No. 13 Women’s Volleyball Drops 3-1 Decision to No. 25 Michigan State – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/11/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 11, 2000
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 13th-ranked Ohio State (21-5 overall, 11-5 Big Ten) women’s volleyball team lost its third consecutive match in a 3-1 (9-15, 15-6, 15-4, 15-12) decision to No. 25 Michigan State (15-10, 8-8). OSU’s Sue Calligaris (So., Palermo, Italy/Liceo Linguistico) scored a team-high 17 kills with Anne Botica (Jr., Windsor, Ont./St. Joseph) adding 11. Dana Stearns (Sr., Bexley, Ohio/Bexley) and Shelly Draeger (So., Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) added ten kills each for the Buckeyes. MSU’s Sarah Gustin had a match-high 20 kills for the Spartans with Erin Hartley and Jenny Rood adding 18 each.
The Buckeyes opened the match with a 15-9 game one win. OSU hit .389 to .229 for the Spartans. Michigan State responded with 15-6, 15-4 wins in the next two games. The Spartans hit .471 in game two to OSU’s .150 in game two and outhit the Buckeyes .429 to -.063 in game three. Michigan State closed the match with a 15-12 win in game three. Ohio State had a 7-3 lead in the game and held a 12-11 lead before the Spartans scored the final four points to take the game. MSU hit .353 in game four to OSU’s .212.
For the match Michigan State hit .351 to OSU’s .181. The Spartans had a 73-59 advantage in kill, a 60-52 margin in digs and outblocked Ohio State 15-7. The Buckeyes outserved Michigan State four to three.
Heather Whalen (Fr., Kalamazoo, Mich./Parchment) for Ohio State was given the call at setter for the match as Katie Virtue (So., St. Charles, Ill./St. Francis) was held out. Virtue had seen action only in matches for the last three weeks.
Ohio State continues on the road next week with matches at Indiana Friday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. and Penn State, Saturday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
