No. 25 Buckeyes Clipped by Rutgers, 9-8

Thursday, March 19

Columbus, Ohio

6 p.m.

Ohio State

6-3, 1-1

Rutgers

6-4, 1-1

Rutgers

Ohio St.

No. 25 Buckeyes Clipped by Rutgers, 9-8

3/19/2026 9:29:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

Callaghan scores three goals, Torres makes seven saves to lead Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 25 Ohio State women's lacrosse team fell to Rutgers, 9-8, Thursday evening in Ohio State Lacrosse Stadium. The Buckeyes battled back from a three-goal deficit late in the third quarter and tied the game twice (7-7, 8-8) but a Scarlet Knight goal with 2.2 seconds left stood as the gamewinner.

The Buckeyes are now 6-3 on the year (1-1 Big Ten) and Rutgers is 6-4 (1-1 B1G).

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Ohio State will play at No. 8 Johns Hopkins at noon Sunday in Baltimore, with the game televised by ESPNU.

How it Happened

Ohio State notched the game's first two goals, with unassisted scores from Brooke Vinson at 13:07 and Annie Hargraves at 12:12.
The Scarlet Knights went on a five-goal run for a 5-2 lead at the half. Rutgers scored four times in the final 10:06 of the first quarter and the only goal of the second at 5:42.
In the third, Kate Tyack opened the scoring at 14:28 for a 5-3 game. The Scarlet Knights notched the next two for a 7-3 lead.
Ohio State went on a run of its own to tie the game at seven.
Lindsey Moneymaker tallied with 1:58 left in the third for a 7-4 game.
A Camryn Callaghan hat trick, with goals at 10:54 and on back-to-back free position shots at 9:40 and 6:02 (player-up) deadlocked the game at seven.
The teams traded goals for an eight-all contest. Rutgers scored at 3:27, answered by Buckeye Kampbell Stone at 1:02.
With 2.2 seconds left in regulation, Rutgers moved ahead for the final time, 9-8.
Buckeye goalie Jocelyn Torres had seven saves, along with a team-high six ground balls and a caused turnover.
The Buckeyes ended the game ahead in shots, 24-21, and ground balls, 22-19. Rutgers had the edge in draw controls, 11-8.
Each team was 18-for-22 on clears. Ohio State had 19 turnovers in the game, Rutgers 16.
Katie Kaucheck and Darrien Furiness each had three ground balls vs. RU, with Furiness also causing two turnovers. Abby Boyle had a team-high three draw controls and Hargraves and Maeve Simonds each had two.

Buckeye This and That

Callaghan is first on the squad with 25 goals and second with 34 points. She now has 2202 career points (182g, 38a). Callaghan has a point in each of her last 24 games, with a 63-15-78 line in the stretch. The game was her fifth of the year with three or more goals.
Tyack extended her point streak to 15 with 36 goals and 48 points in the stretch. She has 24 goals and 11 assists for 35 points this year, with 106 points as a Buckeye (82 g, 24a)
Boyle leads Ohio State with 50 draw controls this year to match her total from last season.
Torres matched her career high with six ground balls, set last year at Maryland.
The loss ended a four-game winning streak for the Buckeyes and was the first time the squad was held below 11 goals this season