No. 13 Ohio State, Penn State Play to 1-All Draw – Ohio State Buckeyes

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 13 Ohio State (8-1-5, 3-1-2) came back from a 1-0 deficit to earn a 1-all draw with Penn State (5-4-4, 2-1-3) Friday in State College.

Ohio State has tied a school record with five ties this season. The 1973, 2013 and 2014 teams all finished the season with five draws.

The Buckeyes 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.

How it Happened

Neither team was able to put together much of an offensive attack until late in the first half when the Nittany Lions netted the first score of the game in the 44th minute. Liam Butts scored for Penn State to send PSU into the halftime lockerroom leading 1-0.

Ohio State evened the match in the 53rd minute on a Tanner Creech header from a Parker Grinstead feed. It was the first career goal for Creech and Grinstead’s first assist of the year and fourth of his career.

Parker Grinstead with the cross that leads to the Creech goal to tie the game at 1-all in State College.

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— Ohio State Men’s Soccer (@OhioStateMSOC) October 22, 2022

79′ | McLaughlin with the save to keep it tied at 1-all.

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— Ohio State Men’s Soccer (@OhioStateMSOC) October 22, 2022

Penn State played the last seven minutes a man down but held the Buckeyes at bay for the draw.

• Tanner Crecch is the 13th Buckeye to score at least one goal this season and the fourth freshman to find the back of the net.
• 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 have taken more corners than the opponent in 13-of-14 games this season. Ohio State had eight corners vs. PSU while the Nittany Lions attempted 3.

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