The third-ranked Ohio State men's tennis team (7-0) remained unbeaten after defeating No. 12 Pepperdine 4-1 Friday night at the Varsity Indoor Tennis Center. Devin McCarthy won a second set tiebreaker 7-6 to clinch the fourth point in the match. He beat Hugh Clarke 6-2, 7-6 for his seventh singles win of the year.
Current and former Ohio State athletes hold the top-4 spots in the heptathlon through four events at the Akron Combined Events at Stile Field House in Akron, Ohio.
In Value City Arena Friday night, the No. 10 Ohio State men's hockey team lost to Michigan State, 6-3, in a Central Collegiate Hockey Association matchup. The Buckeyes (14-9-5, 10-8-5-1 CCHA) and Spartans (14-11-4, 9-9-3-2) will meet in game two at 7:05 p.m. Saturday in VCA. The game is the second-annual Teddy Bear Toss; fans are encouraged to bring a stuffed animal to the arena to throw on the ice after the team scores its first goal. The stuffed animals will be collected and delivered to Ronald McDonald House by members of the Buckeye squad.
The Ohio State women's hockey team opened its series with No. 9 Minnesota Duluth Friday night and dropped a 4-2 decision to the Bulldogs at the AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minn. The loss moved the Buckeyes to 14-11-4 on the season and to 11-11-1-1 in WCHA play.
With the Scarlet and Gray up 18-10, 197-pounder and No. 20 Andrew Campolattano pinned Chris Heald in 18 seconds to propel Ohio State to a 24-10 lead and the team win.
After dropping the first set, the ninth-ranked Ohio State men's volleyball team defeated Cal-Baptist, 3-1 (23-25, 27-25, 25-20, 25-21), Friday evening in the Penn State Invitational at Rec Hall
The Ohio State men's soccer team celebrated the 2011 season with a dinner and awards presentation in the Varsity O Room of the Huntington Club in Ohio Stadium.
One current and two former members of the Ohio State men's gymnastics team advanced to the finals of the 2012 Winter Cup Thursday evening at the LV Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
A busy weekend awaits the 15th-ranked Ohio State men's track and field team, as the Buckeyes travel to Akron, Ohio, and Notre Dame, Ind., for the Akron Combined Events and Meyo Invitational this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4.
The Ohio State fencing squad travels to Evanston, Ill., Saturday to compete in the Northwestern Duals at the Sports and Aquatic Center on the campus of Northwestern University. Bouts begin at 8 a.m. and continue throughout the day.
Led by its member institutions, the Big Ten Conference is proud to be an active participant in the 26th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD), celebrated around the country today, Feb. 1.
Past the halfway point of the conference season, Purdue remains atop the Big Ten standings with an 8-1 mark with five teams within three games of the conference leader. Four Big Ten teams appear in the top 25 of the latest national polls, while three conference teams boast 18 or more wins this season, making the Big Ten the only conference that can make such a claim. The Big Ten is also one of only three conferences in the country to have five or more teams appear in the top 35 of the latest RPI. This week, nine of the Big Ten's 10 conference matchups will be televised by BTN or steamed live online at BTN.com.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has jumped to the
defense of new football coach Urban Meyer, who has been accused of
poaching recruits who had already committed to other Big Ten
programs.
Iowa used to have one of the nation's most stable staffs under
head coach Kirk Ferentz. In less than two months, he has lost the
only coordinators he has ever had.