Ohio State pistol has won five straight national championships after taking both the sport and air pistol events Saturday in Anniston, Alabama. The standard pistol competition was canceled due to weather.
The Buckeyes (4,476) beat out Navy (4,350), Army (4,325), Utah (4,285) and The Citadel (4,213) for their victory.
The best individual aggregate score belonged to Ohio State’s Marcus Klemp, who posted a 1140. He finished second in the air pistol competition (572) and the sport pistol competition (568). Ohio State placed six of the top 10 overall finishers.
Ohio State reaches Frozen Four
The pistol team isn’t the only program at Ohio State tasting postseason success.
No. 2 Ohio State women’s hockey took a 2-1 lead off a Joy Dunne goal with 1:14 left in the first period and scored four goals in the game’s final nine minutes to beat St. Lawrence 6-1 Saturday at the OSU Ice Rink.
With the win, the Buckeyes (28-7-3, 19-6-3 WCHA) advance to their fifth straight Frozen Four.
The team previously made Frozen Four appearances in 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, all under coach Nadine Muzerall.
Dunne led the Buckeyes with four points (two goals, two assists), giving her the program record for most points in an NCAA tournament game.
Ohio State will face No. 3 seed Cornell on Friday. The other semifinal will feature No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 4 Minnesota.