COLUMBUS, Ohio (April 21) - John Cummings scored four goals, including the game-winner with 39 seconds to play, to lead the Ohio State men's lacrosse team to a 9-8 victory over Denver at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Friday. The Buckeyes move to 5-6 on the season and 1-2 in the Great Western Lacrosse League, while Denver falls to 8-4 on the season and 0-2 in the conference.
Denver took an early 1-0 lead on a sophomore Chad Wittman (Colorado Springs, Colo.) goal at the 10-minute mark. The Buckeyes answered right back with a goal from Lange. The Pioneers scored three unanswered goals - including the first of four from junior Mike Law (Englewood, Colo.) - for a 4-1 lead at the 12-minute mark of the second quarter. The Buckeyes then took control, scoring five of the next six goals. At the half the score was tied 5-5.
The Buckeyes took the lead at the 10:46 mark in the third quarter on a Cummings goal, but Denver regained the lead on goals from Law and freshman Clark Woodard (Englewood, Colo.). Ohio State tied the game again with another Cummings goal, then pulled ahead when Cummings scored with 39 seconds remaining.
Denver was led by Law who scored four goals and dished out two assists.
Buckeye goalkeeper Mike Abeles went the distance and finished with 11 saves. Junior Brian Berger (Phoenix, Md.) played all 60 minutes for the Pioneers and made seven stops.
The Pioneers return to action at 10 a.m. Sunday, when they play at Butler in another GWLL game.
DENVER MEN'S LACROSSE at Jesse Owens Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
Score by Quarter 1 2 3 4 FinalDenver (8-4, 0-2 GWLL) 2 3 2 1 8Ohio State (5-6, 1-2 GWLL) 1 4 1 3 9
Goalie StatsDENVER - Berger-7 saves, 9 GAOhio State - Abeles-11 saves, 8 GA
Team Stats Shots Grndbls FaceoffsDenver 16 27 10/10Ohio State 24 31 10/10
Individual Stats (Goals-Assists-Points)Ohio State DENVERJohn Cummings (4-2-6) Mike Law (4-2-6)Buddy Lange (4-0-4) Chad Wittman (2-0-2)Pat Meyers (1-1-2) Geoff Bieging (1-0-1)Bryan Mulford (0-2-2) Adam Stifel (1-0-1)Curtis Smith (0-1-1) Clark Woodard (1-0-1)Mike Norton (0-1-1) McAdory Lipscomb (0-1-1)
Scoring SummaryQ Team Time Goal (Assist) Score1 Denver 10:00 Wittman D, 1-01 OSU 9:37 Lange (Mulford) 1-11 Denver :44 Law D, 2-12 Denver 13:57 Bieging D, 3-12 Denver 12:00 Stifel (Law) D, 4-12 OSU 8:25 Lange (Cummings) D, 4-22 Denver 5:11 Law D, 5-22 OSU 3:34 Meyers D, 5-32 OSU 2:12 Cummings (Smith) D, 5-42 OSU :36 Lange (Cummings) 5-53 OSU 10:46 Cummings (Meyers) O, 6-53 Denver 6:32 Law (Lipscomb) 6-63 Denver 2:18 Woodard (Law) D, 7-64 OSU 10:47 Cummings (Norton) 7-74 Denver 6:04 Law D, 8-74 OSU 4:01 Lange (Mulford) 8-84 OSU :39 Cummings O, 9-8
