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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The University of Cincinnati lacrosse team could not generate enough offense to hang with No. 17 Ohio State on Friday afternoon and saw its three-game winning streak snapped by the Buckeyes, 11-5. Meg Gulmi made 13 saves in the effort and Amanda Donovan contributed three points, but the Bearcats generated just 15 shots and dropped to 4-3.
// KEY PLAYERS
CINCINNATI (4-3)
Amanda Donovan (Ellicott City, Md./Mount de Sales Academy) - 1 goal | 2 assists | 1 ground ball
Megan Bell (Parkton, Md./Hereford) - 1 goal | 1 assist
Skylar DeLemos (Cranbury, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro) - 2 ground balls | 4 draw controls | 1 caused turnover
No. 17 OHIO STATE (5-1)
Rainey Hodgson - 3 goals | 1 assist | 1 draw control | 1 caused turnover
Molly Wood - 2 goals | 1 ground ball | 3 draw controls | 1 caused turnover
Paulina Constant - 2 goals | 2 ground balls | 1 draw control
Cain Dabrowski - 2 goals | 3 ground balls | 2 draw controls | 3 caused turnovers
// IN THE CAGE
CIN Meg Gulmi (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) - 13 saves | 11 goals allowed | 2 caused turnovers | Loss
OSU Katie Frederick - 6 saves | 5 goals allowed | Win
// KEY GOALS
23:57 1st - CIN Katie Stegmann
The Bearcats and Buckeyes played relatively even over the first 10 minutes or so. After Hodgson scored the first goal of the game not quite two minutes in, Stegmann (Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy) scored the seventh of her rookie year to tie the game at 1-1.
17:00 1st - OSU Molly Wood
Wood put the hosts up for good by scoring an unassisted goal which opened a 4-0 Ohio State run. Wood bookended the run by scoring a goal from Hodgson with 10:05 to play in the half and push the Ohio State lead to 5-1.
5:42 1st - CIN Amanda Donovan
Just 1:27 after Donovan assisted on a goal by Sam Mlkvy (Berlin, N.J./Eastern Regional), she added a goal of her own on a pass from Bell to cut Ohio State's lead to the halftime margin of 5-3.
21:29 2nd - OSU Kelsey Gallagher
Gallagher scored the second of two straight Ohio State goals to open the scoring in the second half and push the Buckeye lead to 7-3.
21:05 2nd - CIN Megan Bell
Bell kept the Bearcats alive with a goal of her own just 14 seconds later. Unfortunately, UC would get no closer than the 7-4 deficit following her goal.
6:56 2nd - OSU Christine Easton (free position)
Easton capped Ohio State's second 4-0 scoring run of the game, with this one putting the contest away and making the score 11-4. Sarah Del Bene (Timonium, Md./Dulaney) added a goal with 19 seconds left to provide the final margin of 11-5.
// GAME NOTES
- Cincinnati was out-shot, 30-15.
- The Bearcats entered the game with two players in the top 10 nationally in caused turnovers, but sophomore Lauren Hudson (Baltimore, Md./Maryvale Prep) and senior Kyara Byner (Franklin, Tenn./Ensworth) combined for just one caused turnover against OSU.
- Ohio State has won all five meetings between the two schools. UC head coach Gina Oliver is now 0-2 against her alma mater.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats trek further north to visit Niagara on Sunday, March 13. Opening draw is set for Noon.