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Paced by six points from Logan Schuss and five by Jesse King, the third-ranked Ohio State men’s lacrosse team downed Towson, 16-6, in the first round of NCAA tournament action Sunday afternoon in front of 2,358 fans at Ohio Stadium. The Buckeyes (13-3) advance to face Cornell in the quarterfinals at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Md.
Ohio State moved its winning streak to seven and is now 13-3 on the year. Towson ends its season with a 10-8 record. The Buckeyes are competing in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008 and will play in the quarterfinals for the first time since that campaign.
Saturday in Ohio Stadium, the Buckeyes trailed early (2-1) vs. Towson but they outscored the Tigers 7-2 before halftime to head into the lockerroom with an 8-4 lead after the opening 30 minutes. The Buckeyes scored four goals, while limiting Towson to one tally, in both the third and fourth quarters en route to the win.
Against Towson, Schuss had three goals and three assists, while King had four goals and a helper. Senior Dominique Alexander (1g, 3a), sophomore David Planning (2g, 2a) and freshman Carter Brown (3g, 1a) all had four points in the win. In all, nine Buckeyes had at least one point. Senior Trey Wilkes won 18-of-23 faceoffs, part of a 19-for-24 day from the Buckeyes, and had a team-best seven groundballs, followed by junior Michael Italiano with six. Ten Buckeyes had two groundballs against Towson.
Towson led 2-1 in the first quarter, opening the scoring at 14:13. Schuss tied the game at 1 at 9:16 but a Towson goal from Andrew Hodgson with 5:37 left put the Tigers back ahead. Ohio State then scored the next four goals to take the lead, with three in the final 1:45 of the first quarter. Schuss set up King at 1:45 and then found Brown with 29 seconds left for Ohio State’s first lead of the game (3-2). King scored, assisted by Alexander, as time expired in the quarter for a 4-2 Buckeye advantage.
The Buckeyes led 8-4 at halftime. Alexander found King for a goal 51 seconds into the second quarter. Towson’s Hodgson stopped the Buckeye run with a goal at 13:31 but the Buckeyes scored three of the final four goals of the quarter, as King (at 11:32) and Alexander (at 5:40) scored unassisted and Brown set up Turner Evans with 35 seconds left in the half.