Volleyball Blanked By Texas In Ohio State Invitational Championship Match – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/14/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 14, 2002
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The ninth-ranked Ohio State (5-3) women’s volleyball team could not overcome a strong Texas (8-1) squad as the Longhorns captured the Ohio State Invitational with a 3-0 (30-24, 30-23, 30-28) victory in the championship match. Earlier in the day, Loyola-Chicago (4-3) defeated Akron (5-3) in the consolation match with a 3-1 (30-25, 33-31, 29-31, 30-26) win. UT’s Mira Topic (So., Kastela Kambelovac, Croatia) scored a match-high 19 kills for Texas with Kathy Hahn (So., Leander, Texas) adding 11. OSU’s Stacey Gordon (So., Oshawa, Ontario) scored a team-high 12 kills for OSU with Suzie Stiling (Sr., Glenview, Ill.) and Shelly Draeger (Sr., Milwaukee, Wis.) adding eight each. Gordon has now scored double-figure kills in her last 24 matches.
Texas overcame an early 9-5 Ohio State lead and took a 10-9 lead with a LaTonya Coates (So., Bangor, Mich.) ace serve. A Coates service error tied the game at 10. A kill and ace serve by Hahn and two OSU errors opened a 14-10 Longhorn lead. Trailing 21-18, OSU closed to within one at 21-20 with a Gordon kill and a block by Katherine Grant (Fr., Nashville, Tenn.) and Draeger. A Topic kill and two OSU errors gave Texas a 24-20 lead that they would hold for a 30-24 win. Texas hit .367 for game one to .120 for Ohio State.
Texas opened game two with two Topic kills and an OSU error for a 3-0 lead. Texas would hold the lead for the game to win, 30-23 and go up 3-0 in the match. The Longhorns hit .313 in the game to .185 for OSU.
Game three remained close with 16 ties. A 25-all, Texas off two OSU errors and an ace serve by Coates opened a 28-25 lead. Following an Ohio State time out, a kill by Draeger and a block by Stiling and Jackie Schardt (Fr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) cut the lead to 28-27 as Texas called time out. A Draeger kill tied the game at 28 but back-to-back kills by Topic closed out the game at 30-28 and gave Texas the match, 3-0. The Longhorns hit .313 for the game to .194 for Ohio State. For the match Texas hit .330 to OSU’s .170. The Longhorns had a 47-38 advantage in kills and a 6-3 margin in ace serves. UT gave up 15-service error to 12 for Ohio State. Each squad had 26 digs and the teams recorded six blocks each.
Name to the Ohio State Invitational All-Tournament team were Kristen Daly, Loyola-Chicago; Sandy Lewis, Akron; Suzie Stiling, Ohio State; Stacey Gordon, Ohio State; Caron Blotch, Texas and Kathy Hahn, Texas. UT’s Mira Topic was named the most valuable player of the Invitational.
Ohio State returns to action at 7 p.m. next Wednesday when OSU hosts Miami (Ohio).
Volleyball Box Score 2002 Ohio State Women’s Volleyball Texas vs #9 Ohio State (Sep 14, 2002 at Columbus, Ohio)
Texas | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE —————————————————————————– 3 Blotch, Caron……. 3| 6 0 9 .667| 36| 1 1| 0| 2| 0 1 2| 3 7 Coates, LaTonya….. 3| 4 3 12 .083| 1| 4 3| 1| 4| 0 3 1| 0 8 Hahn, Kathy……… 3| 11 2 18 .500| 1| 1 2| 0| 1| 0 4 1| 0 10 Wilson, Kathryn….. 3| 0 1 3 -.333| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 2 1| 0 11 Bernardin, Jackie… 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0 15 Topic, Mira……… 3| 19 5 32 .438| 1| 0 5| 1| 5| 0 3 0| 0 4 Millichap, Stacy…. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 3| 0 0| 0| 3| 0 0 0| 0 5 Howden, Bethany….. 3| 7 5 20 .100| 0| 0 4| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0 6 Garvens, Whitney…. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0 TEAM……………. | | | | 1| | | —————————————————————————– Totals………….. 3| 47 16 94 .330| 42| 6 15| 3| 26| 0 13 5| 3
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.5 Game K E TA Pct 1 17 6 30 .367 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 2 15 5 32 .312 Texas…………… 30 30 30 8-1 3 15 5 32 .312 Ohio State………. 24 23 28 5-3
Ohio State | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE —————————————————————————– 5 Higgins, Stephanie.. 3| 6 7 19 -.053| 1| 0 4| 0| 3| 1 0 1| 0 9 Stiling, Suzie…… 3| 8 3 14 .357| 0| 1 0| 0| 3| 1 1 0| 0 10 Gordon, Stacey…… 3| 12 8 35 .114| 0| 2 2| 2| 8| 0 0 0| 0 14 Grant, Katherine…. 3| 3 1 6 .333| 0| 0 3| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 1 15 Draeger, Shelly….. 3| 8 4 13 .308| 2| 0 2| 2| 6| 0 1 0| 0 16 Schardt, Jackie….. 3| 1 0 1 1.000| 31| 0 1| 0| 1| 1 2 0| 0 6 Whalen, Heather….. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 1 13 Drake, Tamika……. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0 TEAM……………. | | | | 2| | | —————————————————————————– Totals………….. 3| 38 23 88 .170| 34| 3 12| 6| 26| 3 6 1| 2
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 11 8 25 .120 Site: Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena) 2 11 6 27 .185 Date: Sep 14, 2002 Attend: 647 Time: 1:31 3 16 9 36 .194 Referees: CJ McAbee-Reher, Mara Wager Ohio State Invitational -All-Tournament Kristen Daly, LC; Sandy Lewis, AK; Suzie Stiling, OSU; Stacey Gordon, OSU; Caron Blotch, TX, Kathy Hahn, TX; MVP Mira Topic, TX
