Ohio State showed no ill effects in their first game of the season at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Thursday night as it disposed of Johns Hopkins, 15-13, in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Freshman attackman Tre Leclaire opened scoring within two minutes as the Buckeyes never trailed in a surprisingly easy win.
Redshirt junior Tyler Pfister made it 3-0 good guys minutes later:
The Buckeyes led at half, 10-5, as Leclaire finished with five goals:
Junior attackman Colin Chell led off the second half scoring to make it 11-5:
Senior attackman Eric Fannell's first goal of the night made it 12-6 midway through the third quarter:
After a 4-0 Blue Jays run, Leclaire's career-high sixth goal made it 13-10:
Senior attackman Austin Shanks' first goal of the night 40 seconds later made it 14-10:
After the Blue Jays retaliated, Jack Jasinkski made it 15-11 midway through the fourth:
A Johns Hopkins fourth-quarter rally fell short.
Ohio State plays Maryland on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on BTN for the Big Ten championship.