No. 13 Ohio State Travels to Happy Valley Friday – Ohio State Buckeyes

No. 13 Ohio State at Penn State
Date: Friday, Oct. 21, 2022
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Venue: State College, Pa. — Jeffrey Field (5,000)
Watch: B1G+
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com | gopsusports.com
Game Notes: Ohio State | Penn State
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Season Stats: Ohio State | Penn State

COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 13 Ohio State (8-1-4, 3-1-1) will play two of the next three games during the regular season on the road with Penn State (5-4-3, 2-1-2) up first Friday (7 p.m.B1G+) in State College. The Buckeyes then face Michigan State at home Oct. 25 (6 p.m./BTN) before ending the season at Wisconsin Oct. 30 (1 p.m./B1G+). The game vs. the Spartans will be Senior Night in Columbus.

• Follow live stats at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Games are streamed live on B1G+ unless otherwise indicated.
• The 2022 Buckeyes now own the Ohio State record for fewest loses over the first 13 games of the season after the win (2-1) vs. Northwestern at home last Sunday. The 2022 Buckeyes also own the top win percentage after 13 games in program history.
  2022 (8-1-4/.769)
  2001 (8-3-2/.692)
  2009 (7-3-3/.654)
  1977 (9-4-0/.692)
  2017 (7-5-1/.577)
• The TopDrawerSoccer midseason Top 100 player rankings have Ohio State’s Laurence Wootton at No. 9 nationally, the highest rated player in the Big Ten.
• The Buckeyes are currently 6-0-2 at home with one game to play in Columbus (vs. MSU, Oct. 25). Ohio State was 8-0-1 in 2010 and 4-0-1 in 1974 and 4-0-0 in both 1965 and 1967 to mark the only other undefeated home seasons in Ohio State history.
• Keeper Keagan McLaughlin made the CollegeSoccerNews Team of the Week (Oct. 16) after leading the Buckeyes to a pair of wins at Michigan (3-1) and at home vs Northwestern (2-1). He had 11 saves in the two wins. It’s the second time this season McLauglin has been selected for the team of the week by CollegeSoccerNews.
• The Buckeyes went undefeated in nonconference play for the first time after the win over Northern Kentucky gave Ohio State a 5-0-3 record outside the Big Ten this year. Ohio State has not lost a game outside the Big Ten in its last 11 games (8-0-3) dating to the 2021 season.
  With the result at Cleveland State, Ohio State went undefeated against intrastate foes in 2022. The Buckeyes won at Bowling Green (1-0), defeated Wright State in Columbus (2-0) and tied No. 14 Akron (3-3) and the Vikings (0-0) on the road. The last time the Buckeyes played four Ohio in a season without a defeat was in 2015 at Akron (T, 3-3, 2ot), vs. Dayton (W, 2-0),…