Ohio State Defeats Northwestern on Senior Night, 2-1

Friday, October 30

Columbus, Ohio

7 p.m.

Ohio State

7-6-2, 2-6-1

Northwestern University

5-6-4, 2-4-3

Team	1	2	Final F
Northwestern	0	1	1
Ohio St.	2	0	2

Photo by: Ohio State Athletics

Photo by: Kirk Irwin

Photo by: Ohio State Athletics

Photo by: Ohio State Athletics

Photo by: Kirk Irwin

Photo by: Ohio State Athletics

10/30/2026 9:36:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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Regular season ends Nov. 4 at Michigan

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State (7-6-2, 2-6-1) scored twice in the first half and held off visiting Northwestern (5-6-4, 2-4-3), 2-1, Friday on Senior Night at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (Att: 936).

In the 21' Andre Roberts fed Ryan Hannosh in the right side of the box where Hannosh was shoved from behind by Northwestern's Josue Pfrommer. The play resulted in a penalty kick for the Buckeyes. Martin Wurschmidt took the PK and scored, his sixth goal of the season, to make it 1-0 Ohio State.

24' | Wurschmidt scores on a PK to put the Buckeyes up 1-0! #GoBucks https://t.co/TJg61UJos6
— Ohio State Men's Soccer (@OhioStateMSOC) October 30, 2026

The Buckeyes made it 2-0 in the 43' when Nick Skubis started the action on a corner kick from the left side. The ball was deflected by Northwestern out to Roberts outside the box. He gathered and chipped a pass that was headed in by Isaiah Chisolm from the left side. It was his eighth goal of the season.

42' | Chisolm heads one in to make the Buckeye lead 2-0! #GoBucks https://t.co/I9drSijnYX
— Ohio State Men's Soccer (@OhioStateMSOC) October 31, 2026

Roberts has five assists on the season and nine for his career.
The Wildcats cut the Ohio State lead in half with a goal by Aaron O'Reilly in the 48'. Bryant Mayer and Andrew Millar were credited with assists.
McLaughlin got the start for the Buckeyes in goal. He is 11-8-4 in 23 career starts. He had four saves on the night.
The Ohio State Department of Athletics and its men's soccer program celebrated the careers of seniors Andre Roberts, Will Arnesen, Jacob Maisonneuve, Isaiah Chisolm, Ryan Hannosh, Christian Baumgartner, Elijah Bishop and Marko Borkovic during a prematch ceremony.

Andre Roberts assisted on both Ohio State goals in his final home game. OSU 2 NW 1 #GoBucks https://t.co/iKylDpZXr7
— Ohio State Men's Soccer (@OhioStateMSOC) October 31, 2026

Hear from Brian Maisonneuve after Ohio State downed Northwestern 2-1 on Senior Night. #GoBucks https://t.co/5qmrJWt3UT
— Ohio State Men's Soccer (@OhioStateMSOC) October 31, 2026

Up Next
The regular season ends Nov. 4 with the Buckeyes traveling to face Michigan in Ann Arbor. Match time is set for 8 p.m. with B1G+ providing the live stream.

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