- The Ohio State men’s lacrosse team opened its 2012 campaign with an 11-6 victory over Detroit Thursday night in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
The Buckeyes led 3-1 after the first quarter and 8-3 at halftime en route to the victory. Detroit scored the first three goals of the second half to draw within two, but the Buckeyes shut out the Titans the rest of the way and scored the game’s final three goals for the victory.
Junior Logan Schuss led the Buckeyes with four goals and six points, with freshman Jesse King scoring three goals and adding an assist for four points. Senior Brock Sorensen had his first career hat trick and junior Nick Liddil chipped in a career-best three assists. Sophomore goalie Greg Dutton had nine saves and junior Kevin Mack had a team-high seven groundballs in the victory.
The Buckeyes will be right back in action, heading to Macon, Ga., for a game vs. Mercer at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Ohio State led 3-1 after the opening quarter. King scored 3:20 into the contest, assisted by Liddil, for the Buckeyes’ first goal of 2012. At 7:54 Nick Diegel took an assist from Michael Italiano and tallied his first goal as a Buckeye. Detroit got on the board less than a minute later when Shayne Adams scored at 6:34. At 3:45 Schuss found King for a man-up goal and a two-goal Buckeye advantage (3-1). Ohio State outshot Detroit, 14-6, in the quarter.
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