Women’s Volleyball Advances to NCAA Second Round – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/3/1998 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
December 3, 1998
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ohio State (17-13), after trailing two games to none, rallied to win the final three to defeated Texas Tech (23-11) to advance to the second round of the NCAA Championship. The win was OSU’s third five-game win of the season (others against Florida and UCLA). Buckeye Rosie Snow scored a match-high 27 kills with Dana Stearns adding 24, tying her career high. Angelee Abbring collected 19 kills for OSU and Ann Botica contributed a career high 14. Courtney Putnam of Texas Tech had a team-high 24 kills with Kristen Holmes and Sonia Moric having 18 each.
%^$Texas Tech held an 11-4 lead in game one before OSU cut the lead to 13-12 on a solo block by Botica. A kill by Heather Hughes and a block by Holmes and Lori Garber ended the game at 15-12. Texas Tech hit .274 to .236 for the Buckeyes.
%^$Ohio State broke a 2-2 tie in game two scoring the next seven points to take a 9-3 lead. Tech scored the next four points to close the score to 9-7. A kill by Stearns and a Tech error put OSU up 11-7. Texas Tech tied the game at 11 on assist blocks by Janelle Jones and Lisa Hilgers, Putnam and Moric and a solo by Hilgers. An OSU error put Tech up 12-11 and a kill by OSU’s Botica tied the game at 12. Two OSU errors put Tech at 14-12 serving for the game. A kill by Jen Flynn stopped the game point and Snow’s kill cut the lead to 14-13. Holmes sided out for Tech and set up their second game point. Another kill by Flynn stopped Texas Tech. Holmes sided out against and a kill by Putnam was for game point at 15-13. Texas Tech hit .381 to OSU’s .346.
%^$Down 0-2 in games to Texas Tech, Ohio State came out and quickly built up a 9-2 lead. Tech closed to 12-10 on a kill by Holmes but a kill by Flynn and two by Snow closed the game for OSU at 15-10. OSU hit .229 to .214 for Tech.
%^$Again OSU built up a quick 9-3 lead but kept Texas Tech in check. The Buckeyes extended the lead to 12-3 and two Tech errors set game point and an Abbring kill ended the game at 15-3, sending the match to a fifth game. The Buckeyes hit .300 to .059 for Tech.
%^$The fifth game (rally scoring) stayed within one point and was tied at seven by OSU’s Stearns on a kill. Stearns’s block with Snow was for point eight and a Tech hitting error put OSU up 9-7 as Texas called a time out. Back-to-back kills by Snow and Stearns pushed the OSU lead to 11-7. A kill by Moric cut the lead to 11-8 and an OSU hitting error closed the gap to 11-9. Kills by Snow and Stearns put OSU up 13-9, but Holmes countered with a kill for point to make the score 13-10. Hughes gave up a point with a service error setting up match point at 14-10. Snow closed out the match with a kill closing the two hour 38 minute match at 15-10. OSU hit .400 for the game to .100 for Tech.
%^$For the match, Ohio State hit .288 to .217 for Texas Tech. OSU had a 14-12 edge in blocks while Tech had the edge in digs, 74-72, while each team had six ace serves.
%^$The win advances Ohio State to the second round against the winner of Florida vs. Chattanooga. That second round match will be played Friday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at Gainesville.
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%^$ Volleyball Box Score%^$ 1998 Ohio State Women’s Volleyball%^$ Ohio State vs Texas Tech (Dec 03, 1998 at Gainesville, Florida)
%^$ 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……. 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0%^$ 2 Rosie Snow………. 5| 27 6 58 .362| 2| 0 2| 3| 8| 0 1 0| 0%^$ 5 Brianne Spiers…… 5| 5 3 20 .100| 2| 0 0| 0| 18| 0 5 3| 0%^$ 7 Dana Stearns…….. 5| 24 8 44 .364| 4| 1 2| 1| 12| 1 5 3| 0%^$ 8 Anne Botica……… 5| 14 6 35 .229| 1| 1 1| 2| 14| 3 2 1| 1%^$ 10 Angelee Abbring….. 5| 19 5 42 .333| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 3 1| 0%^$ 11 Jen Flynn……….. 5| 5 4 16 .063| 75| 3 1| 0| 11| 0 4 1| 4%^$ 13 Nikki Cisco……… 5| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 1 0| 0| 9| 0 0 0| 0%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ Totals………….. 5| 94 32 215 .288| 84| 6 6| 6| 72| 4 20 9| 5
%^$ TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0%^$ Game K E TA Pct%^$ 1 23 10 55 .236 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 TEAM RECORDS%^$ 2 26 8 52 .346 Ohio State………. 12 13 15 15 15 17-13%^$ 3 17 6 48 .229 Texas Tech………. 15 15 10 3 10 23-11%^$ 4 17 5 40 .300%^$ 5 11 3 20 .400
%^$ Texas Tech | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN%^$ No Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ 2 Courtney Putnam….. 5| 24 6 54 .333| 0| 0 4| 0| 8| 0 4 2| 1%^$ 3 Heather Hughes…… 5| 5 6 20 -.050| 1| 0 5| 5| 5| 0 2 0| 0%^$ 4 Lisa Hilgers…….. 5| 6 1 11 .455| 66| 2 2| 0| 19| 0 2 2| 2%^$ 5 Kristen Holmes…… 5| 18 8 66 .152| 2| 2 0| 1| 13| 1 3 0| 0%^$ 6 Skydra Orzen…….. 5| 1 0 1 1.000| 2| 1 1| 0| 9| 0 0 0| 0%^$ 8 Kim Breitbach……. 5| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 5| 0 0 0| 0%^$ 11 Pam Osterfeld……. 3| 1 0 4 .250| 1| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 1| 0%^$ 12 Janelle Jones……. 3| 1 1 2 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0%^$ 13 Sonia Moric……… 5| 18 4 33 .424| 1| 1 3| 0| 9| 0 5 3| 0%^$ 14 Lori Garber……… 5| 8 9 26 -.038| 1| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 5 0| 0%^$ —————————————————————————–%^$ Totals………….. 5| 82 35 217 .217| 75| 6 16| 6| 74| 1 22 8| 3
%^$ TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0%^$ Game K E TA Pct%^$ 1 30 13 62 .274 Site: Gainesville, Florida (S C O’Connell Center)%^$ 2 20 4 42 .381 Date: Dec 03, 1998 Attend: 1311 Time: 2:38%^$ 3 14 5 42 .214 Referees: Crystal Lewis, Donna Carter%^$ 4 13 10 51 .059%^$ 5 5 3 20 .100%^$
