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No. 16 Ohio State Downs Falcons, 9-3
4/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
April 21, 2002
Curtis Smith scored three goals and added two assists, as the No. 16 Ohio State men's lacrosse team beat Air Force, 9-3, in Great Western Lacrosse League action Sunday in front of 766 fans in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. The Falcons fall to 3-7 on the season, 1-3 in GWLL play.
Ohio State outscored Air Force, 5-1, in the first half. In the opening quarter, Curtis Smith scored the first of his three goals on the day at 12:11. Bryan Mulford pushed the OSU lead to 2-0 with 4:48 remaining in the quarter with an unassisted goal.
The Buckeyes scored the first three goals of the second quarter, including back-to-back scores by Curtis Smith at 8:25 and 7:00. Mike Norton took a pass from Gilardi and scored at 3:29 with the Buckeyes on the extra-man opportunity to take a 5-0 lead. The Falcons got on the board with an extra-man goal of their own at 2:02, as Kevin Hill scored on a rebound.
Air Force would score the next two goals less than a minute apart in the third quarter to cut OSU's lead to two, 5-3. Matthew Dudderar scored at 6:59, followed by an extra-man goal at 6:00 by William Keleher. The Buckeyes responded with two consecutive goals to go up, 7-3, with 1:57 left in the third quarter. Ohio State scored the only goals of the fourth quarter to secure the victory.
Men's LacrosseOhio State 9, Air Force 3Jesse Owens Memorial StadiumColumbus, OhioApril 21, 2002
Scoring 1 2 3 4 TotalAir Force 0 1 2 0 3Ohio State 2 3 2 2 9
Individual Scoring:Goals - OSU: Smith 3, Mulford, Norton, Laffey, Randisi, Gilardi, DonohueAFA: Hill, Dudderar, KeleherAssists - OSU: Gilardi 3, Smith 2, NortonAFA: Dangler 2
Shots on Goal 1 2 3 4 TotalAir Force 6 4 12 6 28Ohio State 10 10 8 9 37
Ground Balls 1 2 3 4 TotalAir Force 4 4 8 9 25Ohio State 4 10 5 8 27
Face-offs Won 1 2 3 4 TotalAir Force 2 2 1 1 6Ohio State 1 3 2 2 8
Goalkeeper Summary Min. Saves GoalsAir Force (Arnold) 60:00 17 9Ohio State (Russo) 57:33 6 3 (Miller) 2:27 3 0
Penalties 1 2 3 4 TotalAir Force 0-0 1-:30 2-1:30 3-2:30 6-4:30Ohio State 1-1:00 0-0 2-1:30 1-:30 4-3:00
Good/Failed EMO 1 2 3 4 TotalAir Force 0/0 1/1 1/2 0/1 2/4Ohio State 0/0 1/1 1/2 1/3 3/6
Attendance: 766
Scoring SummaryQtr. Time Team AFA-OSU Goal Assist1 14:24 OSU 0-1 Smith --1 4:48 OSU 0-2 Mulford --2 8:25 OSU 0-3 Smith --2 7:00 OSU 0-4 Smith Gilardi2 3:29 OSU 0-5 Norton EMO Gilardi2 2:02 AFA 1-5 Hill EMO --3 6:59 AFA 2-5 Dudderar Dangler3 6:00 AFA 3-5 Keleher EMO Dangler3 4:29 OSU 3-6 Laffey Norton3 1:57 OSU 3-7 Randisi EMO Gilardi4 13:54 OSU 3-8 Gilardi Smith4 10:33 OSU 3-9 Donohue EMO Smith
Records: OSU 8-4, 2-1 GWLL, AFA 3-7, 1-3 GWLL
