• Behind a goal and two assists from junior Lauren Steuer, the 15th-ranked women's soccer team, defeated No. 23 Indiana, 6-0, Nov. 1. Steuer, who has started all 18 games for Ohio State, leads the team with 15 points from four goals and seven assists.

The Buckeyes (7-1-1 Big Ten) will have a chance to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title for the first time in program history when they head to East Lansing to take on Michigan State Nov. 6 at 3 p.m.

Athletics Good Stuff

Athletics
• Governor Ted Strickland and representatives from the FBI National Child ID Program, FBI Citizen's Academy and Walmart will be at Ohio State football head coach Jim Tressel's weekly press conference at noon Nov. 3 at the Jack Nicklaus Museum. Before Tressel previews the upcoming game at Penn State, Strickland and guests will hold a news conference to kick off statewide Child ID program in which they will share the importance of child safety, giving people the opportunity to have a means to ID their children, and hand out the first ceremonial Child ID kits to students.

Men's Basketball
Head coach: Thad Matta
• Big Ten media selected the Buckeyes No. 3 in the annual media preseason poll. Junior Evan Turner, a Chicago native, was among the five players selected to the preseason All-Big Ten squad.
• Ohio State returns all five starters from a season ago along with 11 letterwinners. The preseason polls have the Buckeyes among the Top 20 teams nationally, including a No. 17 ranking in the ESPN/Coaches poll and a No. 16 ranking in the Associated Press preseason poll.
• Ohio State opens the 2009-10 season at 8 p.m. Nov. 4 vs. Walsh University in an exhibition game at Value City Arena.
• The Buckeyes open the season officially in the 2K Sports Classic benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer Nov. 9 at home vs. Alcorn State (7 p.m.).
Up Next: vs. Walsh (Exh.), 8 p.m. Nov. 4 at Value City Arena
vs. Alcorn State, 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at Value City Arena
vs. James Madison, 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at Value City Arena (Big Ten Network)
vs. North Carolina (2K Sports Classic), 9:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in New York, N.Y.

Women's Basketball
Head coach: Jim Foster
• Ohio State was tabbed to win the program's sixth straight Big Ten title by the conference coaches and media at the Big Ten media day Oct. 28
• Junior Jantel Lavender was selected the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year by both groups while 2008-09 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Samantha Prahalis, was a preseason All-Big Ten selection.
Up Next: vs. Eastern Illinois Preseason WNIT, 5 p.m. Nov. 13 at St. John Arena
vs. TBA Preseason WNIT, 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at VCA

Men's Cross Country
Head coach: Robert Gray
• Senior Jeff See ran a third-place time of 25:07.3 to lead Ohio State to a second-place finish Nov. 1 at the 2009 Big Ten Cross Country Championships. Ohio State put together its best team effort of the season to take the runner-up spot, the highest finish from a Buckeye squad at the conference meet since 2005.
• See was named the Big Ten runner of the week in recognition of his dominating performance at the EMU Fall Classic Oct. 23. This season, See took second place at the Mountaineer Open (Sept. 18) and first at the All-Ohio Championships (Oct. 2).
Up Next: at NCAA Great Lakes Regional, noon Nov. 14 in Bloomington, Ind.
at NCAA Championships, noon Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind.

Women's Cross Country
Head coach: Karen Dennis
• Running against some of the nation's top collegiate athletes, a young Ohio State women's cross country team finished in eighth-place Nov. 1 at the 2009 Big Ten Championships.
• Led by junior Jordan Jennewine, who earned second-team All-Big Ten honors thanks to a 12th-place finish in 21:02, the Buckeyes showed a tremendous amount of improvement from 2008, when the team failed to place a runner in the top 30.
Up Next: at NCAA Great Lakes Regional, noon Nov. 14 in Bloomington, Ind.
at NCAA Championships, noon Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind.

No. 13 Field Hockey (13-5; 4-2 Big Ten)
Head coach: Anne Wilkinson
• With Big Ten tournament seeding on the line, Ohio State earned a 2-1 conference victory over No. 20 Northwestern Oct. 31 in Evanston, Ill., to finish the regular season in a two-way tie for second with Indiana with matching 4-2 league ledgers. Freshman Berta Queralt tied the game at 1-all and Maria Briones scored the gamewinner in the first half to lead the Buckeyes vs. the Wildcats.
• Goalkeeper Lindsay Quintiliani was named the Big Ten's Co-Defensive Player of the Week Nov. 2, after posting four second-half saves to ensure Ohio State's victory at Northwestern. She ends the regular season with 40 career wins, the most in OSU history, including 14 shutouts, the second most in program history, behind 214 saves in 66 games.
• By virtue of its win over Indiana this season, Ohio State earned the tiebreaker and will be the No. 2 seed at the conference tournament. The Buckeyes open the conference tournament vs. Penn State, the No. 7 seed, at 1:15 Nov. 5 in East Lansing, Mich.
Up Next: vs. Penn State (Big Ten Tournament), 1:15 p.m. Nov. 5 in East Lansing, Mich. (Big Ten Network)

No. 15/12 Football (7-2; 4-1 Big Ten)
Head coach: Jim Tressel
• Terrelle Pryor rushed for 83 yards and passed for another 135 in just two quarters of action to lead the offensive charge in Ohio State's 45-0 win over New Mexico State. He scored one touchdown and threw for another. DeVier Posey (five receptions for 79 yards plus a 39-yard touchdown pass), Dane Sanzenbacher (four receptions for 72 yards and two touchdowns) and Jordan Hall (career highs with 10 carries for 90 yards) also had big games. The Buckeyes rushed for a season-high 310 yards.
• Defensively, Ohio State limited the Aggies to 62 total yards while recording its third shutout of the season. It is the first time the team has three shutouts in a single campaign since 1996.
Up Next: at Penn State, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in University Park, Pa.
vs. Iowa, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at Ohio Stadium
at Michigan TBA Nov. 21 in Ann Arbor, Mich.

No. 14 Women's Golf
Head coach: Therese Hession
• Ohio State student-athletes took the top 4 spots at the All-Ohio Invitational, led by medalist Vicky Villanueva, while playing on their own par 71, 6,039-yard Scarlet Course in Columbus. Totaling 1-over 143 in two rounds, Villanueva led the field by eight strokes.

Men's Hockey (2-5-1, 1-2-1-1 CCHA)
Head coach: John Markell
• Ohio State rallied twice to tie No. 11/8 Notre Dame by a score of 2-2 Oct. 31 at the Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Ind. The Buckeyes then won the shootout, 2-1, to take the extra point in the CCHA standings. Hunter Bishop and Zac Dalpe scored for the Scarlet and Gray during the game, while Bishop and John Albert netted shootout goals.
• Ohio State put up a great effort, but fell to Notre Dame by a score of 3-1 Oct. 30 in the first game of a CCHA series. Albert scored the lone Buckeye goal at 13:04 of the first period, while the Fighting Irish sealed the win with an empty netter.
Up Next: vs. Northern Michigan, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 6 at Value City Arena
vs. Northern Michigan, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 7 at Value City Arena
vs. Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 13 at Value City Arena
vs. Western Michigan, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 14 at Value City Arena
at Ferris State, 7:05 p.m. Nov. 20 in Big Rapids, Mich.
at Ferris State, 5:05 p.m. Nov. 21 in Big Rapids, Mich.

Women's Hockey (4-3-3; 4-3-1-0 WCHA)
Head coach: Jackie Barto
• Natalie Spooner scored twice in the final 2:02 of regulation, rallying Ohio State to a 7-6 victory over Minnesota State Oct. 30 in the OSU Ice Rink. The Buckeyes trailed by two twice in the third period but scored three unanswered goal in the last seven minutes for the victory.
• Behind three assists from Spooner and two-point games from Jenna Kilpatrick, Laura McIntosh and Hokey Langan, as well as 21 saves from goalie Chelsea Knapp, Ohio State downed Minnesota State, 4-1, Oct. 31 in the OSU Ice Rink. It was the first sweep of the season for the Buckeyes.
Up Next: at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m. Nov. 6 in Grand Forks, N.D.
at North Dakota, 4:07 p.m. Nov. 7 in Grand Forks, N.D.
vs. Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. Nov. 13 at OSU Ice Rink
vs. Minnesota Duluth, 7:07 p.m. Nov. 14 at OSU Ice Rink
vs. St. Lawrence, 7:07 p.m. Nov. 20 at OSU Ice Rink
vs. St. Lawrence 2:07 p.m. Nov. 21 at OSU Ice Rink

Rowing
Head coach: Andy Teitelbaum
• Ohio State placed fifth overall in total fundraising for the American Cancer Society's program, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Among Columbus participants, about 4,500 contributors, the Buckeyes raised $7,263.97. Individually, junior coxswain Erika Benford finished first on the list of top participants, earning over $4,200.
Up Next: hosting Regatta, TBA Nov. 15 at Griggs Reservoir

Men's Soccer (9-4-4; 3-2-0 Big Ten)
Head coach: John Bluem
• Eric Shrigley scored in the 93rd minute to give the Ohio State men's soccer team a 1-0 win over Indiana on Yeagley Field at Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 1 in front of 1,338 fans. The win keeps the Buckeyes in the hunt for the Big Ten championship with a 3-2-0 mark in the conference.
Next: vs. Michigan, 6 p.m. Nov. 7 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
at Big Ten Tournament, TBA Nov. 12-13 in Bloomington, Ind.
at NCAA Tournament, TBA Nov. 20-28 at Campus Sites

No. 15 Women's Soccer (14-2-2, 7-1-1 Big Ten)
Head coach: Lori Walker
• Behind a goal and two assists from junior Lauren Steuer, No. 15 Ohio State defeated No. 23 Indiana, 6-0, Nov. 1 in Columbus. The six goals tied the Buckeyes' highest scoring output this season. With the win, the Buckeyes tie the 1996 team for the second-most wins in school history.
• The Buckeyes will have a chance to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title for the first time in program history when they head to East Lansing to take on Michigan State Friday at 3 p.m.
• Ohio State's seven wins in Big Ten play are the most in program history. The Buckeyes are 4-0-1 against ranked teams this year.
Up Next: at Michigan State, 3 p.m. Nov. 6 in East Lansing, Mich.

Men's Swimming and Diving (1-0)
Head coach: Bill Wadley
• Ohio State opened its 2009-10 dual meet season with a 145-101 victory over Kenyon College Oct. 30 at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Ohio State was led by multiple-event winners Elliott Keefer, Andrew Elliott and Mark Neiman.
• Bill Wadley opened his 21st season as Ohio State coach with his 202nd career dual meet victory.
Up Next: at Miami, 5 p.m. Nov. 13 in Oxford, Ohio
vs. Denison, 5 p.m. Nov. 13 at Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

Women's Swimming and Diving (1-0)
Head coach: Bill Dorenkott
• Ohio State opened its 2009-10 dual meet season with a 144-87 victory over Kenyon College Oct. 30 at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Junior Samantha Cheverton won two races and six freshmen were among the team's 14 individual event winners.
Up Next: at Purdue Invitational, TBA Nov. 20-22 in West Lafayette, Ind.
vs. Cleveland State, 5 p.m. Nov. 24 at Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

Men's Tennis
Head coach: Ty Tucker
• Steven Williams was a winner of three-consecutive straight set wins, which included a victory over the No. 1 seed, before falling in the quarterfinals in the 2009 Big Ten Singles Championship Nov. 1 at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility. Williams entered the 64-player field as the 14th seed and encountered No. 1 Marek Czerwinski of Illinois in the round of 16. The Buckeye from Manlius, N.Y., surprised Czerwinski with a 6-4, 6-4 victory to move on to the quarterfinals.
Up Next: at ITA National Indoor Championships, TBA Nov. 5-8 in New Haven, Conn.

Women's Tennis
Head coach: Chuck Merzbacher
• Senior Kirsten Flower was eliminated from the main draw singles bracket of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships Oct. 26 in Evanston, Ill. Flower lost to No. 2 seed and finalist Kristy Frilling of Notre Dame, 6-3, 6-0, in the quarterfinal round. After a first-round bye, Flower posted two wins in the 48-player bracket.
Up Next: at ASU Thunderbird, TBA Nov. 6-9 in Tempe, Ariz.

Women's Volleyball (18-7; 6-6 Big Ten)
Head coach: Geoff Carlson
• With four players scoring double-figure points, Ohio State upset seventh-ranked Minnesota, 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-15), Oct. 31 in St. John Arena. The Buckeye victory is OSU's first win over a ranked team in 19 tries under head coach Geoff Carlston.
• Buckeye Katie Dull posted a team-high 12.5 points (10 kill, two ace serves and one assist block) with Kelli Barhorst contributing 11 (nine kills, one ace serve and two assist blocks), Emily Danks 10.5 (nine kills, one ace serve and one assist block) and Anna Szerszen 10 (eight kills, one ace serve and two assist blocks).
• Ohio State dropped a 3-0 (25-21, 25-11, 25-20) decision to top-ranked Penn State (23-0, 11-0) Oct. 28 in Rec Hall. Dull posted a team-high 12 points in the match with 11 kills and two assist blocks.
Up Next: at Iowa, 7 p.m. Nov. 6 in Iowa City, Iowa
at Wisconsin, 7 p.m. Nov. 7 in Madison, Wis.
vs. Northwestern, 8 p.m. Nov. 13 at St. John Arena
vs. Illinois, 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at St. John Arena (Big Ten Network)

No. 3 Wrestling
Head coach: Tom Ryan
• Lance Palmer, a senior captain, was selected to compete in the prestigious 44th NWCA All-Star Classic Nov. 22 in Titan Gym on the campus of California State Fullerton. Palmer, ranked second at 149 pounds, will wrestle No. 5 Kyle Borshoff of American. The Buckeye native from Columbia Station, Ohio, is in the running to become Ohio State's second four-time All-American. He would join Tommy Rowlands (2001-04).

Ohio State Athletics Schedule
Nov.4-8

Nov. 4
Men's basketball vs. Walsh (Exh.), 8 p.m.
Columbus Ohio
Value City Arena

Nov. 5-8
Men's tennis ITA National Indoor Championships, TBA
New Haven, Conn.

Nov. 5
Field hockey vs. Penn State (Big Ten Tournament), 1:15 p.m.
East Lansing, Mich.
Big Ten Network

Nov. 6-8
Women's tennis at ASU Thunderbird, TBA
Tempe, Ariz.

Nov. 6-9
Fencing at Junior NAC, TBA
Kansas City, Mo.

Nov. 6-7
Pistol vs. Purdue, TBA
West Lafayette, Ind.

Nov. 6
Field hockey vs. Indiana/Northwestern (Big Ten Tournament), 2 p.m.
East Lansing, Mich.
Big Ten Network

Women's soccer vs. Michigan State, 3 p.m.
East Lansing, Mich.

Women's volleyball vs. Iowa, 7 p.m.
Iowa City, Iowa

Men's hockey vs. Northern Michigan, 7:05 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
Value City Arena

Women's hockey vs. North Dakota, 7:07 p.m.
Grand Forks, N.D.

Nov. 7
Rifle vs. Morehead State, TBA
Morehead, Ky.

Football vs. Penn State, 3:30 p.m.
State College, Penn.

Women's hockey vs. North Dakota, 4:07 p.m.
Grand Forks, N.D.

Men's soccer vs. Michigan, 6 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium

Women's volleyball vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Madison, Wis.

Men's hockey vs. Northern Michigan, 7:05 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
Value City Arena

Nov. 8
Field hockey vs. TBA Big Ten Tournament (championship), noon
East Lansing, Mich.
Big Ten Network

Rifle vs. Kentucky, TBA
Lexington, Ky.