Buckeyes Post 19-8 Road Victory vs. the Bearcats

Monday, February 16

Cincinnati, Ohio

3 p.m.

Ohio State

2-1

Cincinnati

2-2

Ohio State

Cincinnati

Buckeyes Post 19-8 Road Victory vs. the Bearcats

2/16/2026 6:25:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Callaghan scores six goals, Tyack posts seven points

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A combined 13 points from the duo of Camryn Callaghan and Kate Tyack led the Ohio State women's lacrosse team to a 19-8 victory over Cincinnati Monday afternoon in Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. The Buckeyes (2-1) led 9-5 at halftime and 12-7 through three quarters, outscoring UC 7-1 in the fourth quarter for the 19-8 win.

Callaghan had six goals vs. the Bearcats (2-2), while Tyack had two goals and five assists for seven points. Callaghan reached the 200 career point mark with her fifth goal on the day.

The Short Story
The Buckeyes scored four of the game's first five goals and led 4-2 after 15 minutes. Camryn Callaghan scored twice in the first 2:48 of the second quarter to complete a hat trick and put the Buckeyes up 6-2. The teams traded goals the rest of the half for a 9-5 Buckeye lead at the break. Goals from Zoe Coleman and Maddy Paz stretched Ohio State's lead to 11-5 at 7:29 of the third quarter. UC scored two of the three final goals in the quarter for a 12-7 game. It was all Buckeyes in the fourth, as they opened the quarter on a four-goal run, including two goals from Callaghan. After a UC score, the Buckeyes tallied three times in the final 3:16 to close out the game and win 19-8.

Callaghan had a team-high six goals in the game and Tyack posted seven points, including a career-best five assists. Coleman, Annie Hargraves and Paz each scored twice and Isabelle Osborn had a goal and a helper. Abby Boyle and Hargraves were first with three draw controls and Joceyln Torres made six stops in the Buckeye cage.

The Schedule Ahead

Ohio State takes on No. 1 ranked North Carolina at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Buckeyes will then return home for a three-game homestand, welcoming Detroit Mercy (Feb. 27), Robert Morris (March 1) and Vanderbilt (March 7).
Admission and parking are free for all Ohio State regular season home games in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium.

How it Happened

The teams traded goals to start the game before a three-goal Buckeye run.
Maddy Paz opened the scoring for the Buckeyes at 13:20, answered by the Bearcats at 10:32.
An Annie Hargraves free position goal put Ohio State up 2-1 at 9:10. Kate Tyack led Kampbell Stone with a pass and she drove across and scored at 6:47.
At 3:56, Camryn Callaghan scored on a free position chance and the final goal of the quarter came from UC at 2:35.
Callaghan tallied at 14:40 and 13:12 (free position) of the second for a hat trick and 6-2 Buckeye lead.
UC scored at 8:10, answered by Callaghan off an assist from Tyack with the Buckeyes player up, at 5:40.
Each team scored twice in the final five minutes for a 9-5 Buckeye lead at the half. For Ohio State, Tyack found Lindsey Moneymaker up high for a score at 1:59 and she drove the net and scored herself with 15 seconds left in the quarter.
In the third, Zoe Coleman opened the scoring at 11:03, picking up the ground ball off a rebound. Paz followed with her second of the day at 7:29, beating her defender to get to the front of the cage and score.
The quarter closed with two Cincinnati goals surrounding a tally from Buckeye Brooke Vinson in the final 3:18. Ohio State led 12-7 through 45 minutes.
Ohio State notched the first four goals of the fourth quarter.
Tyack found Callaghan in front at 13:43. At 12:24, Annie Hargraves got her own rebound in the air off a free position shot and put it past the goalie for a 14-7 Ohio State lead.
Coleman's second of the day came at 9:40 and Tyack and Callaghan again connected, again with the Buckeyes player up, at 7:54.
A UC goal stopped Ohio State's run for a 16-8 game with 3:37 remaining.
Three Buckeye goals in the last 3:16 ended the game.
Isabelle Osborn found Makena Harrington for her first goal of the year at 3:16 and then tallied a goal of her own on a free position at 1:53.
Abby Boyle set up Tyack in the middle with 50 seconds left for the last goal of the day.
Each team had 15 draw controls. Boyle and Hargraves each had three to lead the Buckeyes, while Audrey Rudolph and Moneymaker each recorded two.
Callaghan and Coleman were first for the squad with two ground balls. Ohio State had the edge in ground balls, 9-6.
The Buckeyes took 27 shots, putting 24 on cage, and held the Bearcats to just 18.
Buckeye goalie Jocelyn Torres made six saves in the cage.
Each team had 17 turnovers.

Buckeye This and That

Callaghan had a season-high six goals in the game. She now has 201 career points (167g, 34a). She has a point in each of her last 18 games, with a 48-11-59 line in the stretch.
Tyack's five assists were a career best, passing the four she had at Northwestern April 13, 2024. The seven points were also a personal high after a six-point game (5g, 1a) at Oregon last year.
Tyack and Callaghan are tied for the team lead with 15 points each. Callaghan is first with 10 goals and Tyack leads with seven assists. Tyack is first with two gamewinning goals.
Tyack is on nine-game goal and point streaks (20g, 28p).
Coleman recorded her seventh game with at least three goals.
Hargraves has 14 games with multiple goals and Paz now has three career two-goal games.
Osborn's goal was her first since March 1, 2025 and it was her first career assist and two-point outing.
Ohio State is 12-2 all-time vs. Cincinnati.