Ohio State Keeps Albany Winless
from press release
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State men's lacrosse
team, led by 12 saves from senior goalie Brandon Freeman, improved
to 4-0 at home, downing Albany (0-5), 11-6, Saturday in Jesse Owens
Memorial Stadium. Freshman Jeff Tundo led the Buckeye attack with a
hat trick, with classmate Logan Schuss scoring twice. Sophomore
Keenan Ochwat had a goal and an assist (the first tally of his
career), with junior Mike Pires also contributing a goal and an
assist.
Ohio State (4-2) never trailed in the game and the score was tied
(1-1) just once early in the first quarter. The Buckeyes held a 2-1
lead after the first and doubled the advantage to 4-2 at halftime.
A five-goal third quarter extended Ohio State's lead to 9-4
entering the final stanza.
"I'm proud of the way the men responded today," Nick Myers, Ohio
State head coach, said. "It was a great team effort. Brandon's play
in goal really sparked our whole team."
In the second quarter Ohio State again outscored Albany, 2-1, to
lead 4-2 at halftime. After the faceoff to open the second quarter,
sophomore Keenan Ochwat passed out from behind the cage to Tundo on
top of the crease for a score and a 3-1 Buckeye lead. There was no
scoring until freshman Dan Wertz tallied for Ohio State at the 2:56
mark, picking up a rebound and scoring. Albany scored the final
goal of the quarter with just two seconds remaining when Kyle Brunk
scored off an assist from Dean Steinmann.
Ohio State took a commanding 9-4 lead after putting up five goals
in the third quarter. Schuss drove to the net himself for a goal at
13:57, followed by a tally from junior Mike Pires at 9:42. Albany's
Joe Resetarits cut the lead to three (6-3) at 6:44 but Ohio State
scored twice in the next two minutes for an 8-3 edge. Pires set up
Tundo for a score at 5:41 and Ochwat went in alone after a Buckeye
faceoff win and tallied his first career goal at 5:13. Buckeye
sophomore Mike Smail scored Ohio State's ninth goal with 49 seconds
left in the quarter and Albany's Derek Kreuzer ended the Buckeye
run with a goal with three seconds left before the buzzer.
Each team scored twice in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Eddie
Bambino scored unassisted for the Buckeyes at 11:03 and junior Zach
Rodgers set up senior James Green at 5:04. The Great Danes'
Resetarits scored two man-up goals in the final 1:10 for the 11-6
final, tallying at 1:10 and with 40 seconds remaining. Freeman made
six saves in the quarter.
The Buckeyes outshot the Great Danes, 32-27, in the game. Freeman
played all 60 minutes and gave up a season-low five goals, making
12 stops for his fourth game with double-digit saves this season.
Albany's John Carroll had 10 saves in all 60 minutes.
