The men’s team finished up their season with a 4-0 loss to Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J. on Sunday, Oct. 31. With the loss, their overall record fell to 6-9-1. At 2-6 in conference matches, the Buckeyes failed to qualify for the eight-team Big Ten tournament, which begins on Sunday, Nov. 7 with Penn State as top seed.
The Buckeyes got off to a really rocky start to their conference play, losing their first five matches. As I’ve said in earlier soccer reports, the men’s team has had difficulty putting the ball in the net. Both their number of shots and the percentage of shots on goal would seem to point to more scoring, but the Bucks netted only 16 balls in their 16 games.