WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's No. 11/12 men's lacrosse team battles visiting No. 9/10 Ohio State to the wire before eventually falling 10-9 in front of 1,789 fans at Cooper Field in the 2026 home opener on Saturday. With the loss, the Hoyas fall to 1-2 on the year while the Buckeyes improve to 6-0.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Rory Connor led the Hoyas with three goals and an assist, Jake Bickel tallied two goals with one assist and Jack Ransom chimed in with two goals.
• Jack Schubert had a goal and an assist while Natty Mason scored his first career goal.
• Liam Connor dished out a pair of assists while Joe Cesare and Kevin Miller both had one.
• Hayden Cody went 11-for-20 (.550) on faceoffs to go with eight ground balls and a caused turnover.
• Defensively, James Carretta and Evan MacFarland were both credited with two caused turnovers and three ground balls.
• Anderson Moore (1-2) posted 13 saves in the loss and collected two ground balls.

How it Happened

• A low scoring affair to begin with, defense held strong the majority of the opening frame. Georgetown struck first as Schubert hit the back of the net at the 4:34 mark courtesy of an assist from Bickel. Rory Connor added an unassisted goal with 1:54 remaining to give the Hoyas a 2-0 lead after 15 minutes.
• Ohio State mounted a comeback in the second, outscoring GU 3-0 in the frame to take a 3-2 lead going into halftime. The Buckeyes scored a man-up goal early at 14:13 to get on the board and added goals at the 8:47 and 6:34 marks.
• Coming out of the locker room, OSU struck in the first minute again, scoring at the 14:20 mark to take a two-goal lead up 4-2. The Hoyas responded with back-to-back goals from Ransom and Mason within a minute of each other to tie things up with 12:27 to play, but the Buckeyes answered with another two of their own 39 seconds apart to go up 6-4. Undeterred, the Hoyas tallied off three-straight goals – two from Rory Connor and one from Bickel – to retake the lead up 7-6 with 1:13 to play in the stanza. Ohio State would manage to knot things up on a broken play in front of the GU goal with just four seconds remaining.
• Tied up 7-7 to start the fourth, both squads hit back-to-back goals to make it a 9-9 game with 5:55 to play. Ohio State would hit the eventual game-winner with 1:43 remaining before a rocket from Bickel with 39 seconds to go careened off the crossbar and was collected by OSU to run out the clock.

Ohio State Notes

• Garrett Haas led the Buckeyes with three goals, including the game-winner with 1:43 remaining, to go with an assist.
• Alex Marinier and Brad Sharp both had two goals while Liam White had a pair of assists.
• Matt Mayfield went 9-for-15 (.600) on faceoffs with six ground balls.
• Defensively, Ohio State was credited with nine caused turnovers Jonny Cool, Kyle Foster and Caleb Fyock each having two.
• In goal, Fyock (6-0) had 11 saves in the win.

Up Next
The Hoyas head down I-95 to face No. 4/3 Richmond on Saturday, March 7.