WEEKLY BASICS
LAST TIME OUT
The Buckeyes extended their undefeated record to 11-0 with a pair of victories at Rutgers. Ohio State opened the series with a 3-1 triumph on Friday and secured a hard-fought 3-2 win on Saturday. The Buckeyes are in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten standings.
HISTORIC SWEEP
It was a great day to be a Buckeye on Monday when Emily Londot, Rylee Rader and Mac Podraza swept the conference’s weekly honors. Londot was the Big Ten Player and Co-Freshman of the Week, sharing the freshman recognition with Rader, who was also tabbed as the defensive player of the week. Podraza earned setter of the week laurels. Ohio State is the first team to sweep the weekly accolades since the Big Ten began awarding all four honors in 2012.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s swimming team will host the 2021 Big Ten Conference swimming championships at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion Tuesday through Saturday. The Buckeyes were runner-up last year in an event that finished just before the start of the pandemic. Michigan is the defending Big Ten champion.
The McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion is host to a Big Ten championship for the eighth time. The 2007, 2010 and 2017 men’s championships were previously held in the facility as were the 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2018 women’s Big Ten championships. The spectacular venue has also hosted three NCAA championships: the 2008 and 2018 women’s championships and the 2010 men’s.
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Dakota Joshua, a standout for the Ohio State men’s hockey team from 2016-19, skated in his first NHL game Monday for the St. Louis Blues. Joshua, from Dearborn, Michigan, wasted no time getting on the score sheet, as the forward notched his first career goal in the second period. The Blues downed the Ducks, 5-4, in the game in Anaheim.
“Obviously I was nervous heading heading into the first shift but once I got that out of the way I started to feel a lot better and settle into the game,” Joshua told the media postgame.
A Toronto draft pick, Joshua’s rights were traded to St. Louis in Summer 2019. In his first pro season in 2019-20, he played 30 games with the AHL San Antonio Rampage (3g, 4a, 7) and 20 with the ECHL Tulsa Oilers (3g, 8a, 11p). This season, he skated in four games with AHL Utica, with a goal and an assist, before he was called up first to the Blues’ taxi squad and then to the Blues roster.