COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State has earned an at-large selection for the 2022 NCAA Tournament and will host Bucknell in the opening round of the tournament on Friday, Nov. 11, at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.
This will the Buckeyes’ 16th NCAA Tournament appearance and 12th in the last 14 seasons. All 16 appearances have come under the direction of 26th-year head coach Lori Walker-Hock. The Buckeyes have a record of 13-14-2 in the NCAA Tournament.
“When you start the year out, it’s always one of the objectives to play at home in the NCAA Tournament,” said Walker-Hock. “I’m proud of our players and they’re collective body of work this season. We’ve had some really hard games at home, so we feel pretty prepared for just about anybody at this point in the season.”
“I’m happy for our seniors that decide to stick around,” Walker-Hock continued. “For Olivia (Sensky) and Kat (Robinson), this is their first NCAA opportunity in their 5th year. For our freshmen to have the experience to be at home in the tournament, it just helps set the tone for our program moving forward.”
The Buckeyes have hosted 12 NCAA Tournament games at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium and have a record of 7-3-2 in those games. The last time Ohio State hosted an NCAA Tournament game was in 2017 when the Buckeyes played host to Vanderbilt in the opening round.
Ohio State was 10-5-3 overall and tied for fourth in the Big Ten with a 5-3-2 mark. Senior Emma Sears leads the team in points with 21 as she’s tied for the team lead in both goals (8) and assists (5). Graduate Kayla Fischer scored a goal in five consecutive games this season and is tied with Sears with eight goals. Kine Flotre dished-out three of her team-high tying five assists in the win at Indiana, tying the program’s single-game record. A total of seven Buckeyes earned All-Big Ten accolades this fall. Fischer and Talani Barnett each claimed first team honors, Sears was second team and Flotre was on the third team. Molly Pritchard, Mirann Gacioch and Brooke Otto were named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team.
Bucknell beat Army in PKs this past Sunday to win its second consecutive Patriot League title. The Bison are 8-5-6 on the season and heading to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in school history and the second year in a row.
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