Olympic Recap: Lyle Yost Wins Diving National Title, Women’s Hockey Splits Weekend Series

At Winter Nationals in Knoxville, Tenn., graduate student Lyle Yost won a national title on the men’s 1-meter springboard, sending him to the World Aquatics Championships where he will compete on Team USA in Doha, Qatar, in February.

He was in second place after the preliminary round but ultimately finished with an aggregate score of 743.65 to win the event.

Yost was name as a first team All-American by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America this year for the fourth straight year in the 1-meter springboard. He also was first team All-American in the 3-meter and platform categories as well.

In the same event, Ciara McGing finished in 10^th place in women’s platform dive with an overall score of 503.1, and with 477.8, Janie Boyle finished in 13^th place.

Jack Matthews competed in the 3-meter springboard finals and finished with an overall score of 616.15, finishing 12^th.

Women’s Hockey Splits Weekend Series

After a 13-game win streak, the Ohio State women’s hockey team fell to No. 10 St. Cloud State 2-1 on Dec. 1 on the Buckeyes home ice.

Makenna Webster scored the game’s first goal in the first period, but it was the only goal for the Buckeyes and the Huskies scored twice in the second period on the power play to take the lead and win the game.

The Buckeyes were back on top the very next day with a 6-2 win over the Huskies. Olivia Mobley had two goals for Ohio State with each of Jennifer Gardiner, Joy Dunne, Kiara Zanon and Cayla Barnes adding one of their own.

Amanda Thiele had 14 saves in the game, and Ohio State took 43 shots on goal as a team, dominating the ice.

The No. 1 Buckeyes are back home on Dec. 9-10 against Minnesota State for a two-game series. This will be their first series against Minnesota State of the season, after beating them four times in four matchups in the 2022-23 season in which they outscored them 17-9 in those four wins.

It will be the last time Ohio State is on the ice before the new year since they will get over a month off of competition before they match up against Minnesota Jan.12-13 on the road.