Men's Hockey: Buckeyes Split Series With Alaska at Nationwide Arena

Ohio State's first home series of the CCHA season did not yield the results they had intended, but they were able to get two points against No. 14 Alaska last weekend in Nationwide Arena.

Friday, Ohio State C Danny Dries tied the game at 3 apiece with just 9.8 seconds left in regulation, his second goal of the game, and won it in a shootout to give the Buckeyes a second point.

The Buckeyes started the game sluggishly after a week off, but were able to pick up their play in the final two periods of the game.

After falling behind 2-0 early in the 2nd period, Ohio State responded with two goals and Alaska added a third to maintain the one-goal lead before Dries' put the game-tying goal past Nanooks' G Scott Greenham.

But Saturday, Ohio State fell 5-2, giving up three goals in the final 5:30 of the game after having a 2-0 lead early in the 2nd period.

The Buckeyes went 0-6 on the power play Saturday and gave up 4 goals in the third period, which led to the loss to Dallas Ferguson's Alaska squad.

Ohio State hosts Michigan at home in another CCHA series Friday at 7:35 and Saturday at 7:05 at Value City Arena.

Saturday was a good day for Ohio State. With the 37-7 trouncing of that team from America's wasteland, Ohio State stretched the streak to 2191 consecutive days since Ohio State lost to that team (or seven straight wins). Also, the Bucks have clinched their 6th consecutive Big 10 championship won outright or shared. Also, Boise State lost Friday night (Gordon Gee totally called it) essencially clinching a BCS berth for the Bucks. OSU is now 6th in the nation and can expect to play in New Orleans' Allstate Sugar Bowl (yes, the Bucks are in "good hands") or maybe a party in Glendale in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. No matter what happens, Ohio State will be playing in a big time bowl while M&ch$g@n might be searching for a new coach. Also, the dude that never learned how to tie shoes won't be winning the Heisman. As Ice Cube said, it was a good day.

Turkey Day Bashing, Jets Win 26-10 against Bengals

It was a great feast for the New York Jets thursday......With the main course being the Cincinnati Bengals (who are now 2-9) losers of eight straight....so far. The Jets on the other go on to 9-2 and prepare for a AFC East showdown with their most heat rivals the New England Patriots (who are also 9-2). The game for the Jets was almost a perfect showing, with production from the defense (two INTs and three sacks), the offense (a 13 yard strike from Mark Sanchez to Santonio "clutch" Holmes) and Special Teams ( a phenomenal 89 yard kick return from Brad Smith who was the Player of the Game with also a 53 yard run for a TD as well).

"He's a phenomenal athlete (Brad Smith), everything we ask he does for us" says Rex Ryan

Let's hope the Jets can repeat this performance in Foxboro next week as the Patriots will have their A game ready for this New York Jets Football team.

OSU Women's Soccer Program Blanks Hoyas 2-0, Advance to First Ever Final Four Appearance

History was made at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Friday night after the Ohio State Women's Soccer program shut out Georgetown 2-0 in their Elite Eight NCAA tournament game. With the win, Ohio State moves on to the semifinal round for the first time in program history.

The Buckeyes got on the board when Lauren Beachy converted a penalty kick in the 21st minute after Lauren Granberg was tripped up inside the box. Beachy scored not only her first goal of the season, but her first goal of her collegiate career.

The Buckeyes would then double their lead in the 53rd minute when Tiffany Cameron tracked down a long ball on the left wing, dribbled in and scored her 7th goal of the season by shooting far post over the head of Georgetown goalkeeper Jackie DesJardin.

From then on, the Buckeyes dominated possesion of the ball, outshooting Georgetown 17-8 for the game, including 5-4 on goal. Ohio State also had 7 corner kicks as compared to only 3 for Georgetown and Buckeye goalkeeper Katie Baumgardner recorded her 4th shutout of the season.

The Buckeyes will travel to Cary, North Carolina for the 2010 NCAA Women's College Cup this weekend to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game will be on Friday, December 3rd at either 4:00 pm ET or 6:30 pm ET.

Knicks Get Big Win against Bobcats, Continuing Winning ways

The first time the Knicks have had a five game winning streak since Jan. of 2006 when Larry Brown coached, ironically the Knicks picked up there 5th straight against the former coach who now coaches the Bobcats. Raymond Felton had a monster homecoming, getting 23 points and 13 assists in his return against his former team amongst family and freinds. The Knicks now 8-8 which is pretty impressive considering they were 3-8 not too long ago but they aren't satisfied and shouldn't be. They are 2nd in the "mediocre" Atlantic Division but still it could be alot worse for a team that is starting to hit it's stride.

Buckeyes Beat Virginia, Advance to NCAA Women's Soccer Quarterfinals for First Time since 2004

Another day, another close win for the Ohio State Women's Soccer program as the Buckeyes came out on top over the Virginia Cavaliers 3-2 to advance to the the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship. This is the first time that Ohio State has reached the round of eight since 2004.

The Buckeyes came out on fire in their sweet 16 match in Charlottesville, Virginia, getting an unassisted goal from Tiffany Cameron in the 2nd minute of play. Cameron beat Cavaliers goalkeeper Chantel Jones to the near post from 6 yards out for her sixth goal of the season to give the Buckeyes a very early 1-0 lead.

The Buckeyes would then double that lead when freshman midfielder Danica Wu scored her second goal of the season in the 26th minute. Wu took a cross from Lauren Steuer after a corner kick and scored from 6 yards out to give the Buckeyes a 2-0 lead.

Before the end of the half, Ohio State had a chance to make it 3-0 when minutes after the Wu goal, Lauren Granberg headed a beautiful cross from Steuer for a shot on goal attempt. Unfortunately, Granberg's header sailed just over the cross bar.

In the second half, Steuer put the Buckeyes up 3-0 when she scored in the 57th minute. Steuer scored her first goal of the season from 15 yards out following a rebound from a shot by Granberg moments earlier.

A mere six minutes later, the Cavaliers answered when Sinead Farrelly scored on a header that beat Buckeye goalkeeper Katie Baumgardner to the far post. Virginia cut the lead to one in the 81st minute when Gloria Douglas scored on a header that beat Baumgardner to the far post. The Cavaliers nearly tied the game with just under two minutes to go in regulation on a shot from Colleen Flanagan that just missed right of the post. From then on, Ohio State was able to hang on for the victory.

For the game, Ohio State was outshot by Virginia 22- 6, including 11-4 on goal. The Buckeyes had the advantage in corner kicks 4-3.

With the win against Virginia, Ohio State advances to the round of eight where they will take on the Georgetown Hoyas. The game will take place at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Friday, November 26th at 5:00 pm.

Santonio Strikes Again!!! Jets Win thriller

Santonio Holmes has been the winner not once, not twice but three times this weeek giving the Jets a 8-2 record for the season as the Jets continue to keep pace with the Patriots (who won there game today against the Colts today) this team seems to like to win the hard way as Houston scored first, then the Jets came furiosly back to get the the score at the end of the half 13-7. There onslaught continued with a Touchdown from the eventual Hero (Santonio Holmes) in the 3rd quarter and gave the Jets a comfortable lead heading into the Fourth. But no lead is sacred in this NFL season as the Houston came back and lead 27-24 in the closing minutes of the fourth (a Shonn Greene fumble, a Field Goal, and a Arian Foster run for a TD helped). But this team showed resiliency once again as a big catch from Braylon Edwards followed by the Play of the Game by Santonio Holmes all but seeled the victory for the Jets 30-27. Sanchez finished with 3 TD's and 1 INT, followed by Santonio Holmes's 7 catches, 126 yards.

"It's Just me playing football" said Santonio Holmes

Obviously the Jets aren't playing pretty football but at the end of the day they are finding ways to win which is the one thing that counts in the cutthroat NFL.

NOTES: OT Damien Woody left the game with an MCL injury and did not return to the game, he will probably miss the Thanksgiving game with Wayne Hunter replacing him.

Buckeyes Beat Dayton 4-2 on PK's, Advance to Sweet 16 for First Time Since 2004

For the first time since 2004, the Ohio State Women's Soccer program will be advancing to the sweet sixteen round of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer championship. Just like last Friday, the Buckeyes needed extra time to secure a victory, beating the Dayton Flyers 4-2 on penalty kicks.

It was a very hard-fought and physical match between the Flyers and the Buckeyes. In the 30th minute of play, Buckeye sophomore Tiffany Cameron tried a cross to junior forward Lauren Granberg. Granberg's shot unfortunately missed wide right of the far post. Granberg had another scoring opportunity five minutes later as she attempted to head in a shot from six yards out off of a perfect cross from Liz Sullivan, but that shot fell into the arms of Dayton goalkeeper Lisa Rodgers.

In the 65th minute, Paige Maxwell tried to drill a header from inside the 6 yard box, but Rodgers made a terrific save off the end line to rob Maxwell of a goal. In the 75th minute, Kristen Niederhaus made a perfect cross to Cameron on the far post. Cameron attempted a header that deflected off of the far post and into the arms of Rodgers.

The game would then go into overtime. With less than two minutes to play in the first overtime, Aly Walker had a shot that was blocked by a Dayton defender. After a mad scramble for possession, Danica Wu attempted a shot from 6 yards out, but Rodgers made yet another great save to deny the Ohio State scoring opportunity.

After a scoreless first and second overtime, the game went into penalty kicks. Both teams made their first two penalty kicks. Colleen Brady then made a third penalty kick for Ohio State. Dayton's Nicole Peterson then missed wide right on her shot attempt. Courtney Jenkins made her penalty kick soon after and Buckeye goalkeeper Katie Baumgardner made a diving save to her right on Juliana Libertin's penalty kick to seal the win for Ohio State.

With the win, No. 3 seed Ohio State will travel to Charlottesville,Virginia to take on the No. 2 seed Virginia Cavaliers in the round of sixteen next weekend.

What a weekend

Ohio State had a pretty extensive weekend in sports: fact. Friday saw a double overtime thriller in their first game of the 2010 NCAA Tournament for Women's Soccer and ushered in the Sullinger era in Men's Basketball: fact. For the Football team Boom Herron and the secondary go wild over Joe Pa's Blue Kitties: fact. Sunday saw the beginning of the end of the Lavender reign over Women's Basketball and another thrilling victory for the Women's Soccer team: fact. Each of these teams won their game: fact. It is now around 11 PM eastern time and Michigan still sucks: fact. This, in my estimation, was one of the greatest weekends in Ohio State sports history: opinion.

As Strong As Ever

The WCHA is the toughest conference in women’s college hockey.

That statement is not debatable.

Every national champion has come from the conference. And last week five of the top nine teams in the country were from the WCHA, including Ohio State at No.9.

Now keep in mind there are only eight teams in the conference.

If the Buckeyes ever needed a reminder they play in the best conference in the country, and I don’t think they did, they sure got one this weekend.

Ohio State lost Friday 5-3 and were outscored 3-0 and outshot 19-5 in the third period.

Saturday the Buckeyes lost 4-3 after battling back to tie it after a 3-0 first period defecate.

Ohio State was swept in Columbus by a WCHA opponent.

That WCHA opponent was unranked Minnesota State, a team that most people would have picked to lose both games.

However, the Mavericks proved once again there is not a single WCHA team that can be taken lightly and that any team can win any weekend.

Playing against the best teams and players in the country every weekend causes every team to get better.

With the new 3-point standing system more points will be rewarded this year than in any other year. In other words expect a logjam in the standings.

You are always expected to beat the teams below you in the standings, but if the first month of the season has taught us anything it is to throw out the standings.

The WCHA is the best conference in the country. Twenty Conference games so far have been decided by two goals or less this season. It is a tough battle every night for the players, but for the fans it is going to be a fun ride.

Jets Win Nailbiter in Cleavland

Santoinio Holmes's 37 yard TD reception sealed a too close for comfort game against The Cleavland Browns today. The Jets are now 7-2 overall and an impressive 5-0 on the road.

"You talk about how resilient this football team is; that's two wins in a row,
on the road in overtime" said head coach Rex Ryan.

Sanchez had an alarming injured calf, but fought through it to lead the Jets to victory,

"This was an easy game to lose" said Mark Sanchez, "One mistake could've lost it.
but we were resilient for another week."

In a bizarre game that saw the Jets trail 10-3 after a Phil Dawson kick in the second quarter and Jets kicker Nick Folk miss a career high 3 Field Goals that could've all but put this game away in regulation if he'd made those three, the Jets, like in Detroit was able to pull away a win. The Jets now go back home to face the Texans where Mark Sanchez saw his first NFL win last year. The Jets hope to start fast and finish strong and not have to rally back for a win for this upcoming game. With the win today The Jets continue to keep pace in the division (staying 1st for one more week) as the Patriots loom over the Jets for the divison.

Great Weekend To Be A Buckeye

If you go to Ohio State and don't follow their major sports (football and basketball), you may have still had a good weekend. But if you DO follow the teams, you're weekend was guaranteed to be awesome. I started off my weekend on Friday night by going to the Men's basketball home opener against North Carolina A&T. The game was a blowout as expected, but it was a good experience to see the new freshman class, as well as the veterans that should lead Ohio State to a pretty solid year. All of the returners played as I had expected they would (exceptionally well). I was particularly impressed with what Deshaun Thomas did coming off the bench. 24 points, including 2/3 from 3-point land. This team definitely has more depth than last year's, and could be more balanced. I would also like to mention that the NutHouse seats behind the benches are great. I look for big things to come.

Saturday morning I woke up around 7:30AM to eat breakfast with a few friends, and then we went to see "ESPN College Gameday" outside of the Horseshoe. The atmosphere around the stage as well as the atmosphere all day around the stadium was something special. It truly puts it into perspective that there aren't many better places to witness sports than at The Ohio State University.

I haven't even talked about the game yet. The stadium was hyped for the game, as was I, and the Buckeyes came out a little flat. The first half was rough,I was nervous. I was ready to prepare for my first in-person loss of my Ohio State fanhood. I should have known better, as the Bucks rallied to score some 35 unanswered points in the 2nd half. The night atmosphere along with the crazy excitement of a comeback was the perfect recipe for a great Saturday night experience. The stadium was rockin' for Torrence and Howard's pick-6's, as well as the incredible catch by Sanzenbacher off the tipped pass to Posey. If that play isn't the #1 play on SportsCenter, then ESPN is sleeping.

It was a good weekend all around to be a student at The Ohio State University. As a lifelong fan, I am truly living the dream.

Buckeyes Win Thriller in Double Overtime, Advance to Second Round of NCAA Tournament

It was a long match for Ohio State, but the end result was well-worth it as the Buckeyes beat the St. Francis Red Flash 1-0 in double overtime at the Jesse Friday night.

Despite having the huge advantage in shots (38-2) and corner kicks (19-1), Ohio State had a tough time putting the ball in the back of the net. Cassie Dickerson had an opportunity in the 32nd minute when she drilled a shot off a corner that St. Francis goalkeeper Lauren Fearer made a diving save on. The Buckeyes came out with guns ablazing in the second half as they recorded eight shots in the first 15 minutes in the second period. Danica Wu was thwarted by another great save by Fearer and Kristen Niederhaus had a shot from 20 yards out that just deflected off the crossbar.

In the 74th minute, Tiffany Cameron got behind the Red Flash defense and had a great scoring opportunity when Fearer ran out of her box and made yet another great save as Cameron loaded up for a shot. Cameron than had another opportunity in the first overtime when she attempted a shot within the 6 yard box, but missed it wide right.

The Buckeyes would have to wait until the second overtime period for victory when junior captain Danielle Scoliere scored in the 106th minute. Scoliere was able to convert a shot from inside the six yard box off of a beautiful cross from Lauren Granberg. It was the first goal that Scoliere had ever scored as a Buckeye.

With the win, Ohio State advances to the second round of the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship. They will take on either Virginia Tech or Dayton on Sunday afternoon at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at 1:00 pm.

Men's Hockey Dominates Chargers in Two-Game Sweep

In Ohio State men's hockey's first home series of the 2010-11 season, the Buckeyes were dominant in two straight games over the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers, winning 6-2 on Friday and 5-1 on Saturday.

Friday's 6-2 win featured a four-point performance from junior C Danny Dries including three assists, and two goals from linemate and senior F Peter Boyd.

Thanks to some stout Ohio State defense, the Buckeyes held UAH to just 15 shots on goal while putting 41 shots on Chargers G Clarke Saunders.

Saturday night, it took the Buckeyes until late in the second period to pull away from the Chargers, winning 5-1 while committing 8 minor penalties.

G Cal Heeter played strong once again for the Buckeyes, stopping 20 of 21 shots outdoing UAH G C.J. Groh, who stopped 44 of 49 despite the latter making a spectacular save on Dries by extending his stick to stop what looked like an easy goal for Ohio State.

The Buckeyes were able to gradually wear down the Chargers through the course of the game, methodically expanding the lead after giving it up early in the second period.

Ohio State's record went to 4-5 following the two victories, and the Chargers fell to 1-8-1.

Coming up next for Ohio State is a two-game series at East Lansing against CCHA and Big Ten rival Michigan State this weekend.

Ohio State to host First and Second Round of 2010 NCAA Women's Soccer tournament

The Ohio State women's soccer program, fresh off of their 2010 Co-Big Ten Championship, will host the first and second round of the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer tournament. Ohio State will play the North East Conference champion St. Francis (PA) Red Flash on Friday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. If they win on Friday, they will take on the winner of the at-large Virginia Tech Hokies and the Atlantic 10 champion Dayton Flyers at the Jesse on Sunday. Times have yet to be determined for Friday and Sunday's matches.

Buckeyes Defeat Michigan State 1-0, Clinch at least Share of Big Ten Title

November 5th, 2010 turned out to be a memorable night for the Ohio State Women's Soccer program as the Buckeyes defeated the Michigan State Spartans 1-0 on Senior Night at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. With the win, Ohio State clinched at least a share of the 2010 Big Ten title and could end up winning a consensus conference championship depending upon the result of the Michigan-Penn State match on Sunday afternoon.



Before Friday night's match, Ohio State honored 5 seniors that had given their heart and hustle to the OSU women's Soccer program for the last 4 years or so: defender and captain Lauren Beachy, defender Genna Brand, defender and three time captain Cassie Dickerson, midfielder Courtney Jenkins, and defender/midfielder Lauren Steuer. These Buckeye seniors have combined to make 270 starts during their time at Ohio State.



The winning goal came in the 14th minute when Paige Maxwell scored her 10th goal of the season by taking a beautiful cross from Lauren Granberg and beating Spartans goalkeeper Elizabeth Watza to the far post from eight yards out. The Buckeyes ended up outshooting the Spartans 7-3, including 4-0 on goal.



As previously mentioned, Ohio State has a chance to become outright Big Ten champions. If Penn State loses to or ties Michigan on Sunday afternoon, the Buckeyes will win the conference outright. If Penn State wins, the Buckeyes and the Nittany Lions share the conference title.



Ohio State will find out where they will be seeded in the upcoming 2010 NCAA tournament on Monday afternoon when they watch the selection show on ESPNU at 4:30 pm EST.

Buckeyes Succeed As Team, Individuals

Team: The Ohio State women’s hockey team took care of Syracuse in the first ever meetings between the two programs this past weekend in Columbus. The 5-1 and 6-2 out of conference wins came after the Buckeyes lost two close, heartbreaking games the week before in Wisconsin. With the wins Ohio State moved up one spot to No. 9 in this week’s USCHO.com poll, and is only two points behind No. 8 Minnesota.

(Note: Ohio State is also No. 9 in this week’s USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll)

The Buckeyes now face a 10 game WCHA stretch starting this week in Grand Forks, N.D. It will be Ohio State’s first look at a much improved, seventh ranked, North Dakota team.

Individual: Part of Ohio State’s early success can be attributed to the fact that a number of players have achieved individual accomplishments. Junior forward Laura McIntosh scored her 100 point on Oct. 29. Her classmate Natalie Spooner scored two goals in each game last weekend, and now has a nine game goal streak, 12 game point streak, and has scored a point in the last 20 series.

Also last weekend Ally Tarr got her first point as a Buckeye, and Amanda Boskovich and Becky Allis scored their first goals.

Three Buckeyes will be headed to Newfoundland to represent their country in the 2010 Four Nations Cup. The tournament will be held Nov. 9-13, and feature Natalie Spooner (Canada), Minttu Tuominen (Finland), and Annie Svedin (Sweden).

This leads to …

My Favorite Quote Ever: Ok first some background, last week to prepare for the radio broadcasts I was talking Annie Svedin about being named to the Swedish Four Nations Cup team and playing at Ohio State. One question I always like to ask athletes or anyone who goes to Ohio State and is not from Ohio, is what made them decide to come here?

I think being an out of state student myself I always found this interesting.

Annie’s response was something I had not heard before and I loved it.

She said when she came on her official visit to Ohio State,

“It was like heaven.”

Now, I have heard Ohio referred to as ‘God’s Country’ before, but I think Annie’s answer describes why we all go to Ohio State perfectly.

(If you are wondering I came here because I have a pure hatred for The University of Michigan and have been a Buckeye fan since I watched my first football game, the 1990 Hall of Fame Bowl. Ok, I really do not remember watching it since I was only 25 days old, but I am sure I did watch it.)

And just because I will take any excuse to play U2 ...