Michigan, Ball State on Tap for Final Regular Season Weekend – Ohio State Buckeyes

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The final weekend of the field hockey regular season sets up with two games for the 18th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. It starts with the Big Ten regular season finale on Friday at Michigan (6 p.m.) and continues with a Senior Day contest against Ball State on Sunday (1 p.m.).

The Basics
No. 18 Ohio State at No. 6 Michigan // Friday, Oct. 28 // 6 p.m. // Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Ohio State vs. Ball State // Sunday, Oct. 30 // 1 p.m. // Columbus, Ohio
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Briefly on the Buckeyes

• Ohio State enters this weekend having won seven of its last eight games.
• Included in that stretch were a pair of wins last weekend: at Indiana (2-1) and at Bellarmine (5-1).
• The Buckeyes rank in the top 20 nationally in both goals scored per game (18th – 2.69) and goals against average (seventh – 1.05).
• Ohio State’s offense has been particularly hot as of late. In the last eight games, the Buckeyes are averaging 3.75 goals per game.
• Five players have 10 or more points this season: Sarah Charley (22), Leanne Bough (15), Makenna Webster (15), Emma Goldean (13) and Claudia Thomas (11).
• Charley is the team’s leading goal-scorer with 10. Both Bough and Webster each have six.
• Goalkeeper Abby Danson has five shutouts this season and is ranked nationally in save percentage (third – .821) and goals-against average (fourth – 0.95).

Senior Day 2022

• Ohio State will honor seven seniors on Sunday. They are: Leanne Bough, Delaney Lawler, Sarah Charley, Grace Kim, Malen Iglesias, Janekke Van Stophout and Emma Goldean.

History vs. Michigan & Ball State

• One of the most-played games in Ohio State field hockey history, Friday’s meeting will be the 72nd all-time meeting between the two rivals.
• Michigan leads the series, 46-24-2, with the last Ohio State win occurring in 2011.
• The Buckeyes’ last win in Ann Arbor was on Oct. 22, 2010.
• Ohio State and Ball State will be meeting for the 26th time. The Buckeyes lead the all-time series 18-7.
• Last year in Muncie, Ind., Ohio State opened its season with a 1-0 win over the Cardinals.

Big Ten Tournament Briefing

• Buckeye Varsity Field will host the Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament for the first time since 2013 the weekend on Nov. 3-6.
• The seven teams that will be playing there are set. The only thing left to be settled is seeding.
• Three quarterfinal games will be played on…