No. 1 Seed Ohio State Buckeyes vs. No. 16 Stanford — 2024 NCAA Tournament Third Round

Date: Sunday, Dec. 1
Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Tickets: Purchase HERE
Parking: Free
Game Notes: Ohio State | Stanford
Rosters: Ohio State | Stanford
2024 Stats: Ohio State | Stanford

COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 1 seed and top-ranked Ohio State (15-1-3) welcomes No. 16 seed Stanford (9-5-5) to Columbus for a third round NCAA Tournament match Sunday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Match time is set for 5 p.m. with ESPN+ providing the live stream.  

• Stanford, the No. 16 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, advanced on penalty kicks (6-5) last Sunday after a 2-all draw in double overtime at home vs UC Santa Barbara. UCSB defeated UCLA in the opening round. 
• Ohio State and Stanford have met just once previously, a 3-1 loss for the Buckeyes in the 2015 NCAA Tournament (3rd Rnd.) in Palo Alto, California, Nov. 29, 2015. 
• Before its 2-1 loss in Columbus last week, Western Michigan defeated SIUE in snowy conditions in Kalamazoo, 5-1, to advance to face the Buckeyes in the second round.  
• Ohio State is the first team to end the regular-season ranked No. 1 after being unranked in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll since Wake Forest in 2015. New Mexico was unranked entering the 2011 season before climbing to No. 1 entering the NCAA Tournament.  
• Ohio State has played eight teams this season that qualified for the 2024 NCAA Tournament and have posted an 8-1-1 record in 10 matches: SIUE (1-0), UCLA (0-1), Maryland (1-0), Michigan (2-0), Washington (2-0), Akron (1-0), Indiana (0-0-1) and Western Michigan (1-0).
• In the 10 games vs the teams Ohio State has faced that made the NCAA Tournament this year, Michael Adedokun leads the Buckeyes with 15 points with five goals and five assists. David Wrona and Parker Grinstead each have been credited with two match-wining scores. Keeper Max Trejo was 5-0 while Patrick McLaughlin has posted a 3-1-1 record. In the 10 games, Ohio State has scored 25 goals while allowing 10.  
• Ohio State enters the NCAA tournament with a wealth of experience. Nine rostered players have played 50 or more matches over their careers to date. Michael Adedokun (64), Thomas Gilej (61), Parker Grinstead (81), Luciano Pechota (57), Anthony Samways (70), Deylen Vellios (76), Tommaso Villa (53), David Wrona (83) and Ashton Bilow (50) lead the way.  
• The 15 wins this season are the second-most in program history behind the 2007 team that finished 17-4-5 after making it to the College Cup finals.
• Michael Adedokun’s 11 assists this season are the second most in program history behind Xavier Balc’s 14 in 2007.  Adedokun’s 29 points (9g/11a) rank fifth and 73 shots third all-time. The point total is the most since Balc had 30 in 2007.
• Ohio State’s current winning percentage of .868/15-1-3) is the highest in program history. The 48 goals scored to date rates first all-time, passing the 47 scored in 1983. Ohio State has improved its win total by nine games over the 2023 season (6-6-6), which ties for the most victory improvement in consecutive seasons (2 wins in 1973 to 11 in 1974 (+9).
• Keeper Max Trejo has a goals against average of 0.61, a program record, with a 9-0-1 record. He’s allowed just six goals on the year. Defender Anthony Samways has 14 career assists, good for the No. 10 spot all-time.