Ohio State Defeats Rutgers, 1-0, to Advance in Big Ten Tournament

COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 8 Ohio State (7-10-1, 2-6-1) defeated No. 9 Rutgers (7-8-3, 1-7-1), 1-0, in the Big Ten Tournament play-in-game to advance and play Indiana tomorrow at 1 p.m.

MATCH SUMMARY

Ohio State opened the match with a shot by Xavier Green that was steered wide by the Rutgers keeper and set the tone for the day.
Parker Siegfried made a couple of nice saves early in the contest to keep it scoreless through the first 20 minutes.
The Buckeye offense peppered the Scarlet Knights with nine shots and six on goal in the first half before going into the break scoreless.
Ohio State drew a foul in the 48th minute and to set up a free kick just outside the box. Bennati lined up a shot that was blocked and Xavier Green got to the rebound, but the shot sailed wide right.
Keeping the pressure on the defense, the Buckeyes continued to put shots in to test the Scarlet Knights before they connected in the 65th minute.
Jack Holland put a shot on target that was deflected out of bounds and resulted in a Buckeye corner. Holland booted a cross in front of the net and connected with Devyn Etling who headed in his team leading sixth goal of the season to put the Buckeyes on top.
Rutgers tried to manufacture attempts late but could not get past the Ohio State defense as the match came to a close and the Buckeyes advanced.

MATCH NOTES

Etling scored his sixth goal of the season bring his point total to 12 for the campaign.
Holland contributed his eighth assist on the year.
Holland increased his team leading point total to 18.
Parker Siegfried tallied his sixth clean sheet of the season bringing his career total to 18.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

Shots: Ohio State 15, Rutgers 6
Saves: Rutgers 7, Ohio State 3
Shots on Goal: Ohio State 7, Rutgers 3
Corner Kicks: Rutgers 6, Ohio State 3

UP NEXT

Ohio State will play host Indiana at 1 p.m. Sunday in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament.