Marshon Lattimore isn’t worried about his injury history in the NFL
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The Buckeye’s hamstring is a question mark for some teams at the combine.

Ohio State cornerback Marshon Lattimore is joining several other Silver Bullets on the path to draft, and his first stop is the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. As part of the final position group to go through the event, Lattimore was poised at the podium and ready to show off his skills during the on-field drills.

After redshirting his first year at Ohio State in 2014, Lattimore was limited to just a few games in 2015 with lingering hamstring issues. With two years now behind him, Lattimore earned the starting role in 2016, and went on to amass 41 total tackles (30 solo) and four interceptions — one pick-6.

He might only have one solid year of on-field experience under his belt, but just being around the Ohio State program those three years helped elevate both Lattimore’s game and his mentality.

Measurements


Height: 6’0

Weight: 193 lbs

Hands: 8 7/8”

Arms: 31 1/4”

Media Interviews


Lattimore’s early career with the Buckeyes was marred with injuries, but this last season was a break out one. He was asked when the turning point was for him ahead of the 2016 season.

“After camp, where I felt most comfortable where I was at. I made it through a whole camp. The previous two years I didn’t make it through three days of practice. Just to make it through the whole camp I knew I had good hopes of a good season.”

It wasn’t a coincidence that he finally made it through spring practice. The cornerback noted that he did yoga, extra strengthening exercises and stretching to prevent any further hamstring issues — issues that have been on the minds of NFL teams interviewing the Buckeye.

“That’s the first thing they asked me. How are my hamstrings, just tell them about my hamstring situation. But I’m a hundred percent fin right now.”

Like many others, Lattimore benefited from the bevy of successful Buckeyes that came before him, talking to Eli Apple and Bradley Roby along the way. In addition to his hamstrings, the cornerback has also had to answer questions about his preparedness after just one full season at Ohio State.

“They always talk about I only have one year of experience, so I had to make sure I know what I’m doing, tell them specific things about our schemes and things like that. On the field, just show that I’m fluid in what I do.”

Workout Results


Bench press: Lattimore did not participate in the bench press event.

40-yard dash: TBA

Vertical jump: TBA

Broad jump: 11’0”* Lattimore’s broad jump tied for the 11th best among S/CBs at the combine since 2006.

20-yard shuttle run: TBA

*Top performer

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Gareon Conley wants to set himself apart at the NFL Combine
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With an impressive 40-yard dash, Conley could claim a high NFL draft pick.

Ohio State cornerback Gareon Conley is headed to the next level. Even as the most experienced Buckeye from the secondary heading to the draft, Conley is considered by some as as perhaps not as highly touted compared to his position-mates — but he gave an impressive performance at the NFL scouting combine.

Conley finished his career at Ohio State after three seasons, amassing 91 total tackles (66 solo), 15 passes defended and six interceptions. He was one of the only players not to come up with a touchdown off a turnover in 2016, but his snags were perfectly timed game-savers for the Buckeyes. He was an honorable mention All-Big Ten pick in 2015 and second-team all-conference last season.

Measurements


Height: 6’0

Weight: 195 lbs

Hands: 9 1/2”

Arms: 33”

Media Interviews


Taking the next steps to try and make it in the NFL takes a lot physically and mentally from players, but Conley thinks he is prepared. Conley had to accept that some of the younger guys — Malik Hooker and Marshon Lattimore — would overshadow him at times, but even still, he wasn’t getting lost in the shuffle.

“I set myself apart mentally, my mental toughness and ability to handle adversity on and off the field sets me apart. I think about it but use it as motivation that I have to work harder than them.”

At Ohio State you are constantly competing against the best both at practice and on Saturdays, and Conley has taken a lot of advice from players who have come before him. Having to work harder than the man before you is what keeps the Buckeye program constantly refreshed with young talent.

"Everything you do, you've got to give your maximum effort and I feel like there's a high standard. There's no medium, average or low standard. There's such a high standard that you've got to compete with people that are just as good as you so you've got to outwork them."

And while Conley follows in the footsteps of former early draft picks, like Eli Apple and Bradley Roby, he doesn’t feel bogged down by pressure. Instead, he uses it as motivation to work harder than those he’s competing with, and hopefully will see the fruits of his labor in late-April.

“I don’t worry about it, but I try to motivate myself to get there. I definitely want to be a first-round pick. Nobody doesn’t want to be a first-round pick so I’m going to work as hard as I can to be a first-round pick.”

Workout Results


Bench press: 11 reps

40-yard dash: 4.44 sec


Vertical jump: TBA

Broad jump: TBA

20-yard shuttle run: TBA

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BTN presents week-long coverage of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament
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BTN will provide a full week of comprehensive coverage of the Big Ten Tournament from Washington D.C., including five games, pre- and post-game analysis, coach and player interviews, and a 90-minute B1G Basketball & Beyond: Selection Sunday Special. Coverage begins at 5 p.m. ET today with the exclusive, live announcement of the annual Big Ten basketball awards on the BTN Live: All-Conference Selection Show. Host Mike Hall and analyst Shon Morris will reveal All-Big Ten selections, as well as Big Ten Player, Freshman and Coach of the Year. Interviews with select award winners will also be included. At 5 p.m.

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Ohio State plays host to 4 top recruits
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The Buckeyes coaching staff didn’t take the weekend off.

While Curtis Samuel, Noah Brown and many other former Ohio State stars were gearing up for the NFL combine in Indianapolis, a group of potential future Buckeyes were in Columbus, Ohio to check out the campus and meet up with members of the OSU coaching staff.

Ohio State didn’t just play host to some standout recruits, they also offered one of the top prospects in the class of 2019 over the weekend.

Recruits hit up Columbus


As you know, recruiting has no offseason. Always staying busy, numerous recruits headed to Columbus to spend a little time with Urban Meyer and his rock star crew of assistant coaches.

While the weekend ended without a commitment, it helped the Buckeyes impress a few of the prospects currently on their big board for the 2018 and 2019 classes.

Want to know who were among the recruits to mingle with Meyer and the Ohio State staff? Land-Grant Holy Land has your back.

4-star DE Brenton Cox


Class: 2018

Town: Stockbridge, GA /Stockbridge

Size: 6’4/235

Offers: Ohio State, Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, etc

4-star LB Xavier Peters


Class: 2018

Town: West Chester, OH /Lakota West

Size: 6’4/210

Offers: Kentucky, Penn State, Tennessee, Indiana, Wisconsin, etc

3-star DT Tyler Bentley


Class: 2018

Town: West Chester, OH /Lakota West

Size: 6’3/295

Offers: Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin, etc

4-star WR Jadon Haselwood


Class: 2019

Town: Ellenwood,GA / Cedar Grove

Size: 6’3/190

Offers: Ohio State, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Oregon, etc

2019 RB gets OSU offer


The Buckeyes are always looking for offensive weapons to bring into the fold. On Saturday afternoon, Ohio State dished out an offer to one of the most sought after running backs in the entire class of 2019.

Earning a chance to rock the Scarlet and Gray, four-star junior-to-be Noah Cain received a scholarship from the Buckeyes.


“I spoke with Coach Alford on the phone after a real good conversation and he offered. Coach Alford left a real big impression on me about him personally and about the Buckeyes. It feels great,” Cain, a Texas native who is now enrolled at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida stated to Land-Grant Holy Land on his offer from the Buckeyes.

With nearly 20 full ride scholarship offers currently on the table from programs such as Miami, LSU, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Tennessee, the 5-foot-11, 207-pound running back isn’t 100 percent positive of where he’ll end up on the college level but knows the Buckeyes will be in the mix for his services.

“The offer is just making me work harder now. The Ohio State Buckeyes will be in my top 10,” he said of his recruitment.

On the field, Noah has shown big play ability time and time again. During his first two seasons on the high school level, Cain, the top running back and fifth overall prospect in the 2019 class, per 247Sports, accounted for well over 2,700 total rushing yards and 32 touchdowns.

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2017 Big Ten tournament bracket: Ohio State earns 11 seed, will face Rutgers
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The Buckeyes will face a long path if they want to earn the Big Ten’s auto-bid.

The Big Ten regular season is now in the books, and that means the Big Ten Tournament bracket is finally set.

Ohio State earned the 11 seed, which means they’ll need to play in the tournament’s opening game. They’ll face Rutgers, who finished last in the conference. But don’t let that fool you, the Scarlet Knights are significantly improved, and Ohio State only barely beat them earlier in the year, winning 70-64.

Should Ohio State win, they’ll face Northwestern, who grabbed the six seed (the Wildcats squeaked past Ohio State earlier in the year, 74-72), and then Maryland, who grabbed the three seed. The Terps beat Ohio State both times this season.

If the Buckeyes want to make the Big Dance, they’re going to need to win the whole dang Big Ten Tournament, which will be a tall order. But if they can beat Rutgers, which is no guarantee, they have a chance to pick up at least one more win, and solidify what could be a good NIT seed.

The full bracket can be found below. Ohio State will face Rutgers at 7:00 PM ET on Wednesday.


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Purdue, Wisconsin, Maryland and Minnesota are the top four seeds in the 2017 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, the conference office announced on Sunday night.

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Dienhart: Best of Week 10 in Big Ten conference play
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Let March Madness begin! The regular season is over. Now is the time of year when reputations are earned. Big Ten champ Purdue finished strong, winning eight of its last nine. Now, the Boilermakers will look to win their first Big Ten tourney title since 2009.

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The Buckeyes crowned four champions and won the fourth Big Ten wrestling team title in school history as Indiana's Assembly Hall. Ohio State got two dramatic title match victories at 133 and 174 pounds, respectively, and added wins at 197 and 285 ...
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Ohio State closes out weekend with 14-11 win over Bellarmine
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The Buckeyes overcame a comeback attempt by the Knights to stay undefeated on the season.

The 20th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes men's lacrosse team narrowly escaped a comeback attempt by the Bellarmine Knights, winning their second game of the weekend 14-11 after leading by as many as seven goals. Ohio State faced Bellarmine in game two of the Midwest Lacrosse Classic in Milwaukee, having defeated Marquette, the host team, Friday night by a score of 12-6.

Similar to Friday’s game against Marquette, the Buckeyes got off to a slow start on both sides of the ball, going down 2-0 early on in the first quarter as Bellarmine scored twice in 44 seconds. Ohio State came back by quarter’s end, however, on goals by freshman attackman Lukas Buckley, assisted by fellow freshman midfielder Tre Leclaire, and freshman midfielder Ryan Terefenko.

Junior attackman Colin Chell’s goal 1:13 into the third quarter gave the Buckeyes their first lead of the game--a lead that they would not relinquish for the remainder of the game. Buckley added his second goal of the game just 11 seconds later, with senior attackman Eric Fannell extending the Buckeyes’ lead to three on his first goal of the game with 12:30 remaining in the quarter. Though a Bellarmine goal closed the gap to two, Chell found the back of the net once again to maintain Ohio State’s advantage on a man-up situation. Leclaire added his first goal of the game before Chell earned his hat trick with his third score. Junior midfielder Bo Lori continued the Buckeyes’ run, scoring his first goal of the season midway through the quarter. Leclaire then scored his second goal of the game before Bellarmine finally found the back of the net, ending a five-goal run for the Buckeyes, who headed to the break leading 10-4.

Bellarmine, however, would not go down so easy, opening the third quarter with a goal to close the Buckeyes’ lead to five. Freshman attackman Nick Musci found the back of the net with 10:00 left in the third, but the Knights would score two more goals to close the gap. Senior attackman Austin Shanks added another goal for Ohio State to recover the Buckeyes’ five-point lead. Bellarmine scored once more before Fannell added his second goal of the game to close the third quarter with a 13-8 lead.

The Knights opened the fourth quarter with a goal, but senior midfielder J.T. Blubaugh answered with what would be the Buckeyes’ last score of the game. Bellarmine would score twice more in the final quarter, but Ohio State would hold them off for the win.

Chell led the Buckeyes in scoring with three goals on the day, while Buckley, Fannell and Leclaire each had two. Fannell also had three assists, giving him a team-high, five-point performance on the day.

Junior goalie Matthew Smidt, in his second career start at Ohio State, had seven saves in 60 minutes. Shots on goal were 24-18 in favor of the Buckeyes, though the Knights had 10 saves to the Buckeyes’ seven.

Senior specialist Jake Withers split time with freshman Christian Feliziani, going a collective 22-for-28 on faceoff attempts for Ohio State. The Buckeyes also recovered 33 groundballs to Bellarmine’s 19, with Withers leading Ohio State’s effort with nine recoveries.

With the loss, Bellarmine falls to 1-4 on the season and heads home to face Mount St. Mary’s next week. Ohio State, meanwhile, improves to 6-0 on the year. Next up, the Buckeyes head back to Columbus to face Cleveland State.

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Malik Hooker’s injuries shouldn’t keep him out of the top of the draft
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The safety had to miss the workout portion of the NFL Combine, but he still interviewed with teams.

Ohio State interception-magnet Malik Hooker traveled to Indianapolis for the NFL Combine even though he was not able to participate in the drills due to a torn labrum and hernia. Despite only having one full season of experience, his natural instincts and penchant for snagging turnovers will make him a top pick in the draft.

The safety is already in discussion to be a first round draft pick in large part to a 2016 season that included 74 total tackles (43 solo) and seven interceptions — with three returned for a touchdown. He finished first in the Big Ten and NCAA for Pick-6’s and first in the Big Ten for interception return yards (181).

His athleticism spans more than just football. Hooker could have played division I basketball coming out of high school, but chose the football path instead. His dual training translates onto the field with loose hips and quick feet.

Measurements


Height: 6’1

Weight: 206 lbs

Hands: 10 3/4”

Arms: 32 1/4”

Media Interviews


The main focus of Hooker’s meetings with teams and the media focused around his injury and the recovery. He was asked how the injury affected his the end of the season, to which he admitted having played through it against Clemson.

“The injury happened Nov. 26 in the game against The Team Up North. When that happened, I didn’t really notice it until after the game. After the game, I couldn’t really walk, I was limping. In practice that week, I wasn’t able to run as well and I just kept playing through it. I played the Clemson game with the injury as well.”

Unlike other players around college football, Hooker never considered out of the bowl game to prevent any further injury. Even being a top NFL prospect didn’t affect the safety’s mentality about competing with his teammates.

“Before even looking into my future, there’s just so much that you put into a program like that. So for me to automatically say I’m not playing because I’m a top 10 pick or whatever the scenario may be, I feel like it’s not fair to Ohio State and the guys I worked with because I was there in the offseason working hard with them, I was there in the rough part of the program, so I feel like it was what I had to do.”

Even with some attrition in the defensive backfield, Hooker isn’t worried about the future of the Buckeye secondary. He believes that the Buckeyes don’t rebuild, they reload, and the group of guys ready to step into the starting roles are just as prepared as the guys walking away.

“It’s not like you’re not good enough, just Ohio State, it’s a major division 1 college, the competition here is crazy, so the guys in line next, they’re just waiting for their opportunity and I feel like they’re going to shine when the opportunity is given to them.”

Hooker spoke a lot about how much the coaching staff at Ohio State helped develop him as both a player and a young man. He credits them for supporting him through his initial homesickness when moving to Columbus and pushed him physically further than he knew he was capable.

Workout Results


Having just had surgery less than two months ago, Hooker is foregoing the workout portion of the combine, and will miss Ohio State’s Pro Day as well. He does expect to be back in time for rookie camp, which is about all that will matter to teams.

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Ohio State claims 2017 Big Ten Wrestling Championship
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Ohio State won the 2017 Big Ten Wrestling Championships title on Sunday with a team score of 139.5. The Buckeyes claimed their fourth Big Ten Championship and second in the last three years.

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Raekwon McMillan won’t shy away from a leadership role in the NFL
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The linebacker is selling more than just his talent at the NFL Combine.

Raekwon McMillan is ready to continue the rich tradition of successful NFL linebackers out of Ohio State, following in the footsteps of Darron Lee, Ryan Shazier and John James Laurinatis. The Buckeye is just as focused on the work he does off the field, which will be a big draw for teams needing to clean up their reputation.

After enrolling early so he could participate in spring practice with the Buckeyes, the linebacker took snaps in all 15 games his freshman season — sometimes even seeing more playing time than the starter. McMillan finished his Ohio State career with 275 total tackles (136 solo), 10 passes defended, 6.0 sacks, along with two forced fumbles and an interception.


He won the Butkus Award for best linebacker in college and was named a finalist for the award after his sophomore campaign. McMillan also earned second-team All Big Ten honors in 2015 and second team All-American and first-team All Big Ten selection in 2016.

Measurements


Height: 6’2

Weight: 240 lbs

Hands: 9 3/4”

Arms: 33”

Media Interviews


The Buckeye spoke to the media ahead of his on-field workout, and he was asked how he’s selling himself — and his athleticism — to teams.

“I’m a captain at Ohio State. Everything we did on defense came through me and I can do the same thing for their program. I’ll never give you a reason to let me go from their team and I’ll always be a leader, never a follower.”

He was a very vocal leader for the Silver Bullets at Ohio State, and a big part of that is positioning his teammates ahead of the snap. This quality is critical if in an NFL defense, and McMillan was asked about his comfort level with that aspect of the game.

“Very comfortable. I did it the last three years at Ohio State with a very complex defense but yet simple at the same time with two different coaches on the back end. So I’m very comfortable with it. Coach Schiano brought a more NFL mentality. Coach Ash was a more conservative college football coach.”

He was also asked about the next man up at middle linebacker for the Buckeyes. While he didn’t know which young player would try and fill his shoes as the starter, he did have some high praise for incoming freshman Barron Browning.

“I recruited Barron. Every time he came on a visit he stayed with me. We talked a lot. I pretty much got him to come there... I think he was a little bit better than me coming out. a little faster, a little more agile.”

Workout Results


Bench press: 23 reps

40-yard dash: 4.61 sec* The third best times among the linebacker group.


Vertical jump: 33.0”

Broad jump: 121.0”

Position drills:


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Is Lattimore best corner in draft? 'I feel like I'm the best'
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The 6-0, 193-pound Lattimore only started one season for the Buckeyes after struggling with injuries his two previous seasons. NFL.com's Chad Reuter has Lattimore at No. 6 overall going to the New York Jets. "Revis Island" out, "Nevermore Lattimore" in ...
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NFL Combine: Conley hoping to crack draft's first round
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Buckeyes Capture 1st Sole B1G Wrestling Title Since Anyone Remembers!
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Kollin Moore took the mat for the 197 title bout vs veteran Brett Pfarr of Minnesota. When he finished, the freshman had given Ohio State its first sole B1G Wrestling title since before the Edsel.

Despite a creeping Penn State effort to within half a point, dramatic title wins by Nathan Tomasello, Bo Jordan gave the finishing edge to add the latest historic achievement of the Tom Ryan era!

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Ohio State recruiting board: Who is moving up?
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Ohio State-Campbell 2017 final score: Baseball Bucks take series from Camels with 7-6 win
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A pair of eighth inning runs for the Buckeyes proved to be decisive in the Tar Heel state.

The first road series of the season for the Ohio State baseball team is in the books, and thanks to a 7-6 win over Campbell on Sunday afternoon, the Buckeyes claimed the rubber match.

An eighth inning RBI sacrifice fly off the bat of junior Tre’ Gantt followed by an run-scoring single by senior co-captain Jalen Washington proved to be the decisive runs for Ohio State. Gantt was 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of RBIs, while sophomore catcher Jacob Barnwell went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in the winning effort.

After coming out on top in the final two games against the Camels, the Buckeyes now stand at 5-6 through the first three weeks of play.

Seth Kinker earned the win in relief, despite yielding a run in two innings of work. Yianni Pavlopoulos, back in his closer role after starting the first two weekends, picked up his first save of the season with a scoreless ninth.

Sophomore Ryan Feltner was on the bump to start for the Buckeyes, looking to leave his rocky first two starts behind him. The right-hander tossed five quality innings, but unraveled in the sixth, and took a no-decision. In all, Feltner allowed five runs, four of them earned, on eight hits, walking two and striking out five.

Campbell sent freshman Ryan Kirk to the mound, who had also been knocked around in the season’s early going. The righty had an afternoon to forget, giving up five runs, four earned, on six hits in 3.2 innings of work. Kirk walked three, struck out two, uncorked a wild pitch, and was the recipient of two passed balls. He didn’t factor into the decision on account of his teammates mounting a comeback to tie the game after he had departed.

Ohio State drew first blood, scoring a pair of runs in the second without netting a hit. Zach Ratcliff walked, Tyler Cowles was by a pitch, and Dominic Canzone drew a free pass as well to load the bases. Kirk was then the victim of a passed ball and a wild pitch on back-to-back pitches with Barnwell at the plate, allowing Ratcliff and Cowles to score.

With Canzone now standing on third, Barnwell sent a slow chopper to short, and the Camels’ Adam Wyse couldn’t make the play. It went as an infield single, and pushed the Buckeye advantage to 3-0.

But Ohio State wasn’t finished. Gantt followed with a single to right-center and Washington walked to load the bases once more. Noah McGowan dug in at the plate and watched as a second pitch of the inning glanced off the glove of Campbell catcher Zach Minnick and went to the backstop. Barnwell trotted home with the Buckeyes’ fourth run.

Campbell got one back in the bottom of the frame thanks to a miscue in the field by Ohio State. Jeff Hahs and Matt Barefoot had consecutive one-out singles, putting two on base. Minnick then sent what looked like a tailor-made double play ball to Washington at short, but the Buckeye senior booted it, loading the bases. An RBI groundout by Christian Jones followed, and the score was 4-1.

A second run came an inning later when Feltner walked Wyse and gave up a two-out double to right-center to Jimmy Monaghan, cutting the Camels’ deficit to just two after three innings.

A response run came when Ohio State got its own two-out hitting going in the top of the fourth. Barnwell doubled down the line in left field and Gantt followed by ripping his second single of the game to make it 5-2. Kirk’s day was done at that point, with Campbell head coach Justin Haire going to redshirt junior Harry Thomas out of the bullpen.

Feltner ran into trouble in the home half of the sixth, though, yielding singles to Cole Hallum and Monaghan and walking Hahs to load the bases with nobody out. The Hudson, Ohio native fought back, getting Barefoot to pop out to short right and striking out Minnick looking with a fastball painted on the outside corner of the plate at the knees.

An escape was within reach, but with a full count, Jones smacked a double into the right field corner that cleared the bases and knotted the game up at five. Trenton Davis struck out to end the inning, but the damage was done and the Buckeyes found themselves in a whole new ballgame.

Thomas cruised for a couple of innings, but nearly gave the lead right back to Ohio State. McGowan led off the seventh with a double and advanced to third on a fly ball to right by Ratcliff. The go-ahead run 90 feet from home, the Camels intentionally walked Bo Coolen to put runners on the corners with one out. That strategy paid dividends, as Brady Cherry grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

In the eighth, a Cowles single, a throwing error by Thomas on a bunt by Canzone, and a bunt single by Barnwell loaded the bases with nobody out and set the table for Gantt and Washington to bring the winning runs plateward.

Kinker yielded a solo homer to Barefoot with one out in the bottom of the eighth, but worked around a two-on, two-out situation to send the game to the final frame with the Buckeyes up 7-6. Pavlopoulos faced the heart of Campbell’s order in the ninth, and set them down in order on just 11 pitches.

Next up for Ohio State is a another trip down south for a three-game weekend series against Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers next Friday through Sunday. The Buckeyes will take part in the Snowbird Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida the following Tuesday and Wednesday before finally returning to Columbus for the home opener at Bill Davis Stadium in two weekends.

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