Tee-k Kelly Ties for 30th in NCAA Championships
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(Image and tournament courtesy Ohio State Athletics web site. Event statistics and scoring courtesy of Golfstat)

How’d He Do?


Tee-k did fairly well in the opening round. He did even better in the 2nd round. Unfortunately, the 3rd round, although it went well, didn’t go as well as needed. Tee-k shot a +3, 73 to finish the 54 holes in a T-30th place at +4 to par. The low score that advanced to Monday’s stroke play finals was +3. He was +4 on the round through twelve holes and scored a late birdie (#16) but it just wasn’t enough.

As he finished his front 9 (at +2), I felt that he needed 2 birdies to make the cut. Tee-k did get a birdie, but scored 2 bogeys as well. Here is the 54 hole leaderboard.



What’s it Mean?


It means the season is over for Tee-k Kelly. It also means that Tee-k should be proud of his accomplishments this year. Finishing in 30th place in a field of 156 golfers is no small accomplishment.

Tee-k had yet another clean round with 1 birdie / 4 bogeys. This is his 3rd consecutive round in Eugene where he shot nothing higher than a bogey. This is very solid golf at a high level. In fact, his team mates and coaches should be proud of his efforts.

One thing about Tee-k’s play was his consistency. During this season, up through NCAA Regionals, Tee-k averaged 73.3 strokes per round, or approximately 1.3 over par per round. In the three rounds of the NCAA’s, with the field averaging 73.1 strokes, Tee-k averaged 71.3 strokes, or approximately 1.3 over par per round.

Tee-k, that is a job well done. Thank you.



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Standout 2018 prospects dish on Ohio State recruitment
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Off to a hot start to it's 2017 class, Ohio State isn't forgetting about 2018 and beyond.

If you want to build a college football power, it starts with recruiting. Currently holding to the top overall recruiting class for the 2017 cycle, Urban Meyer and the hard working Ohio State coaching staff have hit the recruiting trail over the last few weeks searching for not only top prospects in the now senior class, but also a large amount of underclassmen from across the country.

With spots quickly feeling up in the Buckeyes 2017 class, Ohio State has still yet to secure a verbal pledge from a class of 2018 prospect. While some programs hold multiple commitments at the moment, Meyer and crew are patiently waiting for the right piece to start their 2018 puzzle off.

A commitment can't happen without the staff offering you a scholarship first. Visiting a large amount of high school programs since the dead period ended, the Buckeyes have dished out a chance to line up in the Scarlet and Gray to many of the most sought after prospects in the junior class.

Land-Grant Holy Land had the chance to catch up with a few of the recent Ohio State offerees. See what the prospects had the say about their offer from the Buckeyes, and more:

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Town/School: Lindenhurst, N.Y. / Lindenhurst Senior

Size: 6'5"/220

Other offers: Alabama, Boston College, Florida State, Tennessee, Virginia Tech

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Town/School: Justin,Texas / Northwest

Size: 6'7"/330

Other offers: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

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OT Colten Blanton


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Ohio State stays alive at Big Ten tournament with Dawson's 10th inning homerun
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Big Ten baseball: After delay, Ohio State eliminates Michigan, forces Sunday game with Spartans
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Ohio State claims Big Ten Tournament championship, NCAA berth with incredible 8-7 win over Iowa
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The Buckeyes were the best of the Big Ten bunch this week in Omaha and are now headed to the NCAA Tournament.

Ohio State has another piece of hardware to add to the trophy case after the Buckeye baseball team defeated Iowa in dramatic fashion, 8-7, to win the Big Ten Tournament championship. The title is the ninth in program history and first since 2007, and comes with the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Troy Kuhn laced a double with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to bring Ronnie Dawson around with the game-winning run. Dawson had singled up the middle with two outs against Iowa reliever Josh Martsching.



The win was nearly a replay for Ohio State, which blew a four-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Hawkeyes on Thursday night before ultimately falling in extra innings. Iowa scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth of this one to tie things up before the Buckeyes pulled it out.

In the eighth, Ohio State reliever Michael Horejsei struggled, loading the bases and exiting with two outs. The Buckeyes brought on closer Yianni Pavlopoulos, and he abruptly gave up a two-run double to Iowa's Tyler Peyton, trimming the lead to 7-6. Joel Booker then delivered a game-tying single.

Pavlopoulos closed things out in the ninth to deliver the championship to the Scarlet and Gray.

Dawson, who made a strong case for Most Outstanding Player in the tournament going 15-for-26 (.578), led the charge offensively with a 3-for-5 day, scoring three times and driving in two. Kuhn had three RBIs of his own in a 2-for-5 game.

Iowa took the early lead, scoring a run against Ohio State starter Adam Niemeyer in the bottom of the first. Tyler Peyton led off with a walk and advanced to third on a bloop single to center by Joe Booker. Mason McCoy then sent a ground ball to second base which brought Peyton home.

In the third, the Hawkeyes extended the lead with a crooked number. Peyton doubled over Gantt's head in right field and hustled into third when Gantt had trouble picking up the ball. A single by Booker brought him home.

Booker advanced to third on a double by McCoy, then came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Austin Guzzo. McCoy came plateward a batter later thanks to a Robert Neustrom single, and it was 4-0.

Mathews was pulled after three innings, and Ohio State broke through against reliever Ryan Erickson. Nick Sergakis and Craig Nennig led off with back-to-back singles, and Dawson did what he's done all tournament long, smacking a double off the wall in right-center.


Dawson stole third, then scored the third run of the inning when Montgomery drag-bunted his way aboard. Jacob Bosiokovic followed that with a single, and Erickson's day was done. C.J. Eldred came out of the bullpen, but could not stop the bleeding. Washington doubled into the gap in left-center, which scored Montgomery to tie the game and gave the Buckeyes two runners in scoring position with one out.


After Bosiokovic was thrown out trying to score on a chopper to third, Washington scored from second with some heads up baserunning. On a hot shot single by Gantt that glanced off the glove of shortstop Nick Roscetti on a leaping attempt, the Buckeye catcher came all the way around, sliding in ahead of Roscetti's throw to give Ohio State a 5-4 lead.


Tanner Tully entered the game after that big inning and controlled the Hawkeye bats, yielding just three hits and one walk, striking out two in three innings of work.

In the seventh, Ohio State got some much-needed insurance against Nick Allgeyer, scoring twice to extend the lead to 7-5. Gantt laid down a bunt single to lead off and went to third on a bloop double by Dawson. Both runners came plateward on a sharp two-out single by Kuhn.


Seth Kinker, who was responsible for the Hawkeyes coming back to score four runs in the bottom of the ninth on Thursday night, came on in relief looking for redemption. The right-hander, making his tournament record fifth appearance of the week, threw a scoreless seventh before giving way to Horejsei in the eighth.

Ohio State will find out its NCAA regional destination on Monday, as this year's bracket is announced live at 12 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

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I spent most of April on a three week jaunt through England, chasing down spots where I thought three of my uncles might have spent some time before being sent on to France and Belgium.

There is little left of the grand camps that were set up to house American troops in 1942 - 45, grass covered farm fields that were quickly converted to barracks, tents and headquarters, and just as quickly returned to crop fields after the war.

This is not to say the Brits have forgotten. They have not and their appreciation that boys like Bobby, Clifford and Ray came here to fight for them continues across the generations.

Perhaps the most poignant spot on my journey was this, just outside Plymouth on the banks of the Severn River. The sign stands on a simple street corner, the main east - west street of the city intersects with a narrow road that makes a steep drop down to the river. Here on June 3 - 5 1944, 66,000 American soldiers marched down and boarded LSTs and transports and set off for Normandy. There's a plain stone marker opposite the sign and evidence, in the form of red poppy wreaths, that the local townspeople held a ceremony on Remembrance Day, 2015.

I think my uncles would appreciate the simplicity. Like Arron Copeland's Fanfare for the Common Man, written in 1942 to honor the citizen army America was beginning to raise, the monument is small and plain. You must bring your heart to see the magnificence of what took place here, your knowledge of history to make it important, and your memory of those common men to understand why they did what they did.

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Video: Here’s a fun montage from the Big Ten baseball tourney
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Vote: #BestCatch of 2016 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
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Ohio State baseball advances to Big Ten championship game with 7-3 win over Michigan State
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The Buckeyes will play for a title this afternoon against Iowa in Omaha after handling the Spartans.

Ohio State baseball has a shot at a championship. The Buckeyes defeated Michigan State by a score of 7-3 early Sunday afternoon to advance to the Big Ten tournament title game against Iowa later in the afternoon.

As has been the case all tournament long, Ohio State executed well defensively and on the bases, got timely hitting, and capitalized on miscues by its opponents to pick a victory. The Buckeyes will now have a shot at revenge on the Hawkeyes, who came back from a 4-0 deficit in the ninth inning on Thursday night to claim a 5-4 win over the scarlet and gray.

The team's performance in the Big Ten tournament may also have solidified its NCAA tournament chances regardless of what happens the rest of the day.


As was the case in Saturday night's 3-2 win over the Spartans, Ohio State's bullpen was terrific. Kyle Michalik and Seth Kinker combined to toss 6.1 innings of shutout ball, running their total to 12 scoreless in the two games.

Craig Nennig, Ronnie Dawson, Troy Montgomery, and Tre Gantt all contributed multiple hits in the effort as well.

Ohio State got to Michigan State starter Joe Mockbee right out of the gate, scoring twice in the top of the first inning. Nick Sergakis led off with a walk and was followed by back-to-back singles to left from Nennig and Dawson. Troy Kuhn and Montgomery followed with an RBI groundout and a well-executed RBI safety squeeze to plate the runs.


In the third, the Buckeyes strung together three straight two-out singles by Dawson, Kuhn, and Montgomery to add another run to the board and extend the lead to 3-0. Michigan State brought on Walter Borkovich from the bullpen to end the threat.


The Spartans came back in the bottom of the third to tie the game and chase Buckeye starter Austin Woodby. A leadoff walk by Kory Young and a single by Brandon Hughes set up Dan Durkin for a two-run double down the right field line. Durkin came around to score on a double by Dan Chmielewski to knot things up 3-3. Ohio State reliever Michalik came on to end the inning.

The Buckeyes used movement on the basepaths to grab the go-ahead run in the top of the sixth against Dakota Mekkes. After Gantt singled and Sergakis walked, the two took off on a double steal. The throw to third from Michigan State catcher Matt Byars sailed into left field, and Gantt trotted home with ease for a 4-3 lead.

More small ball and another error by the Spartans in the top of the seventh gave Ohio State another run. Montgomery singled and Bosiokovic walked to open the inning, and Washington squared around to bunt them over. He laid it down and Mekkes tried to cut down the lead runner at third, but the throw got away and Montgomery came plateward.


Mekkes then intentionally walked L. Grant Davis to load the bases with nobody out and Michigan State went to Jake Lowery out of the bullpen. Lowery's first pitch went to the backstop and Bosiokovic scored with ease for a 6-3 lead. Gantt sent a fly ball to center field after that to bring Washington home and extend the lead to four.

It was all the Buckeyes needed, as they navigated the losers bracket of the tournament for ta chance at the program's ninth tourney title. The game against the Hawkeyes is scheduled to get started at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET and will air live on Big Ten Network.

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Track Sunday’s Big Ten baseball tournament semifinal and final
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It's championship Sunday at the 2016 Big Ten Baseball Tournament at TD Ameritrade Park, home of the College World Series. Live: No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Ohio State in an elimination semifinal game.

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Tee-k Kelly Moves Up Leaderboard in NCAA 2nd Round
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(Image and tournament courtesy Ohio State Athletics web site. Event statistics and scoring courtesy of Golfstat)

The 2016 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships are played at the same venue as the NCAA Women’s Championships last week; Eugene Country Club in Eugene, OR. The course will play to 7,014 yards and a par of 70. It has a rating of 74.2 and a slope of 136. By contrast, my “home” course plays to 6,638 yards, a par of 72, a rating of 72.0 and a slope of 123. The Eugene CC is one of the tougher courses the men will play this season; if you watched any of the NCAA Women’s Championship, you’d have seen a lot of trees.

How’d He Do?


Tee-k did fairly well in the opening round. He did even better in the 2nd round. His even par (70) round moved him up 9 positions to T-24th. He blended 4 birdies / 4 bogeys with his 14 pars to get into better position to advance after Sunday’s 3rd round.

Tee-k began his round on the back 9 (hole #10) and his first couple hours were a struggle; he was +3 to par after 8 holes and needed to turn things around. He birdied his 9th hole (#18) and an hour later birdied the 528 yard par-5 4th hole to move to +1 for the round. He overcame a bogey on his 16th hole (#7) by birdieing his final two holes to get his round back to even par and +1 after two rounds. Strong finishes to both front and back 9’s may be what gets Tee-k into the final round on Monday.



What’s it Mean?


Tee-k is still in the hunt. He ended the second round in 2nd place of those who are participating as individuals. For Tee-k to advance to the Championship round, he has to be one of the top nine players not on a team that is advancing. Got it?

Entering the 3rd round, there are 23 players doing better than Tee-k and 11 players doing as well. Of these 34 players, 27 of them are on teams that have potential to advance. With those seven players and Tee-k in 2nd position of Individuals, he’s at the cut line to advance. He needs a relatively (better than a dozen or so other players) to have a chance to advance. Of course, as the 3rd round gets underway, some of the teams at the borderline will shift, so we won’t have the exact picture until Sunday evening. This is nerve-wracking stuff.

Tee-k had another pretty clean round with 4 birdies / 4 bogeys. This is his 2nd consecutive round in Eugene where he shot nothing higher than a bogey, and not many of those… He is positioning himself round. He needs another clean round with a few birdies sprinkled in. Very doable for him.

Next up; Round 3

Go Buckeyes! Go Tee-k!



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Ohio State baseball survives Michigan State in 10 innings, 3-2, at the Big Ten Tournament
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Ronnie Dawson's extra innings home run extended the Buckeyes' season another day.

Ronnie Dawson provided the theatrics and Ohio State baseball survived to fight another day. In an elimination game on Saturday night at the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha, the Buckeyes outlasted Michigan State for a 3-2 win in 10 innings thanks to Dawson's 13th home run of the season.

Leading off the top of the tenth against Spartans' reliever Walter Borkovich, Dawson found a 1-0 slider to his liking and let loose.


"Your big players have to make big plays, and we got one from [Ronnie]," head coach Greg Beals said after the game.

The two teams will now play another elimination game on Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. ET, with the winner advancing to the championship game against Iowa.

Because of Friday night's game against Michigan being suspended, Ohio State's pitching staff was out of turn. Adam Niemeyer threw two innings Friday, and Ryan Feltner picked up where he left off when the game resumed on Saturday afternoon. That meant senior Daulton Mosbarger took the mound against Michigan State in Saturday evening's affair.

Mosbarger gave the Buckeyes 4.1 innings in his first start of the season, allowing two runs on six hits with two walks and five strikeouts. The lefty did not factor in the decision after giving way to Kyle Michalik. The bullpen took it from there, with Seth Kinker and Yianni Pavlopoulos combining with Michalik to throw 5.2 scoreless innings.

Ohio State got on the board first, plating a run in the second inning. Troy Montgomery and Jacob Bosiokovic singled back-to-back to lead things off and were both bunted over by Jalen Washington. Ryan Leffel followed that with an RBI groundout for the 1-0 lead.


Michigan State knotted things up in the bottom of the frame thanks to a single by Kris Simonton, a walk for Marty Bechina, a double steal, and a two-out bunt single by Kory Young.

The Spartans then grabbed a 2-1 lead in the third thanks to a leadoff single by Jordan Zimmerman, a sacrifice bunt by Dan Durkin, and RBI single by Matt Byars.

In the top of the fourth, though, the Buckeyes came right back to tie the game. Troy Kuhn singled to lead off and Montgomery beat out a bunt single before Bosiokovic bunted them both into scoring position. Washington then sent a ground ball to second to bring Kuhn in.

From there, the bullpens got involved and the chess match really got going. Both sides executed well defensively, and the game ended up going to extra innings.

That's when Dawson got a hold of one to give Ohio State the 3-2 lead.

Pavlopoulos came on in the bottom of the tenth and recorded his 14th save of the season.

Sunday's rematch will be broadcast live on Big Ten Network, as will the tournament championship, which is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET.

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Ohio State baseball beats Michigan 11-4 to keep Big Ten Tournament hopes alive
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The Buckeyes beat Michigan, the weather, and the demons of another Big Ten Tournament meltdown to keep their NCAA hopes alive.

After a heartbreaking late game meltdown against Iowa yesterday, Ohio State baseball could have simply folded up and ended their season. With memories of other Big Ten Tournament collapses still fresh in their minds, and after yet another rain delay postponed a promising start, an Ohio State loss would have been understandable.

But the Buckeyes didn't let any of those things get to them. Instead, their bats rallied, and they scored early and often, clobbering Michigan 11-4, giving their computer profile yet another RPI boost, and keeping their NCAA Tournament hopes, and Big Ten Tournament championship hopes, alive.

The Buckeyes opened the day already with a 5-2 lead, thanks to their performance yesterday, before inclement weather moved the game to today. The Wolverines pulled within two runs in the 5th inning to make the score 6-4, but they wouldn't get any closer, as the Buckeye stamped out any possibly rally with gusto, grabbing three runs of their own in the 5th, and tacking on insurance runs later in the game. Every Buckeye picked up at least one hit, and Ryan Feltner was excellent on the mound for the Buckeyes, striking out 10.



With the win, the Buckeyes have eliminated Michigan from the Big Ten Tournament, although the Wolverines are still highly like to make the NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes keep their Big Ten tournament hopes alive, and will face off against Michigan State at 6:30 PM Eastern tonight.

Even with another RPI boosting win, the Buckeyes probably need to do a little more damage in the Big Ten tournament in order to feel secure about grabbing an NCAA spot, despite their 40 wins. With yet another victory over Michigan, Ohio State's RPI sits at 49, which is still a little low for an at-large selection. A loss to Michigan State, (RPI 72), would send it tumbling further.

Thanks to the loss against Iowa, one more loss will send them home, so continuing their hot streak will be critical in tonight's action.

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Day 4: Watch Saturday’s best Big Ten baseball tourney highlights
BTN.com staff via Big Ten Network

Day 4 of the 2016 Big Ten Baseball Tournament is underway, and there will be plenty of baseball Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park, home of the College World Series. Coming up at 6:30 ET on BTN: No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Michigan State (watch on BTN2Go). If the Spartans win, they will play No. 8 Iowa in the tourney final at 2 p.m. ET Sunday; if the Buckeyes win, the two teams will play an elimination game at 10 a.m. Sunday, with the winner advancing to play the Hawkeyes. In completed action Saturday, Iowa shut out No. 6

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