Why Ohio State soccer is tweaking its journey schedule for this week’s sport at Washington

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State soccer has its first highway journey of the season this week, and its journey schedule will look totally different than traditional forward of Saturday’s sport at Washington.

The Buckeyes will go away Columbus on Thursday, a day sooner than it sometimes leaves for a daily season highway sport.

“We think that’s the best way to go,” coach Ryan Day mentioned Tuesday.

The remainder of Ohio State’s week will likely be regular, although Thursday’s observe will likely be a bit earlier.

The resolution was primarily based off a plethora of perception gathered by Day, power coach Mick Marotti and different members of the workers. They consulted with folks within the NFL and different skilled leagues the place touring throughout time zones is routine.

“We always want to get better,” Day mentioned. “We’ve done a lot of studying on this.”

Last 12 months, Ohio State’s lone common season journey out west was to Oregon — a 32-31 loss for the Buckeyes.

Day mentioned there wasn’t something “sports science-wise” that went flawed for Ohio State due to its resolution to journey Friday earlier than the sport.

“I thought we were ready,” Day mentioned. “We were playing fast.”

However, Ohio State seemed a lot better the second time it performed Oregon within the Rose Bowl, which factored into the choice to journey earlier this week.

The Buckeyes had been at their greatest within the College Football Playoff final season. Ahead of these impartial website video games in Los Angeles, Dallas and Atlanta, the group arrived sooner than it might within the common season.

OSU hopes to see an analogous success in its Big Ten opener this weekend.