Women’s Volleyball Selected to the NCAA Championship – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/29/1998 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
November 29, 1998
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State (16-13) was selected by the NCAA Volleyball Committee to receive an at-large bid to this year’s NCAA Championship. The Buckeyes will open play on Thursday, December 3 against Texas Tech (23-10) in a first round match that will be played in Gainesville, Florida on the campus of the University of Florida. Host Florida (31-2) will play Tennessee-Chattanooga (23-10) in the other first round match on Thursday. The Thursday winners then play on Friday, Dec. 4.
%^$Ohio State has now been selected to the Championship for 10 consecutive years. OSU has advanced to regional play seven times and reached the National Semifinals twice.
%^$The Buckeyes have a 2-1 record over Texas Tech, have split two matches with Florida and have not played Tennessee-Chattanooga.
%^$Ohio State played Texas Tech in the 1979 Brigham Young Invitational, a 2-0 (15-9, 15-9) Tech win. The teams next played in the 1981 Alabama Invitational with Ohio State winning 2-1 (13-10, 13-15, 15-4). The last meeting came in 1986 at the New Mexico State Classic, the Buckeyes winning 3-2 (15-6, 11-15, 3-15. 15-0, 15-3).
%^$Ohio State defeated Florida 3-2 (9-15, 11-15, 15-4, 15-5, 20-18) earlier this season in Honolulu at the Hawaiian Airlines Tournament. In 1996 Florida defeated Ohio State 3-2 (15-8, 14-16, 13-15, 15-12, 15-6) in the NCAA Central Regional Semifinal at Gainesville.
