Buckeyes’ Late Rally Not Enough, Fall 19-14 at Michigan

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Regardless of a late scoring run, the Ohio State males’s lacrosse workforce fell in its common season finale, 19-14, to No. 19 Michigan Friday night time at U-M Lacrosse Stadium in Ann Arbor. The Buckeyes (5-8, 1-4 B1G) end the convention slate tied for fifth with No. 11 Rutgers.

The Quick Story
Ohio State scored 5 unanswered targets within the fourth quarter, but it surely was not sufficient to beat the Michigan lead. The Buckeyes confronted an 18-9 deficit with simply over 10 minutes to play within the last body earlier than Ari Allen scored at 10:03 to begin the workforce’s largest scoring run of the night time. Colby Smith and Dillon Magee added targets of their very own whereas Matt Caputo recorded two within the fourth quarter to chop into the Michigan benefit, however Ohio State finally ran out of time to finish the comeback.

The Buckeyes and Wolverines battled forwards and backwards within the first half and went to the locker room on the break tied, 7-7. Ohio State had its solely lead of the sport 7:36 into the sport after scoring two consecutive targets within the first quarter, the primary from Blake Eiland (9:59) and second from Jack Myers (7:36), for a 2-1 edge. Michigan ended the quarter with a 5-2 benefit, however Ohio State rattled off the primary two and final two targets of the second quarter and outscored the Wolverines, 5-2, within the body to tie the sport.

Michigan tallied 10 targets within the third quarter and held Ohio State to 2 to take management of the lead.

Ultimately, Ohio State had ten gamers document a degree in opposition to Michigan and completed with 14 targets on 20 photographs on track. The workforce dedicated simply 9 turnovers and compelled six of the Wolverines’ 11 turnovers.

Sport Notes

• Colby Smith and Matt Caputo tallied three targets every for Ohio State. Smith’s hat trick is his third of the 12 months and Caputo’s is his second.
• Ohio State’s 9 turnovers in opposition to Michigan are a season low mark.
• The 33 targets scored in Friday night time’s sport are probably the most scored in collection historical past between Ohio State and Michigan.
• The Buckeyes capitalized on each of their man-up alternatives, with Ed Shean and Caputo tallying the 2 EMO targets for Ohio State.
• Goaltender Skylar Wahlund made 15 saves on the night time for his second-most saves in a sport this 12 months.
• Marcus Hudgins scooped up a team-high three floor balls within the sport.
• Cullen Brown earned his first begin as a Buckeye on Friday. The freshman has performed in all 13 video games this season and has grabbed 27 floor balls, together with two in opposition to Michigan.
• Ari Allen scored his first aim of the season with the Buckeyes’ tenth aim of the sport.

Statistically Talking
Photographs: Michigan 34, Ohio State 20

Floor Balls: Michigan 47, Ohio State 18
Faceoffs: Michigan 29-37, Ohio State 8-37

Clears: Michigan 15-15, Ohio State 18-20
Additional Man: Ohio State 2-2, Michigan 1-2

Saves: Ohio State (Wahlund) 15, Michigan (Carr) 6

Turnovers: Michigan 11, Ohio State 9

Ohio State Scoring: Caputo 3-0-3, Smith 3-0-3, Myers 1-2-3, Lewis 1-1-2, Magee 1-1-2, Allen 1-0-1, Borda 1-0-1, Eiland 1-0-1, Pehlke 1-0-1, Shean 1-0-1

What’s Subsequent
The Buckeyes’ postseason begins subsequent week with the Large Ten Event quarterfinals on Saturday, April 29. The total event bracket, together with begin instances, will probably be introduced following the completion of the common season on April 23.

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