

Up Next

Ohio State will host No. 4 Johns Hopkins at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The Buckeyes will then play at No. 7 Maryland next Sunday before closing out the regular season at home vs. No. 3 Northwestern at 1 p.m. April 19 on Senior Day.
Admission and parking are free for all regular season home games in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium.

How it Happened

The teams were deadlocked at four in the first quarter.
Penn State opened the scoring just 40 seconds into the game before Buckeye Makena Harrington found Zoe Coleman for a 1-1 game at 10:42. Just 19 seconds later the Nittany Lions pushed back ahead.
Ohio State responded quickly, with two goals in 33 seconds. Kate Tyack tied the game at 9:36 and Brynn Ammerman found Coleman at 9:03.
Penn State's Emma Kelly tallied twice – at 7:18 and 1:22 - around a Tyack score at 3:50 - for a 4-4 game after 15 minutes.
The Nittany Lions scored three of the four goals in the second quarter for a 7-5 lead at the half. Kelly MacKinney tallied at 12:19, answered by Harrington on a free position shot at 9:06. PSU tallied twice in the final 6:08 of the quarter.
Ohio State outscored Penn State 5-2 in the third quarter for a 10-9 lead.
Ammerman set up Tyack 47 seconds into the stanza and Leah Sax tied the game at 7-all at 13:30.
After a PSU goal from Kelly at 12:08, Ohio State went on a three-goal run to take its first two-goal lead of the game. Maddie Barhorst found Coleman in front at 10:55 to tie the game, Tyack set up Annie Hargraves at 8:00 and Hargraves then found a cutting Coleman for a score at 4:21.
Penn State notched the final goal of the third quarter at 3:31 and tallied the first two goals of the fourth – at 13:09 and 4:43 – to take an 11-10 lead.
Just 42 seconds after Penn State had pushed ahead, Tyack came around the cage and scored on a low shot to deadlock the game at 11-all.
A Jocelyn Torres save with 55 seconds remaining in regulation gave the Buckeyes the ball, but Ohio State, which was player up, was unable to get the equalizer.
In overtime, the Buckeyes had the ball to start on the carryover card, with Penn State's goalie making a save. On the ensuing possession, Payton Wainman shot's as she was falling gave Penn State the 12-11 victory.
Ohio State outshot Penn State, 35-25, in the game. Torres made nine saves for the Buckeyes and the Penn State goalie made 12 stops.
Ohio State had a commanding 17-9 edge in draw controls and each team picked up 23 ground balls.
Abby Boyle had five draw controls for Ohio State and Emily Magalotti recorded four. Ammerman had a team-best four ground balls, with Maeve Simonds and Hargraves each posting three.
Kampbell Stone, Lilli Sherman and Simonds each had two caused turnovers in the game.

Buckeye This and That

Tyack leads the Buckeyes with 29 goals and has two or more in eight games, with a goal in 10 of 12 outings. It was her fifth career four-goal outing and her third career five-point day, both one shy of her career high set at Oregon earlier this season. She is second on the squad with 34 points.
Coleman has 24 goals this season to rank second on the team and at least one tally in 16 of the last 17 games. She has three games with four or more goals in her career and this season.
Harrington has a goal in five of the last six games and now has 10 goals and 13 points this season. Hargraves has 14 goals and 15 points on the year.
Ammerman leads the Buckeyes with 38 assists and 47 points and has multiple assists in all but one game on the year. She is on a 15-game point streak (14g, 40a, 54p).
Sax has at least one point in 11 of 12 games this season and has a 16-11-27 line, ranking second in assists and third in points.
Sherman, Magalotti and Stone leads the Buckeyes with 19 ground balls each. Sherman is first on the squad with 21 caused turnovers.