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OSU Non-Rev: Battles of Ranked Teams
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While the Ohio State football team’s first game of the season may have gotten the most attention, the biggest Buckeye games of the weekend belonged to the OSU women’s soccer and volleyball teams.
After opening the season with four straight wins, the Ohio State women’s soccer team faced their toughest test yet of the season on Thursday when they traveled to Blacksburg to take on 16th ranked Virginia Tech. The Buckeyes had scored first in their first four games of the season and the streak continued in this one with a goal by Lindsay Agnew in the 33rd minute. After VT nearly tied the game early in the second half, OSU went up 2-0 on a goal by Morgan Wolcott in the 58th minute. A few minutes later the Hokies scored to cut the Buckeye lead in half but neither team would score again as Ohio State held on for the 2-1 upset.
Things got tougher for the team on Sunday as they traveled to Morgantown to take on 4th ranked West Virginia. OSU had been known for getting off to fast starts this season but failed to do so in this game. Instead, the Mountaineers drew first blood, going up 1-0 in the 20th minute, marking the first time OSU has trailed this season. The Buckeyes would finally get on the board when Lindsay Agnew scored in the 70th minute to tie the game; this was Agnew’s fourth goal of the season which currently leads the team and is second in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes couldn’t keep up the momentum though as WVU scored a few minutes later and then would hang on for the 2-1 win, giving OSU their first loss of the season.
This was a very tough weekend for the Buckeyes as they faced two ranked teams on the road and the fact that the team came away with the split is impressive and shows that the Buckeyes are well positioned to make noise in the Big Ten race and then the NCAA tournament. Ohio State was outshot in both games this weekend though in general the Buckeyes tend to be more selective in their shots than a lot of their opponents, tending to put a great percentage of their shots actually on goal. While goalkeeper Jillian McVicker has been excellent in goal this season, it would be nice if the Buckeye defense could ease her workload a bit. Ohio State is now 5-1-0 and off to their best start since 2007. The pollsters rewarded the Buckeyes for the upset of Virginia Tech and their tenacious performance against WVU by moving OSU to 19th in the latest poll. Ohio State will return home this weekend, hosting Texas on Friday night and 7th ranked BYU on Monday.
Women’s Volleyball
Ohio State swept LIU Brooklyn on Friday. (Photo courtesy of OSU Athletics.)
This past weekend the Ohio State women’s volleyball team hosted the 12th Annual Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic. While the Buckeyes were the hosts, they were playing in an unusual venue as they traveled down High Street to play in Nationwide Arena. This was the first time volleyball was played at Nationwide and was done as preparation for the arena hosting the NCAA Championships this December.
Ohio State got the tournament off to a strong start on Friday as they swept LIU Brooklyn (25-11, 25-17, 25-19) and Wyoming (25-22, 25-17, 25-16) in straight sets. Despite a couple slow starts against Wyoming, trailing 6-0 in the first set and 4-0 in the second set, the Buckeyes were never seriously threatened all day.
On Saturday the tournament came to an exciting ending in a thrilling match between 11th ranked Ohio State and 10th ranked BYU. Ohio State got off to a strong start, scoring the first three points of the night and never trailing on the way to a 25-19 win in the opening set. After giving up the first point of set two, the Buckeyes scored the next two to take the lead and would never trail again in the set. The Cougars would put together a late run to tie things at 24 but the Buckeyes scored the next point to go up two sets to none.
BYU came out of the gates red hot in set 3, jumping out to a quick 9-0 lead. Even after OSU got on the board, the Cougars didn’t slow down as they extended their lead to 21-2. The Buckeyes would put together a 12 to 3 run to close the set with some dignity but it was too little, too late as the Cougars came away with a 25-14 win. BYU got off to another fast start in the next set, going up 6-1 early. OSU would pull within three, 16-13, midway through the set but they couldn’t keep up the run and BYU won the set 25-20 to force a deciding fifth set. The fifth set was all BYU as they pulled off a 15-9 win to win the match and thus the tournament 3 sets to 2.
The loss was disappointing, mostly due to Ohio State being unable to kill BYU’s momentum once the Cougars got rolling. The Buckeye attack fell apart in the final three sets as they never attacked at better than 0.079 in any of those sets. The match showed that OSU has the potential to beat top ranked opponents but still has some work to do. There was some good news on Saturday for the Buckeyes as sophomore Taylor Hughes and junior Luisa Schirmer were named to the All-Tournament Team. The Buckeyes return to action this weekend with a trip to Missouri were they will take on IUPUI, Missouri State, and Green Bay in the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational.
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Charles via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
While the Ohio State football team’s first game of the season may have gotten the most attention, the biggest Buckeye games of the weekend belonged to the OSU women’s soccer and volleyball teams.
After opening the season with four straight wins, the Ohio State women’s soccer team faced their toughest test yet of the season on Thursday when they traveled to Blacksburg to take on 16th ranked Virginia Tech. The Buckeyes had scored first in their first four games of the season and the streak continued in this one with a goal by Lindsay Agnew in the 33rd minute. After VT nearly tied the game early in the second half, OSU went up 2-0 on a goal by Morgan Wolcott in the 58th minute. A few minutes later the Hokies scored to cut the Buckeye lead in half but neither team would score again as Ohio State held on for the 2-1 upset.
Things got tougher for the team on Sunday as they traveled to Morgantown to take on 4th ranked West Virginia. OSU had been known for getting off to fast starts this season but failed to do so in this game. Instead, the Mountaineers drew first blood, going up 1-0 in the 20th minute, marking the first time OSU has trailed this season. The Buckeyes would finally get on the board when Lindsay Agnew scored in the 70th minute to tie the game; this was Agnew’s fourth goal of the season which currently leads the team and is second in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes couldn’t keep up the momentum though as WVU scored a few minutes later and then would hang on for the 2-1 win, giving OSU their first loss of the season.
This was a very tough weekend for the Buckeyes as they faced two ranked teams on the road and the fact that the team came away with the split is impressive and shows that the Buckeyes are well positioned to make noise in the Big Ten race and then the NCAA tournament. Ohio State was outshot in both games this weekend though in general the Buckeyes tend to be more selective in their shots than a lot of their opponents, tending to put a great percentage of their shots actually on goal. While goalkeeper Jillian McVicker has been excellent in goal this season, it would be nice if the Buckeye defense could ease her workload a bit. Ohio State is now 5-1-0 and off to their best start since 2007. The pollsters rewarded the Buckeyes for the upset of Virginia Tech and their tenacious performance against WVU by moving OSU to 19th in the latest poll. Ohio State will return home this weekend, hosting Texas on Friday night and 7th ranked BYU on Monday.
Women’s Volleyball
Ohio State swept LIU Brooklyn on Friday. (Photo courtesy of OSU Athletics.)
This past weekend the Ohio State women’s volleyball team hosted the 12th Annual Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic. While the Buckeyes were the hosts, they were playing in an unusual venue as they traveled down High Street to play in Nationwide Arena. This was the first time volleyball was played at Nationwide and was done as preparation for the arena hosting the NCAA Championships this December.
Ohio State got the tournament off to a strong start on Friday as they swept LIU Brooklyn (25-11, 25-17, 25-19) and Wyoming (25-22, 25-17, 25-16) in straight sets. Despite a couple slow starts against Wyoming, trailing 6-0 in the first set and 4-0 in the second set, the Buckeyes were never seriously threatened all day.
On Saturday the tournament came to an exciting ending in a thrilling match between 11th ranked Ohio State and 10th ranked BYU. Ohio State got off to a strong start, scoring the first three points of the night and never trailing on the way to a 25-19 win in the opening set. After giving up the first point of set two, the Buckeyes scored the next two to take the lead and would never trail again in the set. The Cougars would put together a late run to tie things at 24 but the Buckeyes scored the next point to go up two sets to none.
BYU came out of the gates red hot in set 3, jumping out to a quick 9-0 lead. Even after OSU got on the board, the Cougars didn’t slow down as they extended their lead to 21-2. The Buckeyes would put together a 12 to 3 run to close the set with some dignity but it was too little, too late as the Cougars came away with a 25-14 win. BYU got off to another fast start in the next set, going up 6-1 early. OSU would pull within three, 16-13, midway through the set but they couldn’t keep up the run and BYU won the set 25-20 to force a deciding fifth set. The fifth set was all BYU as they pulled off a 15-9 win to win the match and thus the tournament 3 sets to 2.
The loss was disappointing, mostly due to Ohio State being unable to kill BYU’s momentum once the Cougars got rolling. The Buckeye attack fell apart in the final three sets as they never attacked at better than 0.079 in any of those sets. The match showed that OSU has the potential to beat top ranked opponents but still has some work to do. There was some good news on Saturday for the Buckeyes as sophomore Taylor Hughes and junior Luisa Schirmer were named to the All-Tournament Team. The Buckeyes return to action this weekend with a trip to Missouri were they will take on IUPUI, Missouri State, and Green Bay in the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational.
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