COLUMBUS, OH – Braden Erksa scored 52 seconds into overtime as Maryland roared back from a five-goal deficit to defeat No. 19 Ohio State 12-11 in its first road conference game. The Terps are now 7-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes are 5-6 and 1-2 in conference play.
Maryland trailed by as many as five goals in the first half on Friday evening against Ohio State, and fought back to tie the game on Daniel Kelly's fourth goal of the game with 2:09 left in the fourth quarter. Kelly's four goals tied his career-high for the third time this season.
Maryland also got goals from: Zach Whittier (2), Eric Spanos (2), Owen Murphy, Ryan Siracusa and Ajax Zappitello.
Luke Wierman won 19-of-26 faceoffs, including all six in the third quarter, and moved to second place all-time in the program career face-off ranks. He also scooped up 11 groundballs.
Brian Ruppel finished with nine saves. Maryland's defense allowed just two goals in the second half after giving up nine in the first half and held Ohio State scoreless for the final 17:16 of the game. Zappitello had two caused turnovers and three groundballs along with his goal.
It was the Terps second dramatic overtime win this season as they also rallied for
a 14-13 win in overtime at No. 1 Virginia on March 18.
Coach John Tillman's Take
"Proud of the guys. Typical conference game, never easy. We started slow but the guys kept battling. Thought we got a great effort from the midfield of Whittier-Spanos-Siracusa. I also thought we got great effort from Luke. He started a little slow, but as the game went on did a really good job. It's never easy, but obviously happy for the guys. Obviously, a lot to work on, a lot to improve upon, but I thought we played more like Maryland today. Regardless of the outcome, I felt like we played harder and just a lot grittier."
Breaking Down The Action
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The Buckeyes started off with the first two goals of the night, but Kelly answered with two goals in a row of his own. Ohio State broke the ice with less than 10 seconds on the clock in the first to take a 3-2 lead.
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After Ohio State pulled ahead 7-2, Maryland scored three of the next four goals before ultimately heading into halftime down 9-5.
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Trailing 11-8 heading into the final 15 minutes of play, the Terps scored the first two goals of the fourth to make it a one-goal game with 5:50 remaining. Kelly's goal with 2:09 evened the game for the first time since 2-2. In overtime, Wierman won his 19th face-off and Erksa buried the winner coming from behind the net 52 seconds into the overtime. The Terps scored the final four goals of the game with Kelly scoring twice as they held Ohio State off the scoreboard for the entire fourth quarter and overtime.
Hat Trick Terps
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Maryland now has had a hat trick in 67 straight games dating back to February 2, 2019.
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Daniel Kelly notched his third goal of the game in the fourth quarter to extend the streak. He finished with four goals for his fourth career hat trick and third game this season with four goals.
Multi-Terps Update
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Kelly notched four goals for his eighth career game with two or more points. It was his fourth career game with three goals or more, with three games this season with four goals.
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Erksa (one goal, one assist) had his seventh multi-point game.
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Whittier had two goals and an assist, giving him his third game of his career and season with multiple points.
- Spanos had his third multi-point game of the season and his career with two goals and his second multi-goal game ever.
- Siracusa (one goal, one assist) had his first ever multi-point game.
Record Book Update
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Wierman moved to second in career faceoff wins with 19, giving him 549 for his career. He passed Brian Haggerty with 536 from 1996-99. Andy Claxton holds the record with 648 from 1989-92. His 164 face-off wins this season are ninth-most in a season, next up is Claxton had 180 in both 1990 and 1992.
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Wierman holds steady at third in career groundballs with 294 after scooping 11 in the game. Next up is Brian Haggerty, who had 380 from 1996-99. Andy Claxton holds the record with 451 from 1989-92. His 91 groundballs this season are already the 11th-most in a season at Maryland. Next up with 93 is Mark Douglas in 1991.
Numbers To Know
- 2: The Terps have two overtime wins this season, both on the road (at Virginia and at Ohio State).
- 2: Wierman moved to second in career face-off wins with 549 in his career.
- 2: Zappitello scored his second goal this season and Maryland now has five pole goals this season.
- 4: Kelly scored four goals for the third time this season (Syracuse and Loyola).
- 7: Terps different scored in the game.
- 10: The Terps are now 146-17 in games they score 10 or more goals since John Tillman took over in 2011.
- 33: Wierman won double-figure faceoffs for the 33rd time in his career with 19 wins.
- 91: Wierman has 91 groundballs this season, which is already 11th-most in a season in Maryland history. He had 160 last season, second-most ever at Maryland.
- 164: Wierman has 164 face-off wins, the ninth-most in a single season at Maryland. He had a school-record 298 last season.
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