In their regular season finale, the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes men’s lacrosse team fell 12-11 to the 13th-ranked Rutgers Scarlet Knights in Piscataway in their second-straight overtime game. With the loss, the Buckeyes fall to 12-3 on the season, including a 3-2 mark in conference play. Rutgers, meanwhile, improves to 10-4 on the year.
Despite winning the opening faceoff, the Buckeyes ceded the first goal of the day to Rutgers 2:34 into the opening quarter. However, less than a minute later, freshman attackman Lukas Buckley tied things up for the Buckeyes. Junior attackman Colin Chell followed up with a goal of his own to give Ohio State its first lead of the day.