Hofstra Starters:
A: #17 Varn, #2 Yapor, #5 Llinares
M: #12 Coholan, #7 Malave, #21 Henrickson
D: #23 Caputo, #34 Satterthwaite, #44 Sullivan
G: #33 Selva
Ohio State Starters:
A: #5 Evans, #14 Brown, #29 Koerber
M: #19 King, #12 Planning, #22 Schnider
D: #50 Haus, #35 Howard, #11 Meurer
G: #3 Dutton
Opening faceoff won by Ohio State Jack Withers with the ground ball.
Crease violation by Hofstra, no goal for #7 Mike Malave
PENALTY: OSU Kacy Kapinos for Cross-checking. Hofstra now on the Extra-Man Opportunity.
OSU GOAL: #26 Sean Giampietro, first goal of the season Assist #19 Jesse King at 9:54. Ohio State leads Hofstra 1-0.
HU GOAL: # 5 Sam Llinares with his eighth goal of the year unassisted. Hofstra and OSU are tied 1-1 with 0:49 left in the first quarter.
End of first quarter: Hofstra and Ohio State are tied 1-1.
Start of second quarter: FACEOFF won by OSU’s Jake Withers.
PENALTY: HU #4 Steve Romano gets a one-minute penalty for cross-checking.
HU GOAL: #17 Torin Varn finds the back of the net on an assist by #12 Drew Coholan. Hofstra leads Ohio State 2-1 with 10:15 left to go in the second quarter.
PENALTY: #4 Steve Romano gets another one-minute penalty for cross-checking.
HU GOAL: Sam Llinares scores his ninth goal of the season, second of the game unassisted. Hofstra leads Ohio State 3-1 with 5:01 to go in the first half.
HU GOAL: Lance Yapor earns his sixth of the season on the man-up opportunity with an assist from Korey Hendrickson. Hofstra leads Ohio State 4-1 with 4:01 to go in the first half.
END OF FIRST HALF: Hofstra leads Ohio State 4-1 at the break.
Hofstra and Ohio State are tied in shots with 15 each. The Pride win the ground ball battle in the first half 12-11. Both teams struggle on the EMO but Hofstra is 1-4.
START OF SECOND HALF: Second half is underway as Kris Clark gets the groundball for Hofstra.
PENALTY: OSU’s JT Blubaugh gets caught cross-checking. Hofstra has the man advantage.
HU GOAL: Drew Coholan scores his fourth of the season on the man-up with an assist from Korey Hendrickson. Hofstra leads Ohio State 5-1 with 10:54 left in the 3rd quarter.
PENALTY: HU’s Stephen Satterthwaite gets caught slashing. Ohio State with the man-up opportunity.
OSU GOAL: Turner Evans gets the goal with the extra man for his fifth of the season. The assist is credited to Gordie Koerber. Ohio State trails Hofstra 5-2 with 7:34 to go in the third quarter.
END OF THIRD QUARTER: Both teams score one goal but Hofstra still has the lead going into the final 15 minutes 5-2.
START OF FOURTH QUARTER: Ohio State wins the faceoff to start.
OSU GOAL: Turner Evans scores his second of the game and sixth of the season on a pass from Reegan Comeault. Hofstra still leads 5-3 with 13:41 to go in regulation.
HU GOAL: Take your hats off for Sam Llinares as he scores his third of the game unassisted. Hofstra now leads Ohio State 6-3 with 9:18 to go.
PENALTY: OSU’s Dominic Imbordino is caught slashing for a two-minute penalty. Hoftra now on the EMO.
HU GOAL: Torin Varn gets the man-up goal after a pass from Sam Llinares for his seventh of the season and second of the game. Hofstra leads Ohio State 7-3.
OSU GOAL: Ohio State answers back with a goal from Reegan Comeault for his fifth of the season. OSU trails Hofstra 7-4 with 6:23 to go.
OSU GOAL: Jesse King gets his first of the game off of a pass from Turner Evans for his 14th goal of the season. OSU trails Hofstra 7-5 with 3:31 left to go.
END OF GAME: Hofstra holds off Ohio State 7-5 for their third consecutive win.
