Buckeyes Drop 15-8 Decision to Cornell in NCAA Tournament

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State males’s lacrosse season got here to an finish on Sunday afternoon within the first spherical of the NCAA Match, because the Buckeyes suffered a 15-8 setback at seventh-seeded Cornell.

The Buckeyes end their season with a 10-6 total file. Cornell strikes on to the quarterfinals the place it’ll face both second-seeded Georgetown or Delaware subsequent Sunday at Ohio Stadium.

The Quick Story
Ohio State jumped out to a 4-0 first-quarter lead with two targets from Colby Smith and one every by Jackson Reid and Tyler Gallagher.

After a virtually 90-minute climate delay, play resumed with 11 minutes remaining within the second quarter and Ohio State main, 4-2. Cornell scored two of the ultimate three targets of the primary half because the Buckeyes led 6-5 on the break.

The Huge Crimson took the lead for good within the third quarter with a 6-1 run and by no means trailed once more. For Ohio State, Jack Myers and Colby Smith every scored twice whereas goalie Skylar Wahlund completed with 14 saves.

Quotable
“Congratulation to Cornell on a extremely well-played sport,” stated head coach Nick Myers. “Whereas it’s disappointing any time your season involves an finish, I couldn’t be prouder of a gaggle of males and particularly a gaggle of seniors. These seniors introduced Buckeye lacrosse again and for that they will maintain their heads excessive. We’ve got shiny days forward of us and I’m grateful to everybody who went alongside on this journey with us.”

How The Objectives Had been Scored

• Similar to they did within the first assembly between these two groups in early March, Ohio State began quick.
• The Buckeyes out the primary 4 targets on the scoreboard within the first quarter to open a 4-0 lead. Colby Smith scored twice, Jackson Reid had one and Tyler Gallagher made a SportsCenter High 10-worthy play for the fourth tally of the quarter.
• Gallagher scored from 65 yards on in opposition to a 10-man Cornell experience, placing Ohio State up 4-0 on the 3:42 mark of the opening stanza.
• Cornell’s CJ Kirst netted two fast targets for Cornell than {that a} minute aside early within the second quarter to chop the deficit to 4-2. Instantly after his second rating, with 11 minutes remaining within the second quarter, the sport was suspended because of the lightning within the space.
• When play resumed almost 90 minutes later, Jack Myers netted his first tally of the day to place Ohio State up 5-2 at 6:26 of the second quarter.
• From there, nonetheless, Cornell scored twice to complete the second quarter and trailed by only one, 5-4, on the half.
• The Huge Crimson scored the primary 4 targets of the third quarter to surge forward 8-5. Zach Ludd introduced the run to an finish together with his first objective of the 12 months at 8:18.
• CJ Kirst netted two extra within the quarter as Cornell took a 10-6 lead into the fourth quarter. A 4-0 Huge Crimson run halfway via the ultimate quarter gave them their largest lead of the day at 15-7 with slightly below three minutes to play.

Buckeye This and That

• Jack Myers’ second-quarter objective gave him 100 in his 45-game profession. He completed the 2022 season with 38 targets and 45 assists for 83 factors – second most in single-season program historical past.
• Colby Smith’s two tallies gave him 41 targets on the season. That’s tied with Jon Ewert (1986) for eleventh highest in single-season historical past.
• The opposite 40-goal scorer on Ohio State’s roster in 2022 was Jackson Reid, who completed with 47.
• Sunday’s was Reid’s 61st profession video games. He completed his time with the scarlet and grey with 131 targets – third most in program historical past – to associate with 49 assists for 180 factors.
• Skylar Wahlund completed with double-figure saves for the fifth straight sport.
• Justin Inacio picked up 12 floor balls and within the course of grew to become Ohio State’s all-time chief in that class. He closes his profession with 357 in 55 video games.
• The 217 targets scored this season are the third-most in program historical past, solely behind the 2017 squad that scored 238 and the 2008 group with 224.
• The Buckeyes made their seventh NCAA Match look and the fourth below head coach Nick Myers.

Statistically Talking
Photographs: Cornell 43, Ohio State 32
Saves: Ohio State 14, Cornell 13
Faceoffs: Ohio State 17-for-27, Cornell 10-for-17
Groundballs: Cornell 33, Ohio State 23
Turnovers: Ohio State 16, Cornell 13
Clears: Ohio State 15-for-17, Cornell 14-for-15
Ohio State Scoring: Jack Myers 2-1-3; Colby Smith 2-0-2; Jackson Reid 1-0-1; Tyler Gallagher 1-0-1; Ed Shean 1-0-1; Zach Ludd 1-0-1