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COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 13 Ohio State (9-2-5, 4-2-2) concluded the 2022 Big Ten regular season with a 3-2 loss at Wisconsin (6-6-3, 3-4-1) Sunday at the McClimon Soccer Complex in Madison. Ohio State finished the Big Ten regular season race in third place.
Ohio State will be the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will play host to the Michigan State Friday in Columbus. The match time is to be determined.
The No. 3 seed for the Buckeyes is the best in the league tournament since the Buckeyes were the No. 1 seed in 2015.
How it Happened
Wisconsin scored first in the 19th minute on a goal by Max Keenan with assists by Tim Bielic and Michael Wampler. The Badgers entered the half with a 2-0 lead after a goal in the 35th minute by Aron Saevarrson.
Devyn Etling cut into the Wisconsin lead when he headed in his second goal of the year to make it 2-1 UW. Anthony Samways and Xavier Green assisted on the score. Green has four assists this season. Samways leads Ohio State with six.
Xavier Green and Anthony Samways assist on Etling’s goal in Madison.
UW 2, OSU 1#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/zJzrXlSikr
— Ohio State Men’s Soccer (@OhioStateMSOC) October 30, 2022
The Badgers went up again by two goals on a score by Jack Finnegan in the 65th. But Etling scored his second of the game in the 66th to get it back to a one-goal game.
66′ | GOAL Buckeyes! Etling with another one, back to a one-goal game.
UW 3, OSU 2#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/MxaMfnOaAV
— Ohio State Men’s Soccer (@OhioStateMSOC) October 30, 2022
It was Etling’s third goal of the year and 16th as a Buckeye.
- The Buckeyes finished 7-0-2 at home. 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. The seven home wins this year are the most since a 10-2-2 record at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in 2015.
- Ohio State entered the final weekend of the regular season at 9-1-5 overall, the most wins since the 2015 team posted a 13-7-3 overall record.
Next Up
Ohio State will play in the 2022 Big Ten Tournament Friday as the No. 3 seed. The top four seeds will serve as a host in the eight-team tournament. The Buckeyes will meet No. 6 seed Michigan State at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
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