COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Buckeyes received goals from six players and points from 14 total as the Ohio State men’s hockey team defeated Robert Morris, 7-4, Saturday in Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Sophomore C.J. Severyn led the Buckeyes with a career-high two goals, with classmate Peter Boyd adding a career-high three points on a goal and two assists. Cleveland native John Albert added two assists in the win, which extended the Buckeyes’ winning streak to four.
The Buckeyes led 2-0 after the first period. Severyn put the Buckeyes on the board just 34 seconds into the game, intercepting a Colonial clearing attempt inside the blue line and scoring from the high slot for his second goal of the year. At 16:17 Sergio Somma tallied, from Boyd and freshman Sean Duddy. The Buckeyes held the Colonials scoreless on four power-play chances in the period, with 2:49 of 5-on-3 action. The first two-man chance for the Colonials spanned 1:07, with Ohio State not allowing a shot on goal. A second opportunity for 1:42 came at 11:29 and Buckeye sophomore goalie Dustin Carlson stopped all five shots on the 5-on-3. The Buckeyes outshot Robert Morris in the period, 13-9, and were 0-for-1 on the power play.
The teams combined for five goals in the second period, with the Buckeyes leading, 5-2, after two. Severyn added his second goal of the game at 7:33, assisted by freshman Cory Schneider, marking his first career assist, and Kyle Reed, to give the Buckeyes a 3-0 lead. The Colonials tallied twice in 2:08, with Chris Margott scoring at 11:00 and Nathan Longpre scoring on the power play at 13:08, cutting the Buckeye lead to one (3-2). The Buckeyes scored twice in the final 3:06. Sophomore Shane Sims scored his first goal of the season on the power play at 16:54, assisted by Boyd and Albert. Freshman Zac Dalpe scored on a breakaway at 17:31, assisted by Albert. The Buckeyes outshot Robert Morris, 16-6, in the period. Robert Morris scored on its one power-play chance and Ohio State was 1-for-2.
The teams added four goals in the third period, with all coming in the final 5:49. Boyd scored at 14:11, assisted by Cleveland (Solon) native Chris Reed and Patrick Schafer, who played juniors in Cleveland. RMU responded 20 seconds later on a goal from Dave Cowan. Hunter Bishop added the seventh Buckeye goal 29 seconds later, with assists coming from Ian Boots and Corey Elkins. The Colonials closed out the scoring with a 5-on-3 goal at 17:25. The Colonials outshot Ohio State in the period, 16-11. The Colonials were 1-for-3 on the power play, with Ohio State 0-for-1.
For the game, Ohio State outshot the Colonials, 40-31. Carlson had 27 saves in 59:48. RMU’s Wes Russell started and took the loss, allowing five goals and making 21 saves in the 37:31. Brooks Osgergard closed out the game, with 12 saves and two goals allowed in 22:29.
Ohio State was 1-for-4 on the power play in the game, with Robert Morris 2-for-8.
Postgame Notes
The Buckeyes will close out first-half play with a home series with Bentley next weekend. The teams will meet at 7:05 p.m. Friday and 8:05 p.m. Saturday in Value City Arena in Columbus.
The Buckeyes scored the most goals since a 9-3 victory over Bowling Green Nov. 18, 2006.
Severyn has three goals in his last three games combined.
Bishop has a goal in four-consecutive games.
Albert is on a four-game scoring streak, with 2-4-6 totals and two points in each of his last two games.
Boots has at least one point in each of the last four games, with a 2-3-5 line.
Boyd tied the team’s season high with three points. It was the fourth two-assist game of his career.
Courtesy Leann Parker
Ohio State Athletics
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Men's Swimming: Buckeyes Excel on Day One of OSU Invite
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 11 Ohio State men’s swimming and diving team shined on day one of the 2008 Ohio State Invitational, winning four out of six events. The Buckeyes lead the field of 13 teams with 379.5 points.
“I am really pleased with the way our team competed tonight,” Bill Wadley, head men’s swimming coach, said. “There are some excellent swimmers and teams in the meet and I’m proud how the guys took on the challenge and stepped up.”
The team top-five standings after day one look like this: Ohio State is followed by Minnesota (276.5), Penn State (200), Notre Dame (132) and Cleveland State (87).
The evening opened up with a terrific first event in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Ohio State finished just .62 behind the winning Minnesota squad. The Gophers finished in an NCAA “B” time of 1:19.00, while the Buckeye quad of junior Joel Elber, junior Andrew Bretscher, freshman Lincoln Fahrbach and senior Felipe Travesso took second in a “B” time of 1:19.62.
The night kept getting better as the 500 freestyle saw another exciting neck-and-neck finish. Junior George Markovic bested Minnesota’s Ray Betuzzi by .02, setting a new meet record in an NCAA “B” time of 4:22.62. Classmates Stefan Sigrist (4:23.97) and Mark Neiman (4:24.53) also earned “B” times and finished third and fourth. Senior Jacob Busch took eighth (4:30.25).
Adding to the Buckeye win column was Niksa Roki in the 200 individual medley. The junior captured first in a meet record and an NCAA “B” time of 1:45.87, while breaking the school record set by Nate King (1:46.29) in the spring of 2007.
“I didn’t expect to break the record,” Roki, from Zagreb, Croatia, said. “I just wanted to concentrate on my turns. I saw the others behind me and I knew I was on the right track.”
Also representing Ohio State in the 200 IM final were sophomore Justin Farra, freshman Markus Sievers, junior Andrew Olson and freshman Austin Mudd. Farra finished fourth, Sievers took fifth, Olson swam in at sixth and Mudd finished seventh.
In the 50 freestyle, Elber and Minnesota’s Colin Lee-To swam to a first-place tie in 20.15. Fahrbach took fifth in 20.40.
Taking a break from the competition pool, the Buckeye one-meter diving trio was led by junior Burkley Showe, who finished second with 395.05 points. Sophomore Sean Moore took fourth (349.75) and junior Ryan Jefferson finished eighth (307.95).
Capping off the night was another tight finish in the 400-medley relay. The team of freshman Andrew Elliott, Travesso, Bretscher and Elber outlasted Penn State to take first in a “B” time of 3:12.99.
The Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invite continues Saturday at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. and finals are at 5 p.m. There is no admission charge to watch the action.
Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invite
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion; Columbus, Ohio
Team Scores: 1. Ohio State 379.5; 2. Minnesota 285.5; 3. Penn State 200; 4. Notre Dame 132; 5. Cleveland State 87; 6. Purdue 44; 7. Miami (Fla.) 16; 8. Duke 7; 9. Indiana 5.
Friday Event Winners: 200 freestyle relay – 1. Minnesota (1:19.00); 2. Elber, Bretscher, Fahrbach, Travesso – Ohio State (1:19.62); 500 freestyle – 1. Markovic, Ohio State (4:27.48); 200 individual medley – 1. Roki, Ohio State (1:45.87); 50 freestyle – T1. Elber, Ohio State (20.15); T1. Lee-To, Minnesota (20.15) One-meter diving – 1. Boudia, Purdue (419.85); 2. Showe, Ohio State (395.05); 400 medley relay – 1. Elliott, Travesso, Bretscher, Elber – Ohio State (3:12.99).
“I am really pleased with the way our team competed tonight,” Bill Wadley, head men’s swimming coach, said. “There are some excellent swimmers and teams in the meet and I’m proud how the guys took on the challenge and stepped up.”
The team top-five standings after day one look like this: Ohio State is followed by Minnesota (276.5), Penn State (200), Notre Dame (132) and Cleveland State (87).
The evening opened up with a terrific first event in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Ohio State finished just .62 behind the winning Minnesota squad. The Gophers finished in an NCAA “B” time of 1:19.00, while the Buckeye quad of junior Joel Elber, junior Andrew Bretscher, freshman Lincoln Fahrbach and senior Felipe Travesso took second in a “B” time of 1:19.62.
The night kept getting better as the 500 freestyle saw another exciting neck-and-neck finish. Junior George Markovic bested Minnesota’s Ray Betuzzi by .02, setting a new meet record in an NCAA “B” time of 4:22.62. Classmates Stefan Sigrist (4:23.97) and Mark Neiman (4:24.53) also earned “B” times and finished third and fourth. Senior Jacob Busch took eighth (4:30.25).
Adding to the Buckeye win column was Niksa Roki in the 200 individual medley. The junior captured first in a meet record and an NCAA “B” time of 1:45.87, while breaking the school record set by Nate King (1:46.29) in the spring of 2007.
“I didn’t expect to break the record,” Roki, from Zagreb, Croatia, said. “I just wanted to concentrate on my turns. I saw the others behind me and I knew I was on the right track.”
Also representing Ohio State in the 200 IM final were sophomore Justin Farra, freshman Markus Sievers, junior Andrew Olson and freshman Austin Mudd. Farra finished fourth, Sievers took fifth, Olson swam in at sixth and Mudd finished seventh.
In the 50 freestyle, Elber and Minnesota’s Colin Lee-To swam to a first-place tie in 20.15. Fahrbach took fifth in 20.40.
Taking a break from the competition pool, the Buckeye one-meter diving trio was led by junior Burkley Showe, who finished second with 395.05 points. Sophomore Sean Moore took fourth (349.75) and junior Ryan Jefferson finished eighth (307.95).
Capping off the night was another tight finish in the 400-medley relay. The team of freshman Andrew Elliott, Travesso, Bretscher and Elber outlasted Penn State to take first in a “B” time of 3:12.99.
The Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invite continues Saturday at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. and finals are at 5 p.m. There is no admission charge to watch the action.
Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invite
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion; Columbus, Ohio
Team Scores: 1. Ohio State 379.5; 2. Minnesota 285.5; 3. Penn State 200; 4. Notre Dame 132; 5. Cleveland State 87; 6. Purdue 44; 7. Miami (Fla.) 16; 8. Duke 7; 9. Indiana 5.
Friday Event Winners: 200 freestyle relay – 1. Minnesota (1:19.00); 2. Elber, Bretscher, Fahrbach, Travesso – Ohio State (1:19.62); 500 freestyle – 1. Markovic, Ohio State (4:27.48); 200 individual medley – 1. Roki, Ohio State (1:45.87); 50 freestyle – T1. Elber, Ohio State (20.15); T1. Lee-To, Minnesota (20.15) One-meter diving – 1. Boudia, Purdue (419.85); 2. Showe, Ohio State (395.05); 400 medley relay – 1. Elliott, Travesso, Bretscher, Elber – Ohio State (3:12.99).
Women's Swimming: Day One Done at Ohio State Invite
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State sits in fourth-place out of 15 teams after the first day of competition at the 2009 Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invite. The Buckeyes have 106 points while Minnesota, the defending Big Ten Conference champion, leads with 406 points.
Second-place Penn State (231), third-place Notre Dame (149) and fifth-place Miami-Fla. (80) points round out the top five teams.
While the Golden Gophers won all five swimming events, Ohio State swimmers bettered the team’s season bests in four of the five swimming events.
“We are looking at this invite as a gauge to see where we are right now,” Ohio State coach Bill Dorenkott said. “I was pleased with our morning swims in the prelims because we were the only team to not wear racing suits and we still had season-best times in about 80 percent of our swims. I really felt our 500 freestyle and 200 individual medley swimmers performed very well.”
In the 500 freestyle, Ohio State had two swimmers score points: sophomore Sam Cheverton and junior Haley Mitchell placed 11th and 14th, respectively. Cheverton’s time of 4:49.39 bettered the team season best by 10 seconds and it was under the NCAA “B” qualifying standard. The sophomore has now made “B” cuts in two events this year: the 200 IM and the 200 backstroke. Mitchell’s time was 4:55.01.
And in the 200 individual medley, Ohio State freshman Lisa Narum was a finalist and produced Ohio State’s highest event finish of the evening with a sixth-place effort in a team-best time of 2:03.71. Also scoring for the Buckeyes in this event was junior Jill Lockhart, who was 13th in 2:06.46.
The Buckeyes 200 freestyle relay team of Narum, Cheverton, Mitchell and Meg Noble took seventh in an OSU season’s best time of 1:36.21. And the 400 medley relay of Lockhart, Catherine Eitel, Cheverton and Narum posted another season’s best time of 3:48.69, good for seventh place.
Sophomore divers Kristen Asman and Katie Bell produced top eight finishes on the three-meter springboard for Ohio State. Asman placed fifth with 296.65 points and Bell was seventh with 269.70 points.
The Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invite continues Saturday at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. and finals are at 5 p.m. There is no admission charge to watch the action.
Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invite
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion; Columbus, Ohio
Team Scores: 1. Minnesota 406 2. Penn State 231 3. Notre Dame 149 4. Ohio State 106 5. Miami 80 6. Bowling Green 73 7. Indiana 47 8. Duke 30 9. Purdue 27 10. South Carolina 1.
Friday Event Winners: 200 freestyle relay – 1. Minnesota (1:29.49); 7. Narum, Cheverton, Mitchell, Noble, Ohio State (1:36.21); 500 freestyle – 1. Kobayashi, Minnesota (4:40.42); 11. Cheverton, Ohio State (4:49.39); 200 individual medley – 1. Tyler, Minnesota (1:58.67); 6. Narum, Ohio State (2:03.71); 50 freestyle – 1. Busack, Minnesota, (22.37); Three-meter diving – 1. Loukas, Indiana (363.90); 5. Asman, Ohio State (58.43); 400 medley relay – 1. Minnesota (3:35.69); 7. Lockhart, Eitel, Cheverton, Narum, Ohio State (3:48.69).
Courtesy Jerry Emig
Ohio State Athletics
Second-place Penn State (231), third-place Notre Dame (149) and fifth-place Miami-Fla. (80) points round out the top five teams.
While the Golden Gophers won all five swimming events, Ohio State swimmers bettered the team’s season bests in four of the five swimming events.
“We are looking at this invite as a gauge to see where we are right now,” Ohio State coach Bill Dorenkott said. “I was pleased with our morning swims in the prelims because we were the only team to not wear racing suits and we still had season-best times in about 80 percent of our swims. I really felt our 500 freestyle and 200 individual medley swimmers performed very well.”
In the 500 freestyle, Ohio State had two swimmers score points: sophomore Sam Cheverton and junior Haley Mitchell placed 11th and 14th, respectively. Cheverton’s time of 4:49.39 bettered the team season best by 10 seconds and it was under the NCAA “B” qualifying standard. The sophomore has now made “B” cuts in two events this year: the 200 IM and the 200 backstroke. Mitchell’s time was 4:55.01.
And in the 200 individual medley, Ohio State freshman Lisa Narum was a finalist and produced Ohio State’s highest event finish of the evening with a sixth-place effort in a team-best time of 2:03.71. Also scoring for the Buckeyes in this event was junior Jill Lockhart, who was 13th in 2:06.46.
The Buckeyes 200 freestyle relay team of Narum, Cheverton, Mitchell and Meg Noble took seventh in an OSU season’s best time of 1:36.21. And the 400 medley relay of Lockhart, Catherine Eitel, Cheverton and Narum posted another season’s best time of 3:48.69, good for seventh place.
Sophomore divers Kristen Asman and Katie Bell produced top eight finishes on the three-meter springboard for Ohio State. Asman placed fifth with 296.65 points and Bell was seventh with 269.70 points.
The Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invite continues Saturday at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Preliminaries begin at 10 a.m. and finals are at 5 p.m. There is no admission charge to watch the action.
Ohio State Swimming and Diving Invite
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion; Columbus, Ohio
Team Scores: 1. Minnesota 406 2. Penn State 231 3. Notre Dame 149 4. Ohio State 106 5. Miami 80 6. Bowling Green 73 7. Indiana 47 8. Duke 30 9. Purdue 27 10. South Carolina 1.
Friday Event Winners: 200 freestyle relay – 1. Minnesota (1:29.49); 7. Narum, Cheverton, Mitchell, Noble, Ohio State (1:36.21); 500 freestyle – 1. Kobayashi, Minnesota (4:40.42); 11. Cheverton, Ohio State (4:49.39); 200 individual medley – 1. Tyler, Minnesota (1:58.67); 6. Narum, Ohio State (2:03.71); 50 freestyle – 1. Busack, Minnesota, (22.37); Three-meter diving – 1. Loukas, Indiana (363.90); 5. Asman, Ohio State (58.43); 400 medley relay – 1. Minnesota (3:35.69); 7. Lockhart, Eitel, Cheverton, Narum, Ohio State (3:48.69).
Courtesy Jerry Emig
Ohio State Athletics
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Athletics: Ohio State Leads Conference with 80 Fall Academic All-Big Ten Selections
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State ranked first in the Big Ten with 80 student-athletes named to the Big Ten Fall Academic All-Conference team, the conference announced Wednesday. Ohio State had academic honorees in all seven eligible fall sports.
To be eligible for an Academic All-Big Ten selection, a student-athlete must be a letterwinner in at least their second academic year and carry a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better. In all, 682 conference student-athletes were honored.
The Buckeye football program led the way with 26 honorees, followed by the men’s soccer team with 13 selections. Field hockey sophomore Alicia Anzivine maintained a 4.0 grade point average. Senior Brian Robiskie was one of eight football student-athletes to capture ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors. Robiskie was again a first-team recipient after earning first-team laurels in 2007.
Courtesy Leann Parker
Assistant Director
Ohio State Athletics Communications
To be eligible for an Academic All-Big Ten selection, a student-athlete must be a letterwinner in at least their second academic year and carry a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better. In all, 682 conference student-athletes were honored.
The Buckeye football program led the way with 26 honorees, followed by the men’s soccer team with 13 selections. Field hockey sophomore Alicia Anzivine maintained a 4.0 grade point average. Senior Brian Robiskie was one of eight football student-athletes to capture ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors. Robiskie was again a first-team recipient after earning first-team laurels in 2007.
Courtesy Leann Parker
Assistant Director
Ohio State Athletics Communications
SB: Buckeyes Sign Three to NCAA National Letters of Intent
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State softball team has signed three high school seniors to NCAA National Letters of Intent to compete for the Buckeyes, head coach Linda Kalafatis announced. Megan Coletta, Melanie Nichols and Julia Pecina will join the team for the 2009-10 campaign.
All three players hail from southern California. Coletta and Pecina compete for rival high schools, but have been teammates on their SoCal Wicked club team for six years, while Nichols is a member of SoCal Explosion Gold.
“This is a small, but very talented class,” Kalafatis said. “We are confident that they will add continued depth to our team and to the bright future of Ohio State Softball.”
Coletta is a four-year letterwinner with Sonora High School in La Habra, Calif., and a six-year member of the SoCal Wicked travel club team under head coach Dave Limon. A shortstop and third baseman, Coletta holds a .393 batting average and .975 fielding percentage through three seasons of high school softball. She is a three-time captain and second team all-league player. Coletta also lettered in basketball, winning defensive player of the year honors in 2007.
Kalafatis on Coletta: “Megan was our first commitment in the class and we are very excited to have her. She loves the game – you can tell by her style of play and the way that she carries herself on the field. She is a terrific defensive player and has developed into an offensive threat with good speed.”
Nichols, a four-year starting pitcher at San Jacinto High School, signs with the Buckeyes after finishing her junior season with a .682 ERA and 251 strikeouts in 144 innings. She helped her team to three-consecutive Mountain Pass League championships and earned league MVP honors each of the last two seasons. As a member of SoCal Explosion Gold, Nichols and the team finished fourth at the ASA 18U Gold Nationals.
Kalafatis on Nichols: “Melanie has good size and fields her position well. She also throws in the mid-60s with a good array of pitches. We will need her to step in and pitch right away, and her experience at the 18U Gold level against top competition has prepared Mel for that. I believe that she is one of the best pitchers in this 2009 recruiting class.”
Pecina is a four-year starter with the La Habra High School softball team and seven-year member of SoCal Wicked, along with Coletta. She is a two-time All-Freeway League player with La Habra and the 2007 Offensive Player of the Year. Pecina also lettered in water polo for three seasons and earned all-league and All-CIF honors.
Kalafatis on Pecina: “Julia is a terrific athlete. She is highly-motivated and loves to work hard and train hard. She can play at either second base or in the outfield and her athleticism will be an asset at each position.”
Courtesy Alissa Clendenen
Assistant Director │Ohio State Athletics Communications
All three players hail from southern California. Coletta and Pecina compete for rival high schools, but have been teammates on their SoCal Wicked club team for six years, while Nichols is a member of SoCal Explosion Gold.
“This is a small, but very talented class,” Kalafatis said. “We are confident that they will add continued depth to our team and to the bright future of Ohio State Softball.”
Coletta is a four-year letterwinner with Sonora High School in La Habra, Calif., and a six-year member of the SoCal Wicked travel club team under head coach Dave Limon. A shortstop and third baseman, Coletta holds a .393 batting average and .975 fielding percentage through three seasons of high school softball. She is a three-time captain and second team all-league player. Coletta also lettered in basketball, winning defensive player of the year honors in 2007.
Kalafatis on Coletta: “Megan was our first commitment in the class and we are very excited to have her. She loves the game – you can tell by her style of play and the way that she carries herself on the field. She is a terrific defensive player and has developed into an offensive threat with good speed.”
Nichols, a four-year starting pitcher at San Jacinto High School, signs with the Buckeyes after finishing her junior season with a .682 ERA and 251 strikeouts in 144 innings. She helped her team to three-consecutive Mountain Pass League championships and earned league MVP honors each of the last two seasons. As a member of SoCal Explosion Gold, Nichols and the team finished fourth at the ASA 18U Gold Nationals.
Kalafatis on Nichols: “Melanie has good size and fields her position well. She also throws in the mid-60s with a good array of pitches. We will need her to step in and pitch right away, and her experience at the 18U Gold level against top competition has prepared Mel for that. I believe that she is one of the best pitchers in this 2009 recruiting class.”
Pecina is a four-year starter with the La Habra High School softball team and seven-year member of SoCal Wicked, along with Coletta. She is a two-time All-Freeway League player with La Habra and the 2007 Offensive Player of the Year. Pecina also lettered in water polo for three seasons and earned all-league and All-CIF honors.
Kalafatis on Pecina: “Julia is a terrific athlete. She is highly-motivated and loves to work hard and train hard. She can play at either second base or in the outfield and her athleticism will be an asset at each position.”
Courtesy Alissa Clendenen
Assistant Director │Ohio State Athletics Communications
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