Alright Buckeye fans, the weekend is almost upon us and besides the huge basketball game between the Buckeyes and Wisconsin OSU is in for a large sports weekend. Let’s take a look at some of the other sports that the Buckeyes are suiting up for this weekend. The fifth and sixth ranked OSU Men’s and Women’s fencing teams are looking to continue their highly successful seasons at the Northwestern Invitational in Evanston.
The Buckeyes are coming off a dominating performance at the St. John’s invitational. The women went 5-0 and the men finished 4-1. Both squads scored wins w over #1 ranked Penn St. and defending National Champion and #3 (women)/ #4 (men) Notre Dame. The only blemish on the meet for the Buckeyes was a loss to the #6 ranked host St. Johns.
This week at the Northwestern Invitational OSU along with reigning National Fencer of the Week Max Stearns will face tough competition from top ten teams Princeton, Temple, and Duke. So let’s hope the Buckeyes can keep their winning ways up. Also this weekend the #3 ranked Men’s Tennis team will take on #12 Pepperdine at home. The Buckeyes have had a dominating start to the spring season, and are currently 6-0. The Buckeyes are already coming off of championship performance.
Last weekend the Buckeyes knocked off #29 Indiana in the championship match of the ITA Kickoff weekend tournament. The Buckeyes will be a force to be reckoned with when they travel to Charlottesville, Virginia to compete against the top teams in the country in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
The Buckeyes are the 6 Time defending B1G Champions, and they along with successful coach Ty Tucker, look to continue their winning ways. This Buckeyes team is coming into the season stacked. Sophomore Blaz Rola is currently the 8th ranked singles player in the country. Senior Chase Buchanan a 2011 All-American and 2-time defending Big Ten Athlete of the Year and one of only two seniors on this relatively young squad is ranked 28th.
However, these two Buckeyes are not just singles players, they just happen to be the top ranked doubles team in the country. So hold on to your rackets and nets Buckeye fans, they are off and running. There is always a way for the Buckeyes to beat up on that school from up north.
This weekend the #6 Buckeyes play host to the #12 Wolverines. This match will take place Friday night and will include exciting matches between #3 Logan Stieber (OSU ) against #16 Zack Stevens at 133 pounds. There also should be a barn burner at 174 lbs. #7 ranked Nick Heflin (OSU) will take on #8 Justin Zeerip. These two matches should highlight a great afternoon of grappling.
However, there is no rest for this squad, after the Friday night tussle the Buckeyes will be on the road in East Lansing for a Sunday dual with Michigan State. In hockey news OSU senior co-captain defenseman Sean Duddy has been named a finalist for the Lowes Senior Class Award. The award is given to a senior student athlete who has been judged to have notable achievements in the four areas of classroom, character, competition, and community. Hopefully this nominating honor can get the Buckeye skaters off of a tough stretch.
The Buckeyes were formerly ranked #2 but have since gone an 8 game winless streak, they are 0-4-4 in their last eight. This weekend the #10 Buckeyes host perennial power Michigan State. So let’s go Bucks, let’s get those winning ways back. Last but not least the defending National Champion Men’s Volleyball Team (yep, until they are no longer the defending champs, I will refer to them as the defending champs) travels to State College to participate in the Penn State Invitational. The #9 Buckeyes are obviously one or the marquee teams in a field that includes Penn St., Cal-Baptist, and Mount Olive College.
I am hoping for a successful weekend for the Buckeyes. These are just a brief selection of the games, matches, tournaments, or meets the men and women’s teams will be involved this Friday – Sunday. So go to twitter (where you could follow me: @rudybux), www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com, or www.buckeyextra.com to look for results, or come back to www.insidetheshoe.com where we will do our best to provide results next week. Good Luck Buckeyes!!
I am hoping for a successful weekend for the Buckeyes. These are just a brief selection of the games, matches, tournaments, or meets the men and women’s teams will be involved this Friday – Sunday. So go to twitter (where you could follow me: @rudybux), www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com, or www.buckeyextra.com to look for results, or come back to www.insidetheshoe.com where we will do our best to provide results next week. Good Luck Buckeyes!!
