tosu sports update

[mscott59]

congrats to the buckeye men's volleyball team, who won both the miva regular season and tournament, and is the #1 seed in the ncaa tournament, which starts next week here in columbus. defending national champ osu will take on the winner of hawaii and psu in the semi finals. #2 seed long beach state will face the winner of byu-barton.

men's gymnastics capped off a successful season by finishing 2nd in the ncaa championships behind winner oklahoma. osu's women won its 2nd straight big 10 regular season title w/a win over purdue, finishing the league season 11-0 and ranked 5th in the country. osu's men beat illinois 4-3 to win its 12th straight big 10 crown, going undefeated in conference play for the 11th time in those 12 years. the men are ranked #2 in the country. both will start league tournament play friday.

the #8 men's lacrosse team beat #2 maryland 11-10... both teams are tied atop the league at 3-1. and if the baseball team hopes to make the big 10 tournament in a month, taking at least 2 of 3 in a home series w/unl would be a good start. bucks are 10th currently at 4-8 in the big 10. top 8 make the post season in bloomington.

[mscott59]

men's volleyball begins defense of their national title tomorrow night here at st. john arena, playing hawaii in the ncaa semi finals. the rainbow warriors knocked off psu 3-2 last night to advance. byu (who lost to tosu in last year's finals) beat barton on the other side of the bracket, and will take on #2 long beach st in the other semi. finals are saturday night.

tosu's mens lacrosse team will host the big 10 tournament beginning tomorrow at jesse owens stadium opening w/johns hopkins. osu is 12-3 and ranked 5th/7th in the country. winner takes on maryland-psu winner (terps are #1 in the country) in saturday's final. buckeye baseballers dropped 2 out of 3 over the weekend to nebraska,

the monsoon of rain this week cancelled the first of two scheduled games yesterday w/#4 texas tech. they should be able to get tonite's game in. at 5-10 with 9 league games left, they need to go at least 6-3 vs michigan, iowa and indiana to have even a prayer of making the top 8 and qualifying for the league tourney.

women's softball has their final home game tonite vs kent state, then ends the season this weekend at illinois. they're 13-7/30-14 on the season, 6th straight year w/30+ wins. big 10 tournament is next wknd in ann arbor.

[mscott59]

At virtually the same moment, osu's men's lacrosse team beat Johns Hopkins 15-13 at Jesse Owens stadium in the big 10 semi final, then down the street st St. John arena the men's volleyball team swept Hawaii 3-0 to make the NCAA finals.

They'll take on byu Saturday night. The lacrosse team will meet Maryland for the league title Saturday.

[Buckeye Dale]

Woo HOOOOO....