No. 22 Men’s Lacrosse Dominates VMI, 19-0 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/2/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
March 2, 2002%^$
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%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 22nd-ranked Ohio State men’s lacrosse team earned its first win of the season Saturday, dominating the Virginia Military Institute 19-0. Despite the rainy and windy weather conditions, the Buckeyes jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead after one period and led 17-0 by halftime en route to the big win.%^$
%^$Ryan Laffey (So., Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) and Lance Vitt (Fr., Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe) each scored three goals to lead the Buckeye offensive attack. Anthony Gilardi (So., Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) added two goals and two assists for the Buckeyes (1-2).%^$
%^$Ohio State wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, as Mike Norton (Jr., Timonium, Md./Calvert Hall), scored just seven seconds into the contest off a feed from Anthony Kelly (Jr., North Olmsted, Ohio/St. Ignatius). On the ensuing faceoff, Kelly ran straight down the field and scored again, just six seconds later, to bump the lead to 2-0.%^$
%^$Curtis Smith (Victoria, British Columbia/Oak Bay), coming off a four-goal performance last week at No. 7 Georgetown, kept the offense coming as he scored the first of his two goals on the day at the 12:39 mark of the first period to give OSU a 3-0 advantage. His second goal, on the extra man opportunity with 50 seconds remaining, was the Buckeyes’ final – and ninth – of the first period.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes did not let up in the second. Vitt notched the first two goals of the period in the first 1:08 of the frame, pushing OSU’s lead to 11-0. OSU scored six more goals over the next 8:15 to take a commanding 17-0 lead into the lockerroom.%^$
%^$After a scoreless third period, Vitt and Chris Brown (Fr., Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Scioto) added goals in the fourth period for the final margin of 19-0.%^$
%^$Ohio State outshot the Keydets 37-9 and won 19 of the 23 faceoffs. Three Buckeye goalkeepers stopped all eight VMI shots.%^$
%^$VMI falls to 0-2 with the defeat. The Buckeyes return to action Saturday at 4 p.m, battling Quinnipiac at Loyola College in Baltimore.%^$
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%^$No. 22 Ohio State 19, VMI 0%^$North Turf Field, Columbus, Ohio%^$March 2, 2002%^$
%^$SCORE BY PERIODS: 1 2 3 4 Total%^$VMI (0-2) 0 0 0 0 0%^$Ohio State (1-2) 9 8 0 2 19%^$
%^$GOALS:%^$VMI: None%^$Ohio State: Ryan Laffey 3, Lance Vitt 3, Anthony Gilardi 2,
Curtis Smith 2, Mike Norton, Anthony Kelly,
Josh Lesko, Bryan Mulford, Pat Myers, Pat Donohue,
Ryan Cosgrove, Chris DeSimone, Chris Brown%^$
%^$ASSISTS:%^$VMI: None%^$Ohio State: Anthony Gilardi (2), Anthony Kelly, Curtis Smith%^$%^$SHOTS: GROUNDBALLS: FACE-OFFS:%^$VMI: 9 VMI: 12 VMI: 4 of 23%^$OSU: 37 OSU: 20 OSU: 19 of 23%^$%^$SAVES:%^$VMI: 8 Brian Ward 8 (19 GA)%^$OSU: 8 Tony Russo 2 (0 GA)%^$ John Miller 1 (0 GA)%^$ Justin Lang 5 (0 GA)%^$%^$Scoring Summary%^$Q Team Time Goal Assist Score%^$1 OS 14:53 Mike Norton Anthony Kelly 1-0%^$1 OS 14:47 Anthony Kelly 2-0%^$1 OS 12:39 Curtis Smith 3-0%^$1 OS 10:15 Ryan Laffey 4-0%^$1 OS 9:32 Josh Lesko Anthony Gilardi 5-0%^$1 OS 7:00 Anthony Gilardi 6-0%^$1 OS 3:26 Bryan Mulford 7-0%^$1 OS 2:13 Ryan Laffey (2) 8-0%^$1 OS :50 Curtis Smith (2) (EMO) Curtis Smith 9-0%^$
%^$2 OS 14:44 Lance Vitt Anthony Gilardi (2) 10-0%^$2 OS 13:52 Lance Vitt (2) 11-0%^$2 OS 11:41 Pat Myers 12-0%^$2 OS 11:18 Ryan Laffey (3) 13-0%^$2 OS 6:39 Pat Donohue 14-0%^$2 OS 5:22 Ryan Cosgrove 15-0%^$2 OS 4:43 Chris DeSimone 16-0%^$2 OS 3:26 Anthony Gilardi (2) (EMO) 17-0%^$
%^$4 OS 9:33 Lance Vitt (3) 18-0%^$4 OS 3:25 Chris Brown 19-0%^$
%^$Attendance: 361
