Women’s Volleyball Falls to No. 22 Spartans 3-1 – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/16/1998 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
October 16, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State, ranked 21st in the USATODAY/AVCA Coaches Poll, ( 9-7 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) fell to the Spartans of Michigan State (12-3, 5-2), ranked 22nd, in four games. The 15-9, 15-10, 14-16, 15-9 Spartan win lasted two hours and eight minutes in front of 907 fans.
%^$Rosie Snow had a team high 23 kills for Ohio State with Angleee Abbring adding 20 and Dana Stearns 16, but the Spartans countered with four players in double figures including a match-high 27 kills by Jenna Wrobel. Jenny Whitehead added 15, while Erin Hartley had 13 and Sarah Gustin 10. The Spartans outblocked the Buckeyes 22 to 14, with a match-high 10 blocks (three solo and seven assists by Gustin. Hartley added seven (3-4) and Jessica Sanborn six (2-4) for Michigan State. The Buckeye block was led by Laura Stalling with seven (1-6) and Shellye Sills with five (1-4).
%^$Game one had ties at four, six, seven and nine before a block by Sanborn and Whitehead put the Spartans ahead for good at 10-9. Three OSU errors, a solo block by Hartley and a game winning kill by Whitehead closed the game at 15-9. Michigan State hit .311 to .205 for OSU.
%^$Game two saw the Spartans open a 6-1 lead before OSU scored seven consecutive points to take an 8-6 lead. The Buckeyes went up 9-6 on an overpass kill by Sills. The Spartans came back to take a 10-9 lead on a kill by Hartley. The Buckeyes closed to 13-10, but assist blocks by Gustin and Hartley set up game point where Gustin’s solo block closed the game at 15-10. The Spartans hit .351 for the game to .167 for the Buckeyes.
%^$The Spartans enjoyed a five point lead (11-6) before OSU closed the margin to 11-9. Michigan State blocked their way to match point (14-9) on blocks by Gustin and Hartley, a solo by Christie Landry and assist by Gustin and Landry. The Spartans had five match points but failed to score while OSU cut into the lead with a kill by Snow and assist blocks by Jen Flynn and Stalling and Abbring and Stalling. MSU had three unforced errors for points to put OSU up 15-14 where a Sills kill won the game for the Buckeyes, 16-14. OSU hit .132 to .058 for the Spartans.
%^$OSU took an 8-4 lead in game four, but unforced errors for the Buckeyes quickly put the Spartans back in the lead at 11-8. Ohio State cut the lead to 11-9, but four consecutive points by the Spartans ended the match with a 15-9 MSU win. In the game, OSU hit .136 to Michigan State’s .276.
%^$For the match, the Spartans hit .233 to .158 for the Buckeyes. MSU outblocked OSU 22 to 14, while the Buckeyes outdug the Spartans, 54 to 49 and had a five to two edge in ace serves.
%^$Ohio State faces Michigan (10-7, 2-5) Saturday evening at 7 p.m. in St. John Arena, while the Spartans travel to top ranked Penn State (17-0, 7-0). Penn State defeated Michigan 3-0 (15-0, 15-5, 15-4) this evening at Penn State.
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%^$ Volleyball Box Score%^$ 1998 Ohio State Women’s Volleyball%^$ Michigan State vs Ohio State (Oct 16, 1998 at Columbus, Ohio)
%^$ Michigan State | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN%^$ No Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ 1 Christie Landry….. 4| 1 1 4 .000| 60| 0 1| 0| 7| 1 3 0| 0%^$ 3 Kelly Penney…….. 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0%^$ 6 Jenna Wrobel…….. 4| 27 9 54 .333| 1| 0 2| 1| 11| 0 2 0| 0%^$ 7 Erin Hartley…….. 4| 13 8 37 .135| 1| 1 3| 3| 11| 3 4 0| 0%^$ 11 Jennifer Stroffe…. 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 1 0| 0| 8| 0 0 0| 0%^$ 12 Sarah Gustin…….. 4| 10 4 23 .261| 1| 0 5| 0| 5| 3 7 0| 0%^$ 5 Jessica Sanborn….. 4| 3 4 12 -.083| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 2 4 1| 0%^$ 10 Maren Witzel…….. 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0%^$ 15 Jenny Whitehead….. 4| 15 5 33 .303| 2| 0 0| 1| 1| 2 3 0| 0%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ Totals………….. 4| 69 31 163 .233| 65| 2 11| 5| 49|11 23 1| 0
%^$ TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 22.5%^$ Game K E TA Pct%^$ 1 20 6 45 .311 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS%^$ 2 19 6 37 .351 Michigan State…… 15 15 14 15 12-3, Big Ten 5-2%^$ 3 17 14 52 .058 Ohio State………. 9 10 16 9 9-7, Big Ten 2-5%^$ 4 13 5 29 .276
%^$ Ohio State | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN%^$ No Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ 2 Rosie Snow………. 4| 23 5 45 .400| 2| 2 2| 0| 15| 1 2 1| 1%^$ 7 Dana Stearns…….. 4| 16 8 44 .182| 3| 0 1| 0| 10| 0 4 2| 0%^$ 10 Angelee Abbring….. 4| 20 22 62 -.032| 0| 1 1| 0| 8| 0 1 0| 0%^$ 11 Jen Flynn……….. 4| 5 2 9 .333| 59| 2 1| 0| 9| 1 3 0| 3%^$ 12 Carey Cavanaugh….. 4| 0 0 1 .000| 1| 0 1| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 0%^$ 14 Laura Stalling…… 4| 2 1 7 .143| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 1 6 0| 0%^$ 1 Shellye Sills……. 4| 4 3 8 .125| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 1 4 0| 0%^$ 8 Anne Botica……… 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0%^$ 13 Nikki Cisco……… 4| 0 1 1-1.000| 0| 0 3| 1| 4| 0 0 0| 0%^$ Team……………. | | | | 1| | |%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ Totals………….. 4| 70 42 177 .158| 65| 5 10| 2| 54| 4 20 3| 4
%^$ TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0%^$ Game K E TA Pct%^$ 1 19 10 44 .205 Site: Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena)%^$ 2 14 8 36 .167 Date: Oct 16, 1998 Attend: 907 Time: 2:08%^$ 3 19 12 53 .132 Referees: Mike Carter, Donna Carter%^$ 4 18 12 44 .136
