Volleyball falls to No. 17 Illinois – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/29/1998 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
October 29, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State (10-10 overall, 3-8 Big Ten) dropped a 3-1 (10-15, 3-15, 15-10, 11-15) decision to 17th ranked Illinois (16-5, 9-2) Thursday night in St. John Arena before 834 fans. Illini Mary Coleman scored a team high 18 kills with Christy Chapman and Betsy Spicer adding 13 each in the win. OSU’s Rosie Snow had a match high 24 kills to go with 11 by Dana Stearns.
%^$Ohio State held a 9-7 lead in game one before Illinois tied the match at nine on a solo block by Sara Sorrell. OSU sided out, but a serving error returned the ball to the Illini. Five consecutive points, two on ace serves by Mary Coleman, a block by Sorrell and Betsy Spicer and two OSU errors put Illinois at game point. A side out kill by Rosie Snow and an Illini error cut the margin to 14-10. An OSU service error returned the ball to Illinois and an OSU hitting error ended the game at 15-11. The Illini hit .200 to .128 for the Buckeyes.
%^$Six consecutive points by Illinois opened game two before OSU could side out. An Anne Botica kill cut the lead to 6-1, but Illinois scored the the next six points. OSU cut the lead to 12-3 on a kill by Botica and an ace serve by Dana Stearns. An Illini sideout allowed Illinois to run the final three points for a 15-3 win. For the game Illinois hit .571 to OSU’s .000.
%^$In a close third game that saw both teams take small leads early. The Buckeyes broke an 8-all tie with a solo block by Laura Stalling. The Illini tied the match at nine on a Christy Chapman kill. The Buckeyes regained the lead at 10-9 on a Shellye Sills overpass kill, but the Illini tied it again on a Mary Coleman kill. Ohio State took the lead for good on an overpass solo block by Sills. After a kill by Snow Illinois call a time out at 12-10. A block by Sills and Stearns raised the lead to 13-10 and Illinois called another timeout. After an exchange of sideouts a Snow kill put the score at 14-10. Another sideout exchange returned the ball to OSU and an Illini error ended the game at 15-10. The Buckeyes hit .292 in the game to .208 for Illinois.
%^$Illinois took a 4-0 lead in game four and increased it to 6-1. OSU closed to 6-5, but two Buckeye hitting errors put Illinois up 8-5. The Illini went up 11-6 before the Buckeyes on a kill by Snow and blocks by Sills and Stearns and Sills and Botica cut the lead to 11-9. Illinois had a 12-9 lead before kills by Snow cut the lead to 12-11. A solo block by Coleman a kill by Chapman and an OSU error closed the game for the Illini at 15-11. For the game Illinois hit .306 to .082 for OSU.
%^$The Illini hit .289 for the match to .146 for the Buckeyes. OSU had a 12-10 edge in blocking, the Illinois outdug the Buckeyes 55 to 36 and had the edge in aces, seven to five. Christy Chapman had a match high 13 digs, while Sara Sorrell and Betsy Spicer each had five blocks for Illinois. Buckeye Jen Flynn had a team high 11 digs, with Shellye Sills adding a team high five blocks.
%^$Ohio State hosts Purdue (11-8, 5-5) this Saturday in St. John Arena at 7 p.m.
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%^$ Volleyball Box Score%^$ 1998 Ohio State Women’s Volleyball%^$ Illinois vs Ohio State (Oct 29, 1998 at Columbus, Ohio)
%^$ Illinois | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN%^$ No Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ 7 Christy Chapman….. 4| 13 5 31 .258| 1| 1 2| 0| 13| 0 2 0| 0%^$ 8 Tracey Marshall….. 4| 9 6 24 .125| 1| 0 2| 2| 11| 0 1 0| 0%^$ 10 Melissa Beitz……. 4| 2 2 6 .000| 55| 4 1| 0| 10| 1 1 0| 3%^$ 11 Mary Coleman…….. 4| 18 7 37 .297| 2| 0 3| 1| 9| 1 1 0| 0%^$ 12 Sara Sorrell…….. 4| 9 3 18 .333| 1| 1 5| 1| 7| 1 4 0| 0%^$ 14 Betsy Spicer…….. 4| 13 1 18 .667| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 5 0| 0%^$ 3 Carrie Cavato……. 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 1 1| 1| 4| 0 0 0| 0%^$ 15 Laura Haselhorst…. 1| 0 1 1-1.000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ Totals………….. 4| 64 25 135 .289| 60| 7 15| 5| 55| 3 15 0| 3
%^$ TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.5%^$ Game K E TA Pct%^$ 1 15 9 30 .200 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS%^$ 2 13 1 21 .571 Illinois………… 15 15 10 15 16-5, Big Ten 9-2%^$ 3 20 10 48 .208 Ohio State………. 10 3 15 11 10-10, Big Ten 3-8%^$ 4 16 5 36 .306
%^$ 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%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ 1 Shellye Sills……. 4| 4 3 13 .077| 0| 0 1| 0| 5| 1 4 0| 0%^$ 2 Rosie Snow………. 4| 24 14 58 .172| 1| 2 3| 3| 3| 1 2 0| 0%^$ 7 Dana Stearns…….. 4| 11 4 36 .194| 2| 2 3| 1| 10| 0 3 1| 0%^$ 11 Jen Flynn……….. 4| 5 4 19 .053| 31| 1 2| 2| 11| 0 3 0| 0%^$ 12 Carey Cavanaugh….. 4| 0 1 2 -.500| 13| 0 2| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 3%^$ 14 Laura Stalling…… 4| 4 4 11 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 3 1| 0%^$ 8 Anne Botica……… 4| 8 3 18 .278| 1| 0 1| 1| 1| 0 3 0| 0%^$ 13 Nikki Cisco……… 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 3| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 0%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ Totals………….. 4| 56 33 157 .146| 48| 5 15| 7| 36| 3 18 2| 3
%^$ TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0%^$ Game K E TA Pct%^$ 1 13 8 39 .128 Site: Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena)%^$ 2 6 6 21 .000 Date: Oct 29, 1998 Attend: 834 Time: 1:47%^$ 3 19 5 48 .292 Referees: Joel Reinford, Tom Pingel%^$ 4 18 14 49 .082
