Women’s Volleyball Drops 3-2 Decision to Loyola Marymount – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/10/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 10, 1999
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Ohio State (2-1) women’s volleyball team dropped a 3-2 decision to 28th ranked Loyola Marymount (4-1) at the Furama Volleyball Classic on the campus of Loyola Marymount. Rosie Snow had a team high 25 kills for the Buckeyes with Shelly Draeger and Jen Flynn adding 16 kills each with Suzie Stiling collecting 13.
Lion Sarah McFarland put down 52 kills in the match for Loyola. Lydia Day added 13 and Allison Gustorf had 10.
Ohio State won game on 15-9, but lost games two and three, 11-15 and 12-15, respectively. The Buckeyes tied the match at two games each with a 16-14 win in game four. OSU could not hold the momentum in the rally scoring fifth game falling 8-15.
Loyola Marymount hit .294 for the match to .241 for Ohio State. The Buckeyes had the edge in blocks, nine to five and in ace serves, eight to five. The Lions edged OSU in digs, 55 to 52.
Freshman setter Katie Virtue had a career-high 67 assists as the setter of record for the Buckeyes. Outside hitter Jen Flynn had a season high 16 kills in the match, two shy of her career high of 18 set in 1996 at Northwestern. The match marked the first time since her freshman season the she played an entire match at the hitting position.
Ohio State completes its West coast play Saturday morning when they face Houston (3-2) at 10 a.m. pacific.
