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 ...