No. 16 Ohio State
7-3,
3-0 GWLL
vs.
No.
8 North Carolina
7-3,
0-3 ACC
Saturday, April 12 - 1 p.m.
Where: The
Boys’ Latin School of Maryland, Baltimore,
Md.
Buckeye Lax Hits
• Senior Kevin Buchanan and junior Joel Dalgarno, who shared the
team lead with six points each vs. both Bellarmine and Air Force last
week, carry 39 and 37-game point scoring streaks, respectively, into the
game vs. North Carolina.
The duo are in the Top 5 nationally in points per game and lead
the GWLL in scoring.
• Ohio State is second in the country in both man-up offense
(.543) and scoring margin (+6.7).
• The Buckeyes have scored double-digit goals in each of their
last seven games and are third nationally in scoring offense (13.6 goals
per game).
• Next Saturday (April 19), Ohio State will face conference foe
Denver in Ohio Stadium prior to the football team’s spring game.
The program is looking to break the national lacrosse attendance record
(52,004).
• The Buckeyes are ninth nationally in team defense (6.9 goals allowed
per game) and senior goalie Stefan Schroder is fourth in the country in
goals-against average (6.33).
Gametime
The No. 16 Ohio State men’s lacrosse team (7-3, 3-0 GWLL)
travels to Baltimore this weekend to face No. 8 North Carolina (7-3, 0-3
ACC). The teams will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at The Boys’ Latin
School of Maryland. Directions to the field can be found online at www.boyslatinmd.com/about/directions.aspx.
Polling
Ohio State moved up one spot to No. 16 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse
media poll released Monday. In the USILA coaches poll, the Buckeyes are
now 19th.
Homecoming
When the Buckeyes take on North Carolina Saturday in Baltimore, it
will mark the return of eight current players, as well as head coach Joe
Breschi, to their home state. Eight Buckeyes hail from Maryland and the
Baltimore area - seniors Kevin Buchanan (Cockeysville/Calvert Hall),
Josh Funk (Poolesville/Poolesville) and Matt Cornell (Ellicott
City/Archbishop Spaulding), juniors Nick Carr (Baltimore/Calvert Hall)
and Scott Matthews (Nottingham/Boys’ Latin), sophomores Scott
Foreman (Timonium/Calvert Hall) and Patrick Hansen (Annapolis/St.
Mary’s) and freshman Andrew Klontz (Silver Spring/Sandy Spring
Friends). Breschi is a graduate of Loyola Blakefield. The game will be played at The Boys’ Latin School of
Maryland, the alma mater of Matthews, a three-year starter on defense
for the Buckeyes. He will be recognized by the school before the game
Saturday.
Almost Here
The Buckeyes will take on Denver at 11 a.m. next Saturday (April
19) in Ohio Stadium before the football team’s spring game. The
program will be looking to break the national attendance record of
52,004 (set May 26, 2007 at the NCAA semifinals at M&T Bank Stadium
in Baltimore when Johns Hopkins beat Delaware and Duke downed Cornell). The regular-season attendance record is 20,180, set during a
doubleheader featuring Johns Hopkins/Princeton and Virginia/Syracuse
March 3, 2007, also at M&T Bank Stadium. The on-campus record is
19,850, set when Maryland hosted Johns Hopkins at Byrd Stadium in
College Park, Md., April 18, 1987. Tickets to the game are $5 and include both the lacrosse and
football games. They can be purchased online at OhioStateBuckeyes.com or
by calling 1-800-GO-BUCKS. Gates to the stadium will open at 10 a.m.,
with general admission seating.
Lace Them Up
Buckeye players and coaches are wearing lime green shoelaces in
honor of Nick “HEAD” Colleluori, a relentless lacrosse
player who lost his life to lymphoma Nov. 28, 2006 at age 21. Colleluori
was a native of the Philadelphia area and played lacrosse at Hofstra.
The laces are sold through the HEADstrong Foundation, which
supports blood cancer research effort. To date, the foundation has
raised over $30,000 from the sale of the laces. For more information,
visit HEADstrongfoundation.org.
Buckeye Snapshot
The Buckeyes are 7-3 this season, with wins over Colgate, Penn
State, Robert Morris, Villanova, Quinnipiac, Bellarmine and Air
Force. All three of the team’s losses have been to ranked teams in
overtime - No. 11 Navy (8-7 OT), No. 19 Bucknell (8-7 3OT) and No. 13
UMBC (12-11 2OT). The squad is averaging 13.22 goals a game and allowing 6.71 goals
a contest. The team has converted 25-of-46 (.543) man-up chances.
Junior Joel Dalgarno has a team-best 24 assists and 45 points.
Senior tri-captain Kevin Buchanan is first on the team with 24 goals and
is second with 42 points. Junior Peet Poillon has 22 goals to rank
second and is fourth with 27 points. Junior Jeff Ryan is third in points
with 28, on 19 goals and nine assists. Sophomore James Green has an
11-7-18 line and classmate Mario Ventiquattro also has hit double digits
with 16 points, including 12 goals.
Senior goalie Stefan Schroder has started all 10 games and has a
6.33 goals-against average and .597 save percentage.
Junior Nick Carr is first on the team with 50 groundballs and has
won 105-of-203 (.517) faceoffs. Schroder is second with 32 groundballs,
followed by junior Scott Matthews and sophomore Keith Lovett with 23
each. Senior tri-captains Ricky Pages and Josh Funk have 22 and 21
groundballs, respectively.
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The No. 16 Ohio State men’s lacrosse team travels to Baltimore this weekend to face No. 8 North Carolina.
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