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LGHL Ohio State loses another ‘Larry Johnson successor,’ this time after only three months
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Ohio State loses another ‘Larry Johnson successor,’ this time after only three months
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Fox’s ‘Big Noon Saturday’ schedule features Ohio State-Michigan, 2 Big Ten-SEC matchups
Austin Meek and Jesse Temple, The New York Times
Ohio State Defensive Assistant, Pass-Rush Specialist Brandon Jordan No Longer With Program
Chase Brown, Eleven Warriors
Anyone taking TTUN in this debate is an idiot and clearly doesn’t know ball:
Ohio State’s confidence in 2024 offensive line comes from the group’s experience
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
You’re Nuts: Unreasonable Expectations for individual Ohio State players
Josh Dooley and Gene Ross, Land-Grant Holy Land
Ohio State: Which 2023 offensive recruits are ready to make a Year 2 jump? (paywall)
Bill Landis, Dotting the Eyes
Rounding up where major media outlets have Ryan Day ranked among best head coaches
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
Coach: Buckeyes adding ‘great culture guy’ in New Albany walk-on Nash
Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch
Men’s Golf: Buckeyes Cling to 5th Heading into Final Round of NCAA Regional
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Ohio State Softball: Buckeyes miss NCAA Tournament, fire head coach
Megan Husslein, Land-Grant Holy Land
Men’s Swim & Dive: Jankovics Punches Ticket to Paris Olympics
Ohio State Athletics
Tom Ryan returns to Ohio State wrestling room after accident
Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch
All your latest Ohio State spring sports news (plus some postseason highlights)
Jami Jurich, Land-Grant Holy Land
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Fox’s ‘Big Noon Saturday’ schedule features Ohio State-Michigan, 2 Big Ten-SEC matchups
Austin Meek and Jesse Temple, The New York Times
Ohio State Defensive Assistant, Pass-Rush Specialist Brandon Jordan No Longer With Program
Chase Brown, Eleven Warriors
Anyone taking TTUN in this debate is an idiot and clearly doesn’t know ball:
Ohio State’s confidence in 2024 offensive line comes from the group’s experience
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
You’re Nuts: Unreasonable Expectations for individual Ohio State players
Josh Dooley and Gene Ross, Land-Grant Holy Land
Ohio State: Which 2023 offensive recruits are ready to make a Year 2 jump? (paywall)
Bill Landis, Dotting the Eyes
Rounding up where major media outlets have Ryan Day ranked among best head coaches
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
On the Hardwood
Coach: Buckeyes adding ‘great culture guy’ in New Albany walk-on Nash
Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch
Outside the Shoe and Schott
Men’s Golf: Buckeyes Cling to 5th Heading into Final Round of NCAA Regional
Ohio State Athletics
Ohio State Softball: Buckeyes miss NCAA Tournament, fire head coach
Megan Husslein, Land-Grant Holy Land
Men’s Swim & Dive: Jankovics Punches Ticket to Paris Olympics
Ohio State Athletics
Tom Ryan returns to Ohio State wrestling room after accident
Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch
All your latest Ohio State spring sports news (plus some postseason highlights)
Jami Jurich, Land-Grant Holy Land
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LGHL Hangout in the Holy Land: Reasonable, unreasonable expectations for Ohio State this season
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Hangout in the Holy Land: Reasonable, unreasonable expectations for Ohio State this season
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Should we temper some of what we expect or shoot for the stars?
The latest episode of Land-Grant Holy Land’s flagship podcast is here! Join LGHL’s Josh Dooley and Justin Golba as they discuss Ohio State football, basketball, recruiting, and much more! Come for the hot takes. Stay for the warm ones.
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This Hangout in the Holy Land episode is an unreasonable expectation theme week at Land Grant Holy Land. But what does that really mean? We discuss unreasonable expectations and the difference between bold predictions.
Then, Josh and Justin discuss some scenarios and whether those are unreasonable or reasonable expectations for the football team in 2024-25. And no, winning a national championship is not on the list.
To close, we discuss the expectations of the Ohio State men’s basketball team this year and for the program in the future.
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Should we temper some of what we expect or shoot for the stars?
The latest episode of Land-Grant Holy Land’s flagship podcast is here! Join LGHL’s Josh Dooley and Justin Golba as they discuss Ohio State football, basketball, recruiting, and much more! Come for the hot takes. Stay for the warm ones.
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This Hangout in the Holy Land episode is an unreasonable expectation theme week at Land Grant Holy Land. But what does that really mean? We discuss unreasonable expectations and the difference between bold predictions.
Then, Josh and Justin discuss some scenarios and whether those are unreasonable or reasonable expectations for the football team in 2024-25. And no, winning a national championship is not on the list.
To close, we discuss the expectations of the Ohio State men’s basketball team this year and for the program in the future.
Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast. As always, Go Bucks!
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LGHL Two top-100 recruits have Ohio State in their final four, both schedule June visits
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Two top-100 recruits have Ohio State in their final four, both schedule June visits
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Juen is going to be an explosive month on the recruiting trail.
The temperatures might be warming up outside, but that’s nothing compared to the recruiting trail as things are getting close to sizzling as official visits, new offers, and finalists are being thrown about by some of the most prized prospects in the country, and — as usual — the Ohio State Buckeyes are smack dab in the middle of many of those discussions.
On Wednesday, Ryan Day and his coaching staff learned that they had made the cut for two of the top prospects in the 2025 recruiting class, one on offense and one on defense. The offensive player — Orlando, Florida native Vernell Brown III — is a 5-foot-11, 170-pound wide receiver. Currently, he is ranked as the No. 70 player in the country, No. 10 WR, and 10th-ranked player from the Sunshine State according to 247Sports’ Composite Rankings.
The Buckeyes stand as the lone non-Florida school in his final four, joining the Florida State Seminoles, Miami Hurricanes, and Florida Gators. In March, Brown received two crystal balls to become a Buckeye from 247Sports national recruiting analyst Tom Loy and the service’s former director of recruiting Steve Wiltfong, however, now according to Loy, rumors suggest that he is leaning toward staying in state.
Nonetheless, anytime that Brian Hartline has an opportunity to land a top wide receiver, he has to be considered a frontrunner. Brown will take his first official visit to Columbus over Memorial Day Weekend and will follow that up with trips to Coral Cables, Gainesville, and Tallahassee in June. While no official commitment date has been set for Brown, he does anticipate making a decision shortly after completing his visits, according to 247.
On the defensive side of the ball, the Buckeyes are officially in the final four for 247Sports’ No. 47 player in the country Damien Shanklin. The Indianapolis native is an edge rusher who stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 230 pounds. Despite the fact that he received a crystal ball from Wiltfong last fall to become a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Marcus Freeman’s squad has not made Shanklin’s final quartet of schools.
The defensive end has decided to narrow his list to Ohio State, LSU, Tennessee, and Alabama. Shanklin will kick off his summer visits in Baton Rouge over Memorial Day Weekend before heading to Columbus on June 7, followed by Rocky Top and Tuscaloosa on the following weekends according to 247Sports.
Loy reports that once ND was eliminated, many onlookers expected that the Buckeyes would be in the lead and could even secure crystal ball predictions. However, while OSU is still very much at the top of the list, any of the final four could still walk away with his commitment. A decision for where Shanklin will play is expected shortly following all of his June visits.
Top-300 defensive lineman Trajen Odom has Ohio State in his top three schools, alongside Oregon and USC. However, perhaps more importantly, the Buckeyes join the Ducks in his mother’s top two. Despite picking up a crystal ball for the Trojans last month, Odom’s mom would prefer to see her son in Eugene or Columbus.
“She likes Oregon and Ohio State, she does. She trusts them,” Odom told 247. “For her specifically, the DL coach and head coach having her trust. She knows the plans they have me at those two schools.”
The North Carolina native will visit all three schools in successive weeks, starting in Columbus on June 7.
On Tuesday, 2025 offensive lineman Joshua Blackston confirmed that he will visit Justin Frye and Ohio State from June 21-23, according to 247. The Maryland native is a four-star prospect and the No. 379-ranked player in the country according to the Composite Rankings and also holds offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, Maryland, Michigan State, Pitt, Rutgers, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech.
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Vernell Brown III | Andrew Ivins | 247Sports
Juen is going to be an explosive month on the recruiting trail.
The temperatures might be warming up outside, but that’s nothing compared to the recruiting trail as things are getting close to sizzling as official visits, new offers, and finalists are being thrown about by some of the most prized prospects in the country, and — as usual — the Ohio State Buckeyes are smack dab in the middle of many of those discussions.
Can Brian Hartline Land Another Elite Wide Receiver?
On Wednesday, Ryan Day and his coaching staff learned that they had made the cut for two of the top prospects in the 2025 recruiting class, one on offense and one on defense. The offensive player — Orlando, Florida native Vernell Brown III — is a 5-foot-11, 170-pound wide receiver. Currently, he is ranked as the No. 70 player in the country, No. 10 WR, and 10th-ranked player from the Sunshine State according to 247Sports’ Composite Rankings.
The Buckeyes stand as the lone non-Florida school in his final four, joining the Florida State Seminoles, Miami Hurricanes, and Florida Gators. In March, Brown received two crystal balls to become a Buckeye from 247Sports national recruiting analyst Tom Loy and the service’s former director of recruiting Steve Wiltfong, however, now according to Loy, rumors suggest that he is leaning toward staying in state.
Who will it be ???@Hayesfawcett3 pic.twitter.com/UXVxCAI0ty
— Vernell "Trey" Brown III(@VB3_9) May 14, 2024
Nonetheless, anytime that Brian Hartline has an opportunity to land a top wide receiver, he has to be considered a frontrunner. Brown will take his first official visit to Columbus over Memorial Day Weekend and will follow that up with trips to Coral Cables, Gainesville, and Tallahassee in June. While no official commitment date has been set for Brown, he does anticipate making a decision shortly after completing his visits, according to 247.
Larry Johnson Fighting for Top-50 Edge Rusher
On the defensive side of the ball, the Buckeyes are officially in the final four for 247Sports’ No. 47 player in the country Damien Shanklin. The Indianapolis native is an edge rusher who stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 230 pounds. Despite the fact that he received a crystal ball from Wiltfong last fall to become a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Marcus Freeman’s squad has not made Shanklin’s final quartet of schools.
The defensive end has decided to narrow his list to Ohio State, LSU, Tennessee, and Alabama. Shanklin will kick off his summer visits in Baton Rouge over Memorial Day Weekend before heading to Columbus on June 7, followed by Rocky Top and Tuscaloosa on the following weekends according to 247Sports.
Loy reports that once ND was eliminated, many onlookers expected that the Buckeyes would be in the lead and could even secure crystal ball predictions. However, while OSU is still very much at the top of the list, any of the final four could still walk away with his commitment. A decision for where Shanklin will play is expected shortly following all of his June visits.
Quick Hits
Top-300 defensive lineman Trajen Odom has Ohio State in his top three schools, alongside Oregon and USC. However, perhaps more importantly, the Buckeyes join the Ducks in his mother’s top two. Despite picking up a crystal ball for the Trojans last month, Odom’s mom would prefer to see her son in Eugene or Columbus.
“She likes Oregon and Ohio State, she does. She trusts them,” Odom told 247. “For her specifically, the DL coach and head coach having her trust. She knows the plans they have me at those two schools.”
The North Carolina native will visit all three schools in successive weeks, starting in Columbus on June 7.
On Tuesday, 2025 offensive lineman Joshua Blackston confirmed that he will visit Justin Frye and Ohio State from June 21-23, according to 247. The Maryland native is a four-star prospect and the No. 379-ranked player in the country according to the Composite Rankings and also holds offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, Maryland, Michigan State, Pitt, Rutgers, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech.
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LGHL All your latest Ohio State spring sports news (plus some postseason highlights)
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All your latest Ohio State spring sports news (plus some postseason highlights)
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Stay up-to-date on the tennis, track & field, and golf postseasons, plus more Buckeye sports news from around campus.
Whether you’re looking to get on the tennis train, take a few laps around the track, or root, root, root for the Buckeyes’ baseball and softball teams, here at LGHL, we’re keeping you up-to-date on what’s happening with all your Buckeye sports teams.
The No. 1 overall Ohio State men’s tennis team keeps on rolling, defeating Mississippi State, 4-1, over the weekend—their final home match of the season—to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals. It is the 18th consecutive year the Buckeyes will head to the final site.
The doubles point was an exciting one, with Mississippi State taking the first match but the Buckeyes evening the score with a Jack Anthrop/Cannon Kingsley victory. The clinching match was a showdown between No. 3 Robert Cash and JJ Tracy and No. 11 Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez, with Cash and Tracy bringing home the doubles point for the Buckeyes. It was Tracy’s 100th-career doubles win.
Singles victories from Anthrop, Cash, and Justin Boulais sealed the win for the Buckeyes.
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Robert Cash competes in his singles match, which he went on to win 6-3, 6-2 to earn a point for the Buckeyes.
Up next, the team heads to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to face Columbia in the quarterfinal this Thursday, with times to be announced.
Though the women’s tennis season has concluded team play, Irina Cantos Siemers, Luciana Perry, and Sydni Ratliff are in preparation for the NCAA Championships, which will take place between May 20-26 in Stillwater.
Cantos Siemers, currently ranked No. 17, and Perry, currently ranked No. 50, will compete in the Singles Championship. Perry will then be joined by Ratlif in the Doubles Championship.
After Tuesday’s scheduled game against Eastern Michigan was canceled, the OSU baseball team (26-23, 10-11) closed out non-conference play with a win over Youngstown State before taking two of three at home against Northwestern this weekend.
Against Youngstown State (11-37), the Buckeyes jumped out to a 2-0 lead after Henry Kaczmar scored on a YSU throwing error and Hunter Rosson scored on a wild pitch in the first inning, before Youngstown State quickly took the lead right back, 3-2, in the top of the second.
The Buckeyes wouldn’t trail again in the victory over the Penguins. In the second, Isaac Cadena sent Josh Stevenson and Mason Eckelman home with a double before scoring himself on a Penguin error.
In the third, Joseph Mershon scored on an RBI groundout from Eckelman before Cadena drove in two more runs with a single, making it 8-3, Scarlet and Gray.
A Stevenson double sent Mitchell Okuley home in the fourth, and sacrifice flies from Rosson and Mershon in the fifth made it 11-3, Buckeyes. Kaczmar and pinch hitter Hank Thomas each added an RBI single in the sixth to round out the Buckeyes’ scoring plays.
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It was all Penguins offensively for the rest of the game, but it wasn’t enough to give them the edge, and the Buckeyes took it, 13-9. Kaczmar led in the win with three hits, while Cadena drove in a career-high four runs. Cadena and Rosson each also had a career-high two stolen bases in the game.
Hunter Shaw earned the win for the Buckeyes, striking out four in 3.0 innings pitched.
The Northwestern Wildcats (16-32, 3-18) then rolled into Columbus on Friday for the first game of a three-game series. The Buckeyes took the first two to clinch the series before dropping Sunday’s Senior Day game to close out their home schedule.
The Buckeyes never trailed on Friday, jumping out to a 1-0 lead after Trey Lipsey sent Pettorini home on a fielder’s choice in the second. The Wildcats didn’t get on the board until the top of the sixth when they tied it with an RBI single to make it one-all.
OSU had an answer though, taking the lead for good after a four-run seventh. Matthew Graveline hit a triple to send two runners home before Stevenson and Cadena each added another RBI.
Lipsey then added some insurance runs with a two-RBI double in the eighth before the Wildcats were retired in order in the ninth to secure a 7-2 win for the Buckeyes.
Pettorini and Okuley each had a pair of hits, while Lipsey led with three RBIs. Landon Beidelschies pitched a career-high 7.0 innings to earn the win, striking out five and giving up one run on seven hits.
On Saturday, the Buckeye bats were hot from the get-go, when Kaczmar sent one sailing out of the park in the first to open scoring, 1-0. The Buckeyes added three more runs, all with two outs before the inning was over. Then in the second, Cadena went yard, a three-run homer that made the score 7-0, OSU.
In the third, it was Ryan Miller’s turn to send one out, a solo home run that gave the Buckeyes an 8-0 lead. Miller did it again in the fourth, this time sending three runs in with his second home run of the day. Northwestern didn’t get on board until the fifth, with a three-run homer.
But there was too much ground to make up. Each team would add three more runs before the game was up, bringing the final score to 14-6.
Miller led with three hits (including those two home runs) and four RBIs. Colin Purcell pitched 6.0 innings to earn the win, striking out one and giving up five runs on five hits.
The Wildcats found their footing on Sunday, though, coming back to win, 3-1, on OSU’s Senior Day.
The Buckeyes’ lone run came in the second, an RBI single from Stevenson to give the Buckeyes a 1-0 advantage. From there, it was all Northwestern, who took a 2-1 lead in the third and added a solo home run in the fourth.
Graveline led for the Buckeyes with three hits. Gavin DeVooght pitched 5.0 innings in the loss, though he tied his career-high of six strikeouts. He allowed three runs on six hits.
Up next for the Buckeyes, they’ll head to Rutgers to close out their regular season in a three-game series, May 16-18.
Senior pitcher Allison Smith pitched for her life last Wednesday, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Buckeye softball team’s (31-20) season alive. Ohio State fell, 5-1, to Wisconsin (20-30) in the 2024 Big Ten Softball Tournament.
The No. 6-seed Buckeyes were favored in the matchup, with Wisconsin holding a No. 11-seed and the Buckeyes heating up heading into tournament play, having won 11 of their previous 13 games.
None of that mattered last week, though, as is often the nature of tournament play in any sport, as it was the Badgers who advanced to the quarterfinal to face Rutgers.
Smith, who struck out a remarkable 10 batters (just one strikeout shy of her season high), allowed only three hits in the outing.
They were costly runs, however—two solo home runs, and a three-run double, and the Buckeye offense couldn’t seem to get going enough to overcome. OSU’s lone run came on a bases-loaded walk.
The Buckeyes tallied four hits, one apiece from Tegan Cortelletti, Jasmyn Burns, McKenzie Bump, and Kirsten Eppele.
Ohio State did not receive an at-large bid for the 2024 NCAA Division I Softball Championship. On the heels of this weekend, Ohio State announced Monday it would be replacing head coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly. Kovach Schoenly has been the head coach for 12 seasons, with a record of 367-226-1, and had one year remaining on her current contract. The athletic department has not yet announced a replacement.
Still, despite the disappointing end to their season, there were many triumphs to celebrate, including five players who earned Big Ten Conference postseason recognition. Wednesday morning, Kami Kortokrax was named first-team All-Big Ten, while Smith and Taylor Heckman were named to the second team. Burns made the All-Freshman team, and Eppele was named the Sportsmanship Honoree.
The women’s golf team concluded their season with a 54-hole team score of 875 (+11) at the NCAA Bryan Regional last week, good for a sixth-place finish. The fifth-place team, Texas A&M, finished just five strokes ahead of the Buckeyes to make the cut for the final (only the five lowest-scoring teams advance).
Individually, Faith Choi finished the highest of all Buckeyes, tied for ninth place with a three-day score of one-under-par (215) after shooting under par in two of the three rounds and shooting birdies on eight holes.
Kary Hollenbaugh tied for 13th place after leading the team in birdies with 11. Her 54-hole total score was 218 (+2).
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In addition to Hollenbaugh and Choi, the Buckeye lineup included Jillian Bourdage, Caley McGinty, Emily Hummer, and Kallie Vongsaga, who entered on Tuesday as a sub for Hummer and shot a remarkable 69 (-3) in the final round.
The men’s golf team, for their part, is in Louisiana, where, at the time of publication, they’ve wrapped Day One at the Baton Rouge Regional. They are currently tied with Houston for third place, paced by Neal Shipley who is currently tied for fourth with a score of 70 (-2) after making six birdies.
Ohio State finished the first round with a team score of 289 (+1). Virginia currently leads the pack after shooting 8-under par (280) on Day 1.
The Buckeyes hold the No. 6 seed at the Baton Rouge Regional after earning an at-large berth. The lowest-scoring five teams, plus the lowest-scoring individual not on those five teams, will advance to the final in Carlsbad, California, later this month.
In addition to Shipley, the Buckeye lineup includes Adam Wallin, Tyler Sabo, Jackson Chandler, and Maxwell Moldovan.
The Buckeyes have six top-five finishes this season, two of which came in their last two outings. They finished runner-up at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate two weeks ago and finished fifth in the Big Ten Championships last weekend.
The Buckeye track & field team competed at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships over the weekend, with the women earning a third-place team finish overall with 115 points and the men finishing in 10th with 49 points.
During the first day of competition at the meet in Ann Arbor on Friday, the Buckeyes earned their first points of the weekend with Daniella Santos’ sixth-place finish (33:54.06) and Andrea Kuhn’s seventh-place finish (34:05.63) in the women’s 10000m.
In the pole vault, Morgan Fijalkowski finished in 10th place, clearing 3.97m / 13’0.25” on her first attempt.
On Saturday, the Buckeyes competed in the finals for high jump, shot put, 3000m steeplechase, and long jump.
Most notably, Hayden Tobias won the men’s shot put, throwing 20m for the first time this season to win the outdoor title after claiming the indoor title earlier this year. Adam Riedinger also had a top-10 finish, taking the ninth spot with a PR throw of 18.07m / 59’3.5”. Lacey Stringer finished fifth for the women with a best throw of 16.65m / 54’7.5”.
Other top-10 finishes on Saturday included Amaya Ugarte’s third-place finish in high jump, earned by clearing 1.79m / 5’10.5” on her final attempt, Akemi Von Scherr’s eighth-place finish in 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:41.47, and DJ Fillmore’s eighth-place finish in men’s long jump with a mark of 7.43m / 24’4.5”. Von Scherr’s steeplechase performance earned her a fifth-place ranking in program history.
On the final day of competition, the Buckeyes added to Tobias’ shot put victory with some wins in track events, along with several top-10 finishes in both track and field events.
The women’s 4x100 relay team of Fatouma Conde, Nya Bussey, Columba Effiong, and Leah Bertrand earned OSU its fifth consecutive Big Ten Championship win in the event after running a season-best time of 43.44. Their time was good enough for fifth place in OSU program history. Bertrand also ran a season-best 11.16 in 100m to defend her 2023 Big Ten title, while Conde took home the Big Ten 200m championship with a PR time of 22.91, bringing her into fifth place in program history as well.
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The 200m race was a smash for the Buckeyes, as they earned two top-10 finishes in addition to Conde’s win. Bertrand finished runner-up with a PR time of 22.98, while Bussey finished in seventh with her season-best 23.61.
Similarly, in addition to Bertrand’s first-place finish in the 100m, Bussey finished fourth (11.29), Conde was seventh (11.43), and Effiong ninth (11.47).
Marcus Brown finished in eighth place in both 200m and 100m for the men, with times of 20.80 and 10.57, respectively.
The men's and women’s teams both finished the 4x400 relay as the runners-up with season-best times, while Aniya Mosley finished as the runner-up in the 800m with a personal-best time of 2:04.21, the third-best in program history. Mosley also finished fourth in the 1500m with a time of 4:16.64.
Other top-10 finishes for the women included Chanler Robinson’s runner-up finish in the 400m hurdles with a PR of 57.20, fourth-best in program history, Bryannia Murphy’s third-place showing in 400m with a time of 53.14, and Daniella Santos and Andrea Kuhn’s fourth- and fifth-place finishes in the 5000m, with times of 16:16.11 and 16:16.58 respectively.
On the men’s side, Mason Louis and Antonio Hansen finished fourth and sixth in the 400m, with respective times of 46.95 and 47.31.
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On the field side, Faith Bender boasted the women’s only top-10 finish of the day, finishing as the runner-up in discus with a season-best throw of 59.27m / 194’5”. The men finished strong in discus, high jump and triple jump, with Shaun Miller Jr. clearing a season-best 2.17m / 7’1.5” to make him the high jump runner-up, followed by Reign Wilson in the tenth spot.
In the discus, Tanner Watson and Carlos Aviles finished fifth and sixth, with throws of 57.67m / 189’2” and 56.35m / 184’10”, respectively. Clarence Foote-Talley finished fourth in triple jump, with a season-best mark of 16.13m / 52’11”.
Up next, the Buckeyes head to the NCAA East First Round, hosted by Kentucky, from May 22 through May 25.
The Buckeyes are now in full preparation mode for the 2024 Big Ten Championships, slated for May 19 in Wisconsin. They are currently ranked No. 14 nationwide.
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Tennis
The No. 1 overall Ohio State men’s tennis team keeps on rolling, defeating Mississippi State, 4-1, over the weekend—their final home match of the season—to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals. It is the 18th consecutive year the Buckeyes will head to the final site.
The doubles point was an exciting one, with Mississippi State taking the first match but the Buckeyes evening the score with a Jack Anthrop/Cannon Kingsley victory. The clinching match was a showdown between No. 3 Robert Cash and JJ Tracy and No. 11 Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez, with Cash and Tracy bringing home the doubles point for the Buckeyes. It was Tracy’s 100th-career doubles win.
Singles victories from Anthrop, Cash, and Justin Boulais sealed the win for the Buckeyes.
Robert Cash competes in his singles match, which he went on to win 6-3, 6-2 to earn a point for the Buckeyes.
Up next, the team heads to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to face Columbia in the quarterfinal this Thursday, with times to be announced.
Though the women’s tennis season has concluded team play, Irina Cantos Siemers, Luciana Perry, and Sydni Ratliff are in preparation for the NCAA Championships, which will take place between May 20-26 in Stillwater.
Cantos Siemers, currently ranked No. 17, and Perry, currently ranked No. 50, will compete in the Singles Championship. Perry will then be joined by Ratlif in the Doubles Championship.
Baseball
After Tuesday’s scheduled game against Eastern Michigan was canceled, the OSU baseball team (26-23, 10-11) closed out non-conference play with a win over Youngstown State before taking two of three at home against Northwestern this weekend.
Against Youngstown State (11-37), the Buckeyes jumped out to a 2-0 lead after Henry Kaczmar scored on a YSU throwing error and Hunter Rosson scored on a wild pitch in the first inning, before Youngstown State quickly took the lead right back, 3-2, in the top of the second.
The Buckeyes wouldn’t trail again in the victory over the Penguins. In the second, Isaac Cadena sent Josh Stevenson and Mason Eckelman home with a double before scoring himself on a Penguin error.
In the third, Joseph Mershon scored on an RBI groundout from Eckelman before Cadena drove in two more runs with a single, making it 8-3, Scarlet and Gray.
A Stevenson double sent Mitchell Okuley home in the fourth, and sacrifice flies from Rosson and Mershon in the fifth made it 11-3, Buckeyes. Kaczmar and pinch hitter Hank Thomas each added an RBI single in the sixth to round out the Buckeyes’ scoring plays.
It was all Penguins offensively for the rest of the game, but it wasn’t enough to give them the edge, and the Buckeyes took it, 13-9. Kaczmar led in the win with three hits, while Cadena drove in a career-high four runs. Cadena and Rosson each also had a career-high two stolen bases in the game.
Hunter Shaw earned the win for the Buckeyes, striking out four in 3.0 innings pitched.
The Northwestern Wildcats (16-32, 3-18) then rolled into Columbus on Friday for the first game of a three-game series. The Buckeyes took the first two to clinch the series before dropping Sunday’s Senior Day game to close out their home schedule.
The Buckeyes never trailed on Friday, jumping out to a 1-0 lead after Trey Lipsey sent Pettorini home on a fielder’s choice in the second. The Wildcats didn’t get on the board until the top of the sixth when they tied it with an RBI single to make it one-all.
OSU had an answer though, taking the lead for good after a four-run seventh. Matthew Graveline hit a triple to send two runners home before Stevenson and Cadena each added another RBI.
Lipsey then added some insurance runs with a two-RBI double in the eighth before the Wildcats were retired in order in the ninth to secure a 7-2 win for the Buckeyes.
Pettorini and Okuley each had a pair of hits, while Lipsey led with three RBIs. Landon Beidelschies pitched a career-high 7.0 innings to earn the win, striking out five and giving up one run on seven hits.
On Saturday, the Buckeye bats were hot from the get-go, when Kaczmar sent one sailing out of the park in the first to open scoring, 1-0. The Buckeyes added three more runs, all with two outs before the inning was over. Then in the second, Cadena went yard, a three-run homer that made the score 7-0, OSU.
In the third, it was Ryan Miller’s turn to send one out, a solo home run that gave the Buckeyes an 8-0 lead. Miller did it again in the fourth, this time sending three runs in with his second home run of the day. Northwestern didn’t get on board until the fifth, with a three-run homer.
But there was too much ground to make up. Each team would add three more runs before the game was up, bringing the final score to 14-6.
Miller led with three hits (including those two home runs) and four RBIs. Colin Purcell pitched 6.0 innings to earn the win, striking out one and giving up five runs on five hits.
The Wildcats found their footing on Sunday, though, coming back to win, 3-1, on OSU’s Senior Day.
The Buckeyes’ lone run came in the second, an RBI single from Stevenson to give the Buckeyes a 1-0 advantage. From there, it was all Northwestern, who took a 2-1 lead in the third and added a solo home run in the fourth.
Graveline led for the Buckeyes with three hits. Gavin DeVooght pitched 5.0 innings in the loss, though he tied his career-high of six strikeouts. He allowed three runs on six hits.
Up next for the Buckeyes, they’ll head to Rutgers to close out their regular season in a three-game series, May 16-18.
Softball
Senior pitcher Allison Smith pitched for her life last Wednesday, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Buckeye softball team’s (31-20) season alive. Ohio State fell, 5-1, to Wisconsin (20-30) in the 2024 Big Ten Softball Tournament.
The No. 6-seed Buckeyes were favored in the matchup, with Wisconsin holding a No. 11-seed and the Buckeyes heating up heading into tournament play, having won 11 of their previous 13 games.
None of that mattered last week, though, as is often the nature of tournament play in any sport, as it was the Badgers who advanced to the quarterfinal to face Rutgers.
Smith, who struck out a remarkable 10 batters (just one strikeout shy of her season high), allowed only three hits in the outing.
They were costly runs, however—two solo home runs, and a three-run double, and the Buckeye offense couldn’t seem to get going enough to overcome. OSU’s lone run came on a bases-loaded walk.
The Buckeyes tallied four hits, one apiece from Tegan Cortelletti, Jasmyn Burns, McKenzie Bump, and Kirsten Eppele.
Ohio State did not receive an at-large bid for the 2024 NCAA Division I Softball Championship. On the heels of this weekend, Ohio State announced Monday it would be replacing head coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly. Kovach Schoenly has been the head coach for 12 seasons, with a record of 367-226-1, and had one year remaining on her current contract. The athletic department has not yet announced a replacement.
Still, despite the disappointing end to their season, there were many triumphs to celebrate, including five players who earned Big Ten Conference postseason recognition. Wednesday morning, Kami Kortokrax was named first-team All-Big Ten, while Smith and Taylor Heckman were named to the second team. Burns made the All-Freshman team, and Eppele was named the Sportsmanship Honoree.
Golf
The women’s golf team concluded their season with a 54-hole team score of 875 (+11) at the NCAA Bryan Regional last week, good for a sixth-place finish. The fifth-place team, Texas A&M, finished just five strokes ahead of the Buckeyes to make the cut for the final (only the five lowest-scoring teams advance).
Individually, Faith Choi finished the highest of all Buckeyes, tied for ninth place with a three-day score of one-under-par (215) after shooting under par in two of the three rounds and shooting birdies on eight holes.
Kary Hollenbaugh tied for 13th place after leading the team in birdies with 11. Her 54-hole total score was 218 (+2).
In addition to Hollenbaugh and Choi, the Buckeye lineup included Jillian Bourdage, Caley McGinty, Emily Hummer, and Kallie Vongsaga, who entered on Tuesday as a sub for Hummer and shot a remarkable 69 (-3) in the final round.
The men’s golf team, for their part, is in Louisiana, where, at the time of publication, they’ve wrapped Day One at the Baton Rouge Regional. They are currently tied with Houston for third place, paced by Neal Shipley who is currently tied for fourth with a score of 70 (-2) after making six birdies.
Ohio State finished the first round with a team score of 289 (+1). Virginia currently leads the pack after shooting 8-under par (280) on Day 1.
The Buckeyes hold the No. 6 seed at the Baton Rouge Regional after earning an at-large berth. The lowest-scoring five teams, plus the lowest-scoring individual not on those five teams, will advance to the final in Carlsbad, California, later this month.
In addition to Shipley, the Buckeye lineup includes Adam Wallin, Tyler Sabo, Jackson Chandler, and Maxwell Moldovan.
The Buckeyes have six top-five finishes this season, two of which came in their last two outings. They finished runner-up at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate two weeks ago and finished fifth in the Big Ten Championships last weekend.
Track & Field
The Buckeye track & field team competed at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships over the weekend, with the women earning a third-place team finish overall with 115 points and the men finishing in 10th with 49 points.
During the first day of competition at the meet in Ann Arbor on Friday, the Buckeyes earned their first points of the weekend with Daniella Santos’ sixth-place finish (33:54.06) and Andrea Kuhn’s seventh-place finish (34:05.63) in the women’s 10000m.
In the pole vault, Morgan Fijalkowski finished in 10th place, clearing 3.97m / 13’0.25” on her first attempt.
On Saturday, the Buckeyes competed in the finals for high jump, shot put, 3000m steeplechase, and long jump.
Most notably, Hayden Tobias won the men’s shot put, throwing 20m for the first time this season to win the outdoor title after claiming the indoor title earlier this year. Adam Riedinger also had a top-10 finish, taking the ninth spot with a PR throw of 18.07m / 59’3.5”. Lacey Stringer finished fifth for the women with a best throw of 16.65m / 54’7.5”.
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Other top-10 finishes on Saturday included Amaya Ugarte’s third-place finish in high jump, earned by clearing 1.79m / 5’10.5” on her final attempt, Akemi Von Scherr’s eighth-place finish in 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:41.47, and DJ Fillmore’s eighth-place finish in men’s long jump with a mark of 7.43m / 24’4.5”. Von Scherr’s steeplechase performance earned her a fifth-place ranking in program history.
On the final day of competition, the Buckeyes added to Tobias’ shot put victory with some wins in track events, along with several top-10 finishes in both track and field events.
The women’s 4x100 relay team of Fatouma Conde, Nya Bussey, Columba Effiong, and Leah Bertrand earned OSU its fifth consecutive Big Ten Championship win in the event after running a season-best time of 43.44. Their time was good enough for fifth place in OSU program history. Bertrand also ran a season-best 11.16 in 100m to defend her 2023 Big Ten title, while Conde took home the Big Ten 200m championship with a PR time of 22.91, bringing her into fifth place in program history as well.
The 200m race was a smash for the Buckeyes, as they earned two top-10 finishes in addition to Conde’s win. Bertrand finished runner-up with a PR time of 22.98, while Bussey finished in seventh with her season-best 23.61.
Similarly, in addition to Bertrand’s first-place finish in the 100m, Bussey finished fourth (11.29), Conde was seventh (11.43), and Effiong ninth (11.47).
Marcus Brown finished in eighth place in both 200m and 100m for the men, with times of 20.80 and 10.57, respectively.
The men's and women’s teams both finished the 4x400 relay as the runners-up with season-best times, while Aniya Mosley finished as the runner-up in the 800m with a personal-best time of 2:04.21, the third-best in program history. Mosley also finished fourth in the 1500m with a time of 4:16.64.
Other top-10 finishes for the women included Chanler Robinson’s runner-up finish in the 400m hurdles with a PR of 57.20, fourth-best in program history, Bryannia Murphy’s third-place showing in 400m with a time of 53.14, and Daniella Santos and Andrea Kuhn’s fourth- and fifth-place finishes in the 5000m, with times of 16:16.11 and 16:16.58 respectively.
On the men’s side, Mason Louis and Antonio Hansen finished fourth and sixth in the 400m, with respective times of 46.95 and 47.31.
On the field side, Faith Bender boasted the women’s only top-10 finish of the day, finishing as the runner-up in discus with a season-best throw of 59.27m / 194’5”. The men finished strong in discus, high jump and triple jump, with Shaun Miller Jr. clearing a season-best 2.17m / 7’1.5” to make him the high jump runner-up, followed by Reign Wilson in the tenth spot.
In the discus, Tanner Watson and Carlos Aviles finished fifth and sixth, with throws of 57.67m / 189’2” and 56.35m / 184’10”, respectively. Clarence Foote-Talley finished fourth in triple jump, with a season-best mark of 16.13m / 52’11”.
Up next, the Buckeyes head to the NCAA East First Round, hosted by Kentucky, from May 22 through May 25.
Rowing
The Buckeyes are now in full preparation mode for the 2024 Big Ten Championships, slated for May 19 in Wisconsin. They are currently ranked No. 14 nationwide.
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