Ohio State Claims Big Ten Men’s Lacrosse Regular Season Title

Photo Courtesy of Ohio State Athletics

View 2025 Big Ten Men’s Lacrosse Tournament Bracket 

Rosemont, Ill. – In a rivalry matchup and with the Big Ten Men’s Lacrosse Regular Season Championship on the line, No. 6 Ohio State beat No. 13 Michigan in a come-from-behind 10-8 win to earn the program’s first title. 

Ohio State trailed 8-6 at just 5:23 remaining in the fourth quarter but surmounted a comeback with four straight goals. 

With under four minutes left, Ohio State took advantage of a Michigan turnover and Ed Shean scored the eventual game winner, putting the Buckeyes up 9-8 with 2:45 on the clock. 

Caleb Fyock allowed just eight goals on 20 shots, and Gannon Matthews led the Buckeyes with three goals on five shots. Five other players scored for Ohio State in an all-around team effort. 

With the win, Ohio State (12-2, 4-1 Big Ten) secured the No. 1 seed in the DirecTV Big Ten Men’s Lacrosse Tournament and earned a bye to the semifinals hosted by Michigan at U-M Lacrosse Stadium on May 3. 

With the loss, Michigan falls into a three-way tie for second at 3-2 with No. 2 Maryland (10-2, 3-2) and No. 8 Penn State (9-3, 3-2). As a result of the tiebreaker, the Terrapins (head-to-head over OSU and PSU) claim the No. 2 seed. Therefore, Penn State then claims the head-to-head matchup over Michigan, securing the No. 3 seed for the Nittany Lions and No. 4 seed for the Wolverines. 

Rutgers (6-8, 2-3) and Johns Hopkins (6-7, 0-5) earned the number five and number six seeds, respectively. 

The tournament will open on Saturday, April 26 with two quarterfinal games, with the winners advancing to the semifinal round in Ann Arbor. 

No. 3 seed Penn State welcomes No. 6 Johns Hopkins at 12 p.m. ET and No. 4 seed Michigan will host No. 5 seed Rutgers at a time yet to be determined.  

Semifinal contests will begin at 5 p.m. (ET) and 7:30 p.m. (ET) on May 1 in Ann Arbor, with the championship scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3. All three contests will be broadcast live on BTN and the FOX Sports app.  

The winner of this year’s Big Ten Tournament will earn the conference’s automatic berth into the NCAA Championship, with that bracket announced at 9:30 p.m. (ET) May 4 live on ESPN2.

For more information on the 2025 Big Ten Men’s Lacrosse Tournament, visit bigten.org/mlax and for tickets to the semifinals and finals, click here. 

The tournament schedule is as follows: 

Saturday, April 26 (Quarterfinals)  

Game #1 - #5 seed Rutgers at #4 seed Michigan – Time TBA 

Game #2 - #6 seed Johns Hopkins at #3 seed Penn State – 12 p.m. ET 

Thursday, May 1 (Semifinals) 

Game #3 – #1 seed Ohio State vs. Game #1 Winner – 5 p.m. ET (BTN) 

Game #4 – #2 seed Maryland vs. Game #2 Winner – 7:30 p.m. ET (BTN) 

Sunday, May 3 (Championship) 

Game #5 – Semifinal winners – 8:00 p.m. ET (BTN)