COLUMBUS, Ohio – Eight players found the back of the net and Ohio State scored seven of the last eight goals of the game as the men’s lacrosse team defeated Air Force, 10-6, Saturday afternoon in the Showdown in the ‘Shoe at Ohio Stadium in front of 31,078 fans. The figure set a national record for on-campus and regular-season attendance, a mark Ohio State (7-6, 3-3 ECAC) has set and subsequently broken each of the last three years.
Buckeye leading scorer freshman Logan Schuss led Ohio State with four points off a pair of goals and assists and senior goalie Brandon Freeman made 11 saves, including five in the fourth quarter, giving the team its ninth win in the last 10 meetings with the Falcons (1-11, 0-5 ECAC).
The first quarter ended with a 3-3 tie after James Green and Mike Pires helped Ohio State to a two-goal lead to open the game. Air Force fired back with a pair of unassisted tallies from Zack Carroll and Green swapped scores with the Falcons in the final 5:05 of the period.
Air Force’s run continued into the second as it fired off two more, including a career-high tying third by Carroll, to give the Falcons their first lead of the game but Andrew Stimmel’s goal at the 3-minute mark sparked the Buckeye attack into action. With Stimmel’s score – his first this season – Ohio State started a 7-1 run that would span until game’s end.
Still down 5-4, however, the Buckeyes tied the game off a Jeff Tundo goal from Schuss with five seconds remaining in the half to send the teams into intermission with a 5-5 score.
After a fruitless nine minutes on both sides to open the second half, Paul Gaski scored for the Falcons at 5:44 to regain the lead for Air Force, but the Buckeyes quickly countered and took the game over by the close of the third quarter. Eddie Bambino tied it at six and Mario Ventiquattro scored what would stand as the game-winner with 1:17 to play in the third.
The Buckeyes would go on to add three insurance goals in the fourth with Mike Smail netting his sixth of the season and Schuss adding the final two to extend his team-leading points total to 43 (22g, 21a) this season.
The Buckeyes led the shot count 40-31 and held a 29-21 margin in ground balls.
Ohio State returns to action next weekend, hosting Bellarmine at 1 p.m. Saturday in Ohio Stadium and part of the ECAC Game of the Week series. The Buckeyes remain in the hallowed football stadium because of the Jesse Owens Track Classic at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
Postgame Notes
The attendance topped the mark of 30,192 last season and 29,601 in the inaugural event in 2008.
Schuss now has a team-high 21 assists and 43 points and is second with 22 goals. He has at least one point in all 13 of his games for the Scarlet and Gray, with multiple points in all but two.
Green leads Ohio State with a career-best 23 goals and has at least one tally in all 13 games this season.
Tundo is second for the squad with 12 assists and 32 points and ranks third with 20 goals. He is on a five-game scoring streak (9-8-17).
Freeman had double-digit saves for the ninth time this season.
The six goals scored by Air Force matched Ohio State’s opponent season low this season, set vs. Albany and Hobart.
Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)

Ohio State Lacrosse 2010
Air Force vs Ohio State (Apr 24, 2010 at Columbus, Ohio)
Air Force (1-11, 0-5 ECAC) vs. Ohio State (7-6, 3-3 ECAC)
Date: Apr 24, 2010  Location: Columbus, Ohio        Stadium: Ohio Stadium
Attendance:31078   Start time:11:05 pm  End time:1:05      Total time:2:00
SCORE BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Air Force………..  3  2  1  0 -  6
Ohio State……….  3  2  2  3 – 10
Air Force SCORING: GOALS: Zack Carroll 3; Vinny Sandtorv 2; Paul Gaski
1.
ASSISTS: None.
Ohio State SCORING: GOALS: Logan Schuss 2; James Green 2; Jeff Tundo
1; Mario Ventiquattro 1; Andrew Stimmel 1; Eddie Bambino 1; Mike Smail
1; Mike Pires 1.
ASSISTS: Logan Schuss 2; Jeff Tundo 2; Bryce Woodson 1.
Air Force GROUND BALLS: Bryan Gilbreath 3; Benson Oldmixon 3; Matt
Sanders 3; Zack Carroll 2; John DeBonis 2; Dayton Gilbreath 2; Tristan
Newkirk 2; Ben Cullen 1; Ridge Flick 1; Paul Gaski 1; Adam Paranka 1.
Ohio State GROUND BALLS: Scott Foreman 3; Keenan Ochwat 3; Joe Bonanni
2; Brandon Freeman 2; Kevin Mack 2; Brandon McLean 2; Brock Sorensen
2; Andrew Stimmel 2; Trey Wilkes 2; Eddie Bambino 1; Jarred Bowman 1;
Conor David 1; James Green 1; Scott Lathrop 1; Logan Schuss 1; Mike
Smail 1; Jeff Tundo 1; Mario Ventiquattro 1.
Air Force TURNOVERS CAUSED: John DeBonis 1; Bryan Gilbreath 1; Dayton
Gilbreath 1.
Ohio State TURNOVERS CAUSED: Scott Foreman 3; Conor David 2; Keenan
Ochwat 1; Brock Sorensen 1.
SHOTS – Air Force 31; Ohio State 40.
SHOTS ON GOAL – Air Force 17; Ohio State 20.
Penalties – Air Force 6/4:30; Ohio State 4/3:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES – Air Force 1-4; Ohio State 0-5.
TURNOVERS – Air Force 13; Ohio State 12.
FACEOFFS – Air Force 11-19; Ohio State 8-19.
CLEARS – Air Force 15-18; Ohio State 18-20.
GOALIES – AF: Matt Sanders 0-3 (60:00 minutes, 20 shots-10 saves, 10
GA); OSU: Brandon Freeman 7-5 (60:00, 17-11, 6).
Start time: 11:05 pm  Finish time: 1:05      Length of game: 2:00
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No. 18 Ohio State Welcomes 12th-Ranked Notre Dame Thursday
Buckeyes vs. Fighting Irish will be featured on BigTenNetwork.com; re-air on TV network Friday

No. 12 Notre Dame (9-4, 5-1 Big East) at No. 18 Ohio State (8-5, 1-3 ALC)
Date: Thursday, April 22 – 5 p.m.
Where: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (Grass/8,000)

OPENING DRAW
With just three games remaining in the regular season, the 18th-ranked Ohio State women’s lacrosse team welcomes No. 12 Notre Dame to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at 5 p.m. Thursday. The Buckeyes are 8-5 on the season, while the Fighting Irish are 9-4 and riding a four-game winning streak.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
The Ohio State-Notre Dame game will have live video streaming available at bigtennetwork.com for a $2.99 charge. It can also be followed via live stats, linked from the home page or women’s lacrosse schedule page of OhioStateBuckeyes.com, or Twitter (@OhioState_WLAX). The game will be aired on tape delay on the Big Ten Network beginning at 10 p.m. Friday.

RECORDS WATCH
With two assists vs. Vanderbilt April 12, senior Kelly Haggerty broke the all-time record for career points at Ohio State. The West Chester, Pa., native now has 131 goals and 93 assists for 228 points, passing Kristen Slahor’s 221 (82g, 139a) earned during the 2005-08 seasons. Haggerty is second all-time in career goals and assists, needing eight and 46, respectively, to eclipse the leader in each category.

DYNAMIC DUO
Kelly Haggerty and Alayna Markwordt are one of the most successful scoring duos in NCAA lacrosse. The pair has combined for 118 points, the sixth-most among Division I scoring tandems. Haggerty leads the Buckeyes with 30 goals and 32 assists, while Markwordt – the reigning ALC rookie of the year – is second with 35 goals and 21 assists.

MARGIN OF VICTORY
In games won, the Buckeyes have outscored their opponents 136-65 – a 71-goal difference and an average of 8.9 goals per game. Their largest win this season came against Cincinnati, 20-5, April 14 – the largest margin since exactly a year ago to date against Detroit (21-4).

ANNIE GET YOUR SAVE
Heading into the week, junior goalie Annie Carruthers led the ALC in saves per game (11.0) and save percentage (0.525) and is ranked third and fourth in the NCAA, respectively in the two categories. The Columbus Academy product made a career-high 22 saves against Northwestern March 24 and has had at least 10 in seven games this season. With 145 on the year, she is fifth all-time in single-season saves and needs nine to tie the fourth-place Megan Barnett and her 154 tallied in 1999.

DEFENSIVE DIVA
Maghan Beaudrault leads the team with 23 caused turnovers this season – nearly twice as many as her closest teammate (Gabby Capuzzi, 12). Her 1.77 caused turnovers per game ranks 30th in the NCAA and third in the ALC.

RANK AND FILE
The Buckeyes re-entered the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) poll at No. 20 April 5 for the first time since the March 1 edition and have since moved up two spots to No. 18. After being limited to receiving votes beginning Marsh 8, Ohio State has gone 5-3 with its losses coming at the hands of top-ranked and undefeated Northwestern, No. 10 Vanderbilt and No. 18 Penn State.

GONE STREAKING
Two Buckeye attackers hold point-scoring streaks of at least 20 games. Kelly Haggerty has notched at least one goal or assist in each of the last 31 games – the 17th-longest active streak in the country – while Alayna Markwordt has posted points in 27-consecutive games.

BIG GAME, SMALL SCREEN
Buckeye lacrosse made its debut on Big Ten Network last weekend with the Penn State game. The Notre Dame matchup Thursday will be streamed live on BigTenNetwork.com and then shown on tape delay on the television network at 10 p.m. April 23. The games will air intermittently throughout the week; check local listings for times.

SCOUTING THE IRISH
Notre Dame rides a four-game winning streak coming into Columbus Thursday, including two victories over ranked opponents in No. 7 Syracuse and No. 13 Loyola. The defense, led by goalkeeper Ellie Hilling, has been the deciding factor as it has only allowed 10 goals over the last three games. As a team, the Irish are 16th in the nation, giving up 9.08 goals per game. Jackie Doherty leads the Irish in ground balls (43, 3.31 per game) and caused turnovers (30, 2.31 per game) to also top the Big East in both categories.
On the attack, Gina Scioscia’s seven-point game (3g, 4a) in the team’s last outing vs. Cincinnati gave her a team-leading 39 points off 24 goals and 15 assists. Two others – Kailene Abt and Maggie Tamasitis – have more than 30 points, coming in at a tie for second with 33.

SERIES HISTORY
Notre Dame and Ohio State will meet for the 15th time in the all-time series with the Buckeyes narrowly trailing 6-8 through the first 14 games. In the last meeting between the teams, Feb. 22, 2009, in South Bend, Notre Dame came away with a 14-11 win. Rachel Hawes, Jayme Beard and Gabby Capuzzi each netted hat tricks, while goalie Kristen Gilwee notched 17 saves in the loss.

LAST TIME OUT
It was a tale of two halves as the No. 19 Ohio State women’s lacrosse team built a first-half lead but fell to No. 18 Penn State, 18-12, at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium last Sunday. Brittney Zerhusen and Alayna Markwordt paced the attack as the Buckeyes moved to 8-5 on the season and 1-3 in the ALC. Coming off a record-setting performance against Cincinnati Wednesday, Zerhusen finished with three goals and an assist, while Alayna Markwordt also posted four points with two and two. Annie Carruthers tallied 11 saves, including two on free-position attempts, and marked her seventh game this season with at least 10 stops between the pipes.

COMING UP NEXT
The Buckeyes close out their home schedule at 1 p.m. Sunday against Detroit. Five seniors will be honored – Laura Burke, Lindsey Burkhart, Rachael Cornicello, Kelly Haggerty and Lauren Sterner – for their four years at Ohio State. The Titans are 6-10 on the season and coming off back-to-back losses to LeMoyne and Longwood.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — After five-consecutive road games, the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team (6-5, 2-2 ECAC) returns to Columbus for a three-game homestand, beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday when the Buckeyes take on Denver (8-4, 3-0 ECAC) in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
Follow Along
Links to a pay-per-view video webstream through Buckeye Vision and a link to live stats can be found on the men’s lacrosse schedule pages at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. An audio broadcast can be found at OhioStateSports.net, with Evan Winkofsky and Sam Obermyer on the call.
One Week Till the Showdown
A week from Saturday (April 24) the Buckeyes will host Air Force in the third-annual “Showdown in the Shoe.” The game, held at 11 a.m. in Ohio Stadium before the Ohio State football team’s spring game, has set national regular-season and on-campus attendance records each of the last two years, including 30,192 fans in attendance at halftime to watch the Buckeyes and Notre Dame last season.
Tickets may be purchased at the Athletics Ticket Office, online at OhioStateBuckeyes.com, and through Ticketmaster. Tickets, which include both the lacrosse and football games, are $5 in advance or $10 on the day of the game (cash only), with Ohio State students who show a valid BuckID and children 6 and under admitted free.
Last Time Out
A team game that saw 14 Buckeyes post a point and a strong effort on defense helped Ohio State to a 14-6 win over Hobart last Saturday. Leading the way offensively for the Buckeyes was freshman Jeff Tundo with a team season-high five assists, while seniors Mario Ventiquattro and James Green each had a hat trick and freshman leading scorer Logan Schuss had two goals and an assist.
Three long poles scored for the Buckeyes – Joe Bonanni, Keenan Ochwat and Brock Sorensen – with Bonanni also chipping in a team-high three caused turnovers.
Buckeye Bio
Ohio State is 6-5 this year, with non-conference wins over Villanova, Detroit, Penn State and Albany. The squad is 2-2 in ECAC play, downing Quinnipiac and Hobart and falling at Fairfield and Loyola. The squad is averaging 9.73 goals a game, while allowing 8.73 an outing.
Freshman Logan Schuss has a team-high 18 assists and 35 points this year. Senior James Green is first with 20 goals and ranks fourth with 22 points. Rookie Jeff Tundo ranks second in goals (18), assists (9) and points (27). Senior Mario Ventiquattro stands third with 23 points and is tied with Schuss for third with 17 goals, ranking third with six assists.
Senior Brandon Freeman has started 10 games in goal and has 109 saves for a .571 save percentage. Freshman Ryan Brant has four appearances, including a start at Notre Dame, and has made 23 saves on 37 shots.
Freeman is first with 30 groundballs, followed by freshman Trey Wilkes, who has taken a team-high 159 faceoffs, who second with 26 groundballs. Sophomore Keenan Ochwat is third with 24.
Ohio State vs. Denver
Ohio State is 11-4 all-time vs. Denver and has won the last four matchups. Last year the Buckeyes posted a 16-10 victory in Denver.
The squads last met in Columbus in 2008 when Ohio State won 20-13 in Ohio Stadium in front of more than 29,000 fans. In Columbus, the Buckeyes own a 6-1 lead in the series with the Pioneers.

Denver Data
Denver, 8-4 overall and 3-0 in ECAC play, enters the game with the Buckeyes on a five-game winning streak, including home victories over Bellarmine (12-8) and Quinnipiac (14-10) last weekend.
The Pioneers are 14th in the country in scoring offense (11.25) and allow 10.58 goals per game. The sharp-shooting team ranks fifth nationally with a .355 shooting percentage.
Alex Demopoulos has a team-best 26 goals and 41 points and is second with 15 assists. Charley Dickenson is first with 16 assists and is tied for third with 21 points. Mark Matthews is second in goals (22) and points (29). Cameron Flint ranks third with 19 goals and is tied with 21 points. Colin Scott has 10 goals and assists to rank fifth with 20 points. Dillon Roy is first with 55 groundballs and 26 caused turnovers.
Peter Lowell has played nine games in the cage and is 5-1 with a 10.93 goals-against and .492 save percentage. Zander Buteux is 3-3 with a 9.66 GAA and .538 svpct.

Buckeyes Honored
Ohio State has received seven conference player of the week accolades this season, including a Rookie of the Week honor in five of the first eight weeks of the year. Jeff Tundo is a three-time honoree, including picking up freshman honors each of the last two weeks. Freshman Logan Schuss also is a three-time honoree with two rookie of the week honors (March 1, co-March and an offensive player nod March 29. Senior Brandon Freeman has been the league’s defensive player of the week (March 29), while classmate Mario Ventiquattro picked up co-offensive honors March 8.
Ohio State has had five players named to the league’s player of the week honor roll – Freeman (March 8, March 15), Scott Foreman (March 22) and James Green (March 22, April 12).
Tundo Rookie of the Week Again
Ohio State attackman Jeff Tundo has picked up back-to-back ECAC Lacrosse League Rookie of the Week honors after a career-high five assists and points vs. Hobart last week. Tundo is a three-time honoree this season, first winning the award March 15.
A native of Orchard Park, NY., Tundo had a team season-high and career-best five assists against Hobart, setting a career high in points. He had three assists in the first half, including helpers on goals with seven seconds left in the first quarter and three seconds left in the second. He had two assists in the second half, including one on a Mario Ventiquattro man-up goal in the fourth. Tundo had three shots and a groundball in the contest vs. the Statesmen.
Tundo’s five-assist game ties for the sixth-best single-game performance for the Buckeyes in program history, last set by Kevin Buchanan April 6, 2008 vs. Air Force.
Man-Up Madness
Ohio State is seventh nationally and first in the ECAC in man-up offense, converting 17-of-35 chances (.455). The squad was a season-high 5-for-10 vs. Detroit Feb. 27 and was 2-for-2 at Hobart last week.
Senior Mario Ventiquattro shares the ECAC lead with eight man-up goals this year and scored both for the Buckeyes last week.
De-Fense!
The Buckeye squad is allowing 8.73 goals on the year to rank 14th nationally. The squad held both Hobart and Albany to six goals, while allowing just seven to Notre Dame and Detroit.
For Starters
Senior Scott Foreman has started the last 45 games for the Buckeyes. Freshmen Logan Schuss, Jeff Tundo and Dominique Alexander have started all 11 games this season, joined by senior Mario Ventiquattro. Joe Bonanni has started the last 10 games on defense.
Career Marks
Seniors Mario Ventiquattro and James Green both recorded their 75th career points vs. Detroit Feb. 27 and enter the game vs. Denver with 93 points for the Scarlet and Gray. Green has 67 goals and 26 assists, while Ventiquattro has 69 goals and 24 assists. Green has played in a team-high 57 games for the Scarlet and Gray, starting 49. Ventiquattro and Scott Foreman are next with 51 games played each, with Foreman recording 46 starts.
Carrying On
Senior James Green and freshman Logan Schuss both have at least one point in all 11 games for the Buckeyes this season, with Green posting a goal in all 11 outings. Mario Ventiquattro carries five-game goal and point streaks into the matchup with Denver. Jeff Tundo has 12 points in his last three games combined after going scoreless the previous two outings.
Zach Rodgers has assists in his last two games, with Dan Wertz posting a 1-2-3 line in his last two outings.
That’s a First
At Hobart, freshman Joe Bonanni and sophomore Scott Morell both scored their first career goals, while junior Paul Beery had his first assist as a Buckeye.
Junior Tyler Dolphin had his first assist and point of the year and his first point since Feb. 7, 2009 vs. Detroit. Sophomore Brock Sorensen’s goal was his first of the season and the fifth of his career.
Schuss Stuff
Freshman Logan Schuss leads the Buckeyes with 18 assists and 35 points this season. He is second in the ECAC and 26th nationally with 1.64 assists a game and is third in the league with 3.18 points an outing.
Schuss has at least one point in all 11 games this year, with multiple points in nine. He has two six-point games, with two goals and four assists at Quinnipiac March 27 and three goals and three assists vs. Detroit Feb. 27. A three-time ECAC player of the week, Schuss also had a five-point game vs. Penn State March 6, including the overtime winner. He has two hat tricks and two four-assist outings as a rookie.
Tundo Talk
After he was held scoreless for back-to-back games, freshman Jeff Tundo has combined for 12 points, with seven goals and five assists, in his last three outings. He had a hat trick at Quinnipiac March 27 and posted a career-high four goals at Loyola April 3 before recording a career-best five assists at Hobart last week.
He is second on the team with 18 goals, nine assists and 27 points. He has a point in 9-of-11 games, with multiple points in eight. Tundo has three hat tricks this year and posted four points, with three goals and an assist, in his first career game vs. Villanova Feb. 13.
Tundo is 30th nationally in shooting percentage with his 18 goals coming on 42 shots (.486).
Green Game
Senior James Green ranks first for the Buckeyes with 20 goals, with two or more goals in seven games and at least one goal in all 11 outings. He ranks eighth in the ECAC with 1.82 goals a game and is fourth averaging 6.82 shots a game. He is first in the league with three game-winning goals this season. Green had 15 goals a season ago and a career-best 22 as a sophomore in 2008.
Super Mario
Mario Ventiquattro is third for the Buckeyes with 23 points, ranking third with six assists and tied for third with 17 goals. He has a point in all but two games on the year, with two or more points in seven games. He had back-to-back four-point games vs. Detroit (2g, 2a) and Penn State (4g) and had his second hat trick of the year last Saturday vs. Hobart.
Ventiquattro is 12th nationally with a .486 save percentage, with 23 goals on 35 shots.
In the Cage
Senior goalie Brandon Freeman, who has started 10 games this season, ranks 11th in the NCAA with a .571 save percentage. He recorded his 100th save of the season at Loyola and is third in the ECAC with 10.90 saves per game.

Have a Game
Sophomore defenseman Joe Bonanni had a career high three caused turnovers, two groundballs, held Hobart’s leading scorer off the scoresheet and scored his first career goal at Hobart last week. A starter in the last 10 games, he now has 14 groundballs this year (two in each of his last three games) and 11 caused turnovers to lead the squad.

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WLAX: No. 19 Ohio State Welcomes No. 18 Penn State Sunday
Contest will be aired on Big Ten Network at 5 p.m.

No. 18 Penn State (7-5, 0-3 ALC) at No. 19 Ohio State (8-4, 1-2 ALC)
Date:       Sunday, April 18 – 1 p.m.
Where:   Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (Grass/8,000)
TV:           Tape delay on Big Ten Network at 5 p.m. Sunday
Talent – Mike Wolf (play-by-play), Megan Mirick (expert analysis)

OPENING DRAW
Coming off a 20-5 thrashing of Cincinnati Wednesday, the No. 19 Ohio State women’s lacrosse team welcomes 18th-ranked Penn State to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at 1 p.m. Sunday in a pivotal ALC matchup. The Big Ten Network will broadcast the contest on a tape delay basis, with the re-air scheduled for later in the day at 5 p.m.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
The Ohio State-Penn State game can be followed through live stats, linked from the home page or women’s lacrosse schedule page of OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Live scoring updates also can be received via Twitter by following @OhioState_WLAX. The game will be aired on tape delay on the Big Ten Network beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday with Mike Wolf and former Buckeye Megan Mirick (1999-2002) calling the action.

RECORDS WATCH
With two assists vs. Vanderbilt last weekend, senior Kelly Haggerty broke the all-time record for career points at Ohio State. The West Chester, Pa., native now has 134 goals and 91 assists for 225 points, passing Kristen Slahor’s 221 (82g, 139a) earned during the 2005-08 seasons. Haggerty is second all-time in career goals and assists, needing nine and 48, respectively, to eclipse the leader in each category.

DYNAMIC DUO
Kelly Haggerty and Alayna Markwordt are one of the most successful scoring duos in NCAA lacrosse. The pair has combined for 111 points, the third-most among Division I scoring tandems. Haggerty leads the Buckeyes with 29 goals and 30 assists, while Markwordt – the reigning ALC rookie of the year – is second with 33 goals and 19 assists.

ANNIE GET YOUR SAVE
Heading into the week, junior goalie Annie Carruthers led the ALC in saves per game (12.2) and save percentage (0.541) and is ranked second and fifth in the NCAA, respectively in the two categories. The Columbus Academy product made a career-high 22 saves against Northwestern March 24 and has had at least 10 in six games this season.

IN THE MIX
Several Ohio State players are in the mix within nationally as statistical leaders.
Buckeyes in the Top 25 (as of April 12)
Kelly Haggerty
Points   55/12th
PPG       5.0/6th
GPG       3.1/16th
Assists  29/7th
APG       2.64/2nd

Alayna Markwordt
Points   51/24th
PPG       4.6/11th

Annie Carruthers
Saves    132/9th
SPG        12/2nd
Save %  .541/5th

Maghan Beaudrault
CTs         1.91/23rd

RANK AND FILE
The Buckeyes re-entered the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) poll at No. 20 last week for the first time since the March 1 edition and have since moved up one spot to No. 19. After being limited to receiving votes beginning Marsh 8, Ohio State has gone 5-2 with its losses coming at the hands of top-ranked and undefeated Northwestern and No. 10 Vanderbilt.

GONE STREAKING
Two Buckeye attackers hold point-scoring streaks of at least 20 games. Kelly Haggerty has notched at least one goal or assist in each of the last 30 games – the 19th-longest active streak in the country – while Alayna Markwordt has posted points in 26-consecutive games.

BIG GAME, SMALL SCREEN
Buckeye lacrosse is making its debut on the Big Ten Network Sunday. Ohio State’s game with ALC rival Penn State April 18 will be shown on tape delay at 5 p.m. that day. Its next contest, vs. Notre Dame April 22, will be streamed live on BigTenNetwork.com and then shown on tape delay on the television network at 10 p.m. April 23. The games will air intermittently throughout the week; check local listings for times.

SCOUTING THE NITTANY LIONS
The Nittany Lions (7-5, 0-3 ALC) posted a 1-1 record last week, defeating Lehigh, 14-13, on the road on Wednesday before falling to No. 1 Northwestern, 13-6, in State College, Pa., Sunday. Theresa Bucci, an Ohio native, had a productive week, scoring four, including the game winner, vs. the Mountain Hawks and then netted three more in the loss to the Wildcats. She currently leads the team in goals with 22 and ranks third with 26 points. Jen Steadman, the team leader in points with 30, was also active, totaling four goals and three assists in the two games. Penn State is 2-4 this season against opponents ranked in the Top 20.

SERIES HISTORY
The Nittany Lions have taken each of the last three meetings against the Buckeyes and hold a 12-4 record in the all-time series. Last season, Penn State beat Ohio State twice in University Park, earning a 13-9 win during the regular season and an 11-7 triumph in the ALC Championship.

LAST TIME OUT
Brittney Zerhusen finished with an Ohio State first-half record 10 points off five goals and five assists, leading the No. 19 women’s lacrosse team to a resounding win, 20-5, over Cincinnati Wednesday evening at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Eleven players scored for the Buckeyes (8-4), including the redshirt junior Zerhusen who broke the record for points in a half that had previously stood at eight set during the 1996 season by Mara Simpson.
Zerhusen now leads the team in goals on the season with 35 and is third in total scoring behind senior Kelly Haggerty and sophomore Alayna Markwordt, who finished the day with three goals and an assist, respectively. All 30 available players saw action in the game, including freshmen Alison Cahill and Sarah Fellows and junior Nikki Jones, who each saw their first career minutes as Buckeyes.

UP NEXT
Following the Sunday game with Penn State, the Buckeyes welcome Notre Dame, of the Big East conference, at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 22. The No. 12-ranked Fighting Irish are 8-4 on the season and scheduled to play Cincinnati this weekend.

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – A David Earl (Simsbury, Conn./Westminster School) goal with 1:41 remaining in the first overtime session gave the No. 9 Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team a 7-6 victory over Ohio State on Saturday afternoon at Arlotta Stadium. Earl and fellow junior midfielder Zach Brenneman (East Hampton, N.Y./East Hampton) both notched hat tricks for the Fighting Irish.

Notre Dame (5-2) trailed 6-4 entering the fourth quarter, yet the Fighting Irish defense held the Buckeyes scoreless throughout the final period and in overtime. Brenneman sliced the deficit to one (6-5) with his third goal of the day at the 8:49 mark of the fourth quarter. Brenneman has a team-best four hat tricks this season. Earl knotted the game with 3:20 left in regulation.

Ohio State (4-3) opened the game’s scoring 36 seconds into the contest on a goal from Mario Ventiquattro. James Green made it 2-0 in favor of the Buckeyes midway through the first quarter. Ventiquattro and Green both scored three goals for Ohio State.

Earl put the Irish on the board with 6:48 left in the opening quarter. Ohio State led 2-1 after the opening 15 minutes of play. The Buckeyes regained their two-goal edge on Ventiquattro’s second goal of the day.

The Fighting Irish used a 3-0 run to claim a 4-3 lead at the intermission. Junior long-stick midfielder Andrew Irving (McLean, Va./The Hotchkiss School (Conn.)) began the surge at the 11:34 mark of the second quarter with his first goal of the season. A Brenneman goal evened the contest (3-3) with 8:13 remaining in the first half. Brenneman gave the Irish their first lead of the game with 21 seconds left before halftime.

Ohio State answered Notre Dame’s 3-0 run with one of its own to start the second half. Ventiquattro completed his hat trick to tie the game with 13:44 remaining in the third quarter. Consecutive tallies from Green gave the Buckeyes a 6-4 lead heading into the final quarter.

Notre Dame out shot Ohio State 27-23. Senior goalie Scott Rodgers (Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur) made 10 saves in the victory, while his counterpart Ryan Brant also had 10 stops. The six goals were the fewest allowed by the Notre Dame defense this season.

Today was Notre Dame’s second overtime contest of the season. The Irish fell at Drexel, 7-6, in overtime on March 9.

The Fighting Irish will open BIG EAST Conference play next Saturday against Rutgers at Arlotta Stadium. Game time is slated for noon (ET).

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Backstopped by 11 saves from senior goalie Brandon Freeman and goals from six players, including seven tallies from freshmen playing in their first collegiate game, the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team downed Villanova, 10-8, Saturday inside Woody Hayes Athletic C enter in front of 934 fans. The game was the season opener for both the Buckeyes (1-0) and Wildcats (0-1).

Rookie Jeff Tundo, from Orchard Park, N.Y., led the Buckeyes with a hat trick and added an assist for four points in his first game for the Scarlet and Gray. Classmate Logan Schuss, a native of Delta, British Columbia, had two goals and an assist for three points. Freshmen Dan Wertz and Dominique Alexander also scored for the Buckeyes in their collegiate debuts. Senior James Green added two goals for Ohio State, with junior Mike Pires also scoring. Freeman had 11 saves in the game, with five in the second quarter.

“We’re thrilled to start the year with a win,” Nick Myers, Ohio State head coach, said. “Give credit to a great Villanova team. We’ve got a lot to learn in a short time. We did some great things and some young guys stepped up for us. We need to continue to grow and play smarter lacrosse. We didn’t play smart down the stretch and we let them get back in it. That’s something we have to look at and grow from.”

Ohio State opened the game on a four-goal run and led 4-1 after the first quarter. The first three goals all came unassisted from freshmen in the first 4:01 of the contest. Schuss found the back of the net at 13:23 and Wertz followed at 11:31. Just 32 seconds later Tundo scored his first of the game at 10:59. Tundo set up junior Pires on a fast break at 8:39. The Wildcats got on the board at 3:13 with a man-up goal from C.J. Small, assisted by Kevin Cunningham.

The teams combined for six goals in the second quarter, with Ohio State entering halftime holding a 6-5 lead. Tundo scored at 11:20 to make the score 5-1, followed by a goal from the Wildcats’ Mark Scioscia less than a minute later (10:24). There was no scoring until Villanova outscored the Buckeyes, 3-1, over the final 5:38 of the quarter. Jack Rice tallied at 5:38, answered by Schuss at 4:23. The Wildcats’ Paul Webber and Matt Bell scored at 2:52 and 1:33, respectively, to make it a one-goal game for the first time since early in the first quarter.

Ohio State scored twice in the third quarter and held the Wildcats scoreless to extend its lead to three (8-5). Green scored off an assist from Schuss at 10:50 and Alexander recorded his first collegiate goal at 4:49.

Green scored on an underhand shot just 31 seconds into the fourth quarter to give Ohio State a four-goal lead (9-5). Villanova then went on a three-goal run in less than two minutes to cut the lead to 9-8. Troy Higgins scored at 10:05 before Webber scored at 8:39 and Rice followed with a man-up goal just 20 seconds later (8:19). Tundo scored the final goal of the game with 2:40 remaining in regulation to put Ohio State ahead by two.

Shots were 32-25 in favor of Villanova in the game. Senior Brandon Freeman had 11 saves for the Buckeyes. Dan Gutierrez had three stops for the Wildcats.

Ohio State returns to action with a game at Bucknell next Saturday.

December 1, 2009
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OSU/Women’s Lacrosse Contact: Alissa Clendenen (614-292-0134; Clendenen.5@osu.edu)

Ohio State Announces Captains for 2010 Season
Trio of Buckeyes will guide team into season opener Feb. 14

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Head coach Sue Stimmel and the Ohio State women’s lacrosse team named captains for the 2010 season. Seniors Rachel Cornicello and Laura Burke, along with redshirt junior Brittney Zerhusen, were selected in a vote by their peers and coaches.

“All three captains are hard working, committed and have a great working relationship with the team and the coaches,” Stimmel said. “They each bring a different leadership style that complements the others. I am looking forward to working with them this season as we strive to get back to the NCAA Tournament.”

Cornicello, a native of Lynbrook, N.Y, played in all 17 games in 2009 and finished her junior season with four goals and 12 assists, including a four-point effort (1g, 3a) vs. Detroit April 14. The senior attacker also added tallies vs. Notre Dame, St. Bonaventure and California.

A product of Upper Arlington, Burke started at midfield in 16 games a year ago, finishing the season third on the team in draw controls with 27 and sixth in groundballs (21). Against California March 24, controlled a personal season-high five draws.

Zerhusen redshirted the 2009 season because of injury, but returns to the attack for 2010 hoping to pick up where she left off after a stellar sophomore season. The Sykesville, Md., native started all 18 games in 2008, recording a team-high 36 goals to tie for seventh in the program’s season record book. She also made her mark nationally, tying for fourth in NCAA after tallying seven first-half goals vs. Bucknell March 28.

The 2010 Buckeyes open the season Feb. 14 against William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va., before returning to Columbus for their home opener Feb. 20 vs. American. Find the complete schedule here.

Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com

Release: 08/04/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 2009 “Thumbs Up” event will feature the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team taking on Johns Hopkins Oct. 9, Ohio State head coach Nick Myers announced Tuesday. The fall-ball scrimmage will be held at 7 p.m. under the lights at Upper Arlington High School in Columbus.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Michael Robert Breschi Memorial Athletic Scholarship Fund, the largest memorial scholarship endowment in the Ohio State athletics department. The scholarship was created in memory of Michael Breschi, the son of former Ohio State lacrosse coach Joe Breschi, who passed away tragically in March 2004 when he was just 3 years old.

Myers is looking forward to going up against another STX-sponsored school to showcase lacrosse in the non-traditional season while also raising money for the MRB scholarship.

“We are excited to welcome Coach Pietramala and the Blue Jay lacrosse family to Columbus for the 2009 ‘Thumbs Up’ event,” Myers said. “It gives our men an opportunity to play the nation’s best and honor the memory of Mike. The Michael Robert Breschi scholarship goes to a senior lacrosse player every year and is regarded by our men as one of the highest honors one can receive in our program. We want to thank the Upper Arlington community for hosting this special event and Coach Pietramala for bringing his team out.”

Dave Pietramala, JHU’s head coach who led the squad to NCAA titles in both 2005 and 2007, and the Blue Jays will remain in Columbus the following day to attend the Buckeye football game vs. Wisconsin Oct. 10 in Ohio Stadium.

“The Johns Hopkins lacrosse program is thrilled about our opportunity to join with the Buckeyes in an effort to promote lacrosse in Ohio and to contribute to the Michael Breschi Scholarship fund,” Pietramala said.

MLAX: Ohio State to Host Air Force in 2010 “Showdown in the Shoe”
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Release: 07/23/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s lacrosse team will host the third-annual “Showdown in the Shoe” in Ohio Stadium prior to the football team’s spring game, Nick Myers, Ohio State men’s lacrosse head coach, announced Wednesday. Set for April 24, 2010, the lacrosse Buckeyes will take on Air Force in an ECAC Lacrosse League matchup before the football team takes the field for its intrasquad game.

In the inaugural “Showdown in the Shoe” matchup in April 2008, Ohio State downed Denver (20-13) in front of a then- NCAA regular-season and on-campus record crowd of 29,601. Last season, the Buckeyes and Notre Dame broke the mark when 30,192 filled the stands by halftime of an eventual Irish win (14-8). Fans continued to file into the stadium throughout the game, reaching upwards of 80,000 by the end of the lacrosse contest en route to the football spring game setting its own national attendance record of 95,722.

Myers looks forward to playing in front of another great Buckeye crowd and appreciates the support from the Ohio State Department of Athletics for the event.

“I would like to thank athletics director Gene Smith, associate athletics director Heather Lyke and head football coach Jim Tressel for the opportunity to take part in this record-breaking doubleheader for the third year in a row,” Myers said. “Our student-athletes truly appreciate the opportunity to play in front of thousands of Buckeye fans in Ohio Stadium, one of the most revered stadiums in all of sports. We are excited to give many fans of the Scarlet and Gray one of their first introductions to the game of lacrosse. Coach Tressel has gone above and beyond to support the Buckeye men’s lacrosse program and the growth of the sport by welcoming us into the stadium before the spring game.”

Tressel welcomes the chance to share the field with the lacrosse program.

“Any time we can help showcase one of our great Buckeye athletic teams, such as our partnership with men’s lacrosse for the spring game, it’s a great opportunity for the public to see the best of Ohio State,” Tressel said.

Lyke, who oversees the men’s lacrosse program as an associate athletics director for sport administration, is excited for lacrosse student-athletes to again have the opportunity to run onto the Ohio Stadium field in front of cheering Buckeye fans.

“We are looking forward to this memorable event for our student-athletes to compete in front of what we expect to be another attendance record for men’s lacrosse,” Lyke said. “What is unique about our premier lacrosse game is we get to host it on our campus in Ohio Stadium, one of the most special venues in the country, with tens of thousands of Buckeye fans cheering on the Scarlet and Gray. We appreciate the support the football program gives our lacrosse program in many ways, as this is definitely one of the highlights of being an Ohio State lacrosse student-athlete.”

Ticket information for the “Showdown in the Shoe” and the Ohio State football spring game will be released at a later date. Information will be available online at OhioStateBuckeyes.com.

Major League Lacrosse release
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Former Buckeyes Anthony Kelly (2000-03) and Ricky Pages (2005-08) have been selected to play in the eighth annual Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game, which will be held at 10 p.m. ET July 16th at INVESCO Field at Mile High in Denver and broadcast live on ESPN2. The Bud Light Skills Competition will be held at halftime; Kelly won the Hardest Shot contest at the event last year.

The game will feature an “Old School” vs. “Young Guns” format. The “Old School” squad is made up of players from classes prior to and including 2006, with the “Young Guns” featuring players from the 2007-09 classes.

Kelly, a faceoff specialist, is making his second-consecutive all-star appearance. He has played in five games for the Chicago Machine in 2009, winning 64-of-124 draws. Pages, a defenseman in his first year as a professional, has seen action in five games for the Long Island Lizards and has 17 groundballs to tie for fourth on the team.