#22 Ohio State’s Fast Start Pushes Buckeyes Past JMU

Friday, October 12

Columbus, Ohio

4 p.m.

James Madison University

(4-8)

Ohio State

(9-6)

James Madison

Ohio State

Photo by: JMU Athletics Photography

10/12/2018 6:05:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – James Madison field hockey was unable to stop #22 Ohio State on Friday evening in a 5-0 loss on the road. JMU was held to just five shots on the game by the Buckeyes defense.

Ohio State (9-6) controlled the ball for the opening frame keeping JMU (4-8) without a shot until the 25^th minute. The Buckeyes also held the Dukes without a corner in the first half compared to their five, which kept them in the lead 4-0 at halftime. The Buckeyes were only able to get the ball in the cage one final time in the second half with Kyler Zampiello making the second half start. The redshirt-junior stopped three shots in her 35 minutes played.

HOW THEY SCORED
Ohio State
7:43 | Emma Goldean scored her first goal of the season off a corner
17:32 | Sina Schwinn was able to draw Nelson out of the cage to give OSU a 2-0 lead
22:53 | Esther Clotet tallied her sixth goal of the season off a penalty corner shot she took from the top of the circle
34:02 | Clotet scores her second goal of the game on a close-range shot that just went by Nelson
43:44 | Julianna Sweeney puts the Buckeyes up 5-0 off a cross from the left side by Katie Pyle

GAME NOTES

This marked just the second loss to Ohio State when playing in Columbus
It also marked the largest win by OSU over JMU. Their last largest win was the only other win for the Buckeyes when playing in Columbus (October 9, 1981)
Ohio State is now 8-1 on the season when it records the first goal
This was just the second time this season the Dukes have been shutout. The other one was at Old Dominion [3-0 (September 2)].
JMU's two corners are the least awarded penalty corners since against their one at Delaware on November 6, 2016. They have recorded two penalty corners on four other occasions since then with this being the third game this season with two corners awarded.
The Dukes were held to just five shots which is the least since being held to three at #4 Duke on September 23.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
Coach Morgan: "I schedule top-20 teams to be challenged and grow. The payoff will come. We have amazing young women who are working hard. We just lacked instinct today. It will come if we keep teaching, learning and believing."

UP NEXT
JMU will return home to host Saint Francis (PA) in a midweek contest on Tuesday, October 16 at 6 p.m. The game will also be the Dukes Purple Pups game.