The Buckeye entered the NCAA Tournament as one of the hottest teams in the field, winning 11 of their last 13 games and clinching the Big Ten Tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the Big Dance.
The Bucks were hot, but that wasn't enough against the tournament's No. 2 overall seed. Ohio State fell 8-2 to Vanderbilt, dropping its first game of the NCAA Tournament.
The Buckeyes came out swinging from the start. A leadoff double from right fielder Dominic Canzone followed by an RBI single from catcher Dillon Dingler gave Ohio State a 1-0 lead at the top of the first inning, but Vanderbilt punched back quickly with two runs in the bottom half.