Women’s Volleyball Loses 3-1 At Illinois – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/11/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 11, 2003
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State (7-7 overall, 1-5 Big Ten) women’s volleyball squad dropped a 3-1 (30-17, 30-26, 27-30, 30-20) decision to Illinois (13-3, 4-2) Saturday night in front of 1,511 in Huff Hall. Ohio State’s Stacey Gordon (Jr., Oshawa, Ontario) had a match-high 30 kills for the Buckeyes with Heather Whalen (Sr., Kalamazoo, Mich.) adding 13 and Amanda Miller (So., Littleton, Colo.) 11. Rachel VanMeter had a team-high 18 kills for Illinois with Lisa Argabright adding 17 and Jessica Belter, 11.
With game one tied at five, Illinois scored six consecutive points to open an 11-5 lead. The Illini expanded the lead to eight at 14-6. Illinois took the margin to 13 for a final, 30-17 win. The Illini hit .324 for the game to .071 for Ohio State.
The Illini controlled game two, leading 21-19. OSU tied the match at 22 and 23 with Miller kills. The Buckeyes fell behind again and then closed to within one (26-25) with a Gordon kill. The Illini outscored OSU, 4-1, to take a 30-26 victory. The Illini hit .333 for the game to .255 for the Buckeyes.
Ohio State opened game three with the first six points. Gordon, with a kill started the run. A Whalen, Gordon and Jackie Schardt (So., Colorado Springs, Colo.) block followed. Kills by Schardt and Whalen, a ace serve from Briana McCarthy (Fr., Beaver Dam, Wis.) and a Illini error completed the run. Illinois trailed 25-19 before putting together a six-point run to tie the game at 25. A Gordon kill made it 26-25, OSU. Argabright countered with a kill to tie at 26. A Buckeye error gave Illinois a 27-26 lead. Gordon responded with a kill to tie the game at 27. An Illinois error, a block by Gordon, Grant and McCarthy set game point at 29-27. Gordon closed out the game with a kill at 30-27. Both teams hit .239 for the game.
In game four, Illinois took an early 10-6 lead. The Illini expanded the lead to 15-9 and built a 10-point lead (24-14). The Illini maintained the lead, taking a 30-20 win in the game. Illinois hit .343 for the game to .135 for Ohio State.
For the match, Illinois hit .306 to OSU’s .180. The Illini had a 67-63 edge in kills while Ohio State had a 7-5 advantage in ace serves. The Buckeyes gave up nine service errors to four for the Illini. Illinois’s Erin Virtue had a match-high four ace serves. The Illini recorded a 69-62 margin in digs with Kathleen Bazzetta collecting a match-high 16 digs. At the net, Illinois had a 14-10 margin in team blocks with Argabright recording a match-high 8 (2 solos, 6 assists) total blocks. Illini setter Virtue recorded a match-high 57 assists with OSU’s McCarthy collecting 52.
Ohio State returns to action next week with two home matches in St. John Arena. OSU will host Minnesota at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17 and face Iowa at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 19.
Volleyball Box Score 2003 Ohio State Women’s Volleyball Ohio State vs Illinois (Oct 11, 2003 at Champaign, Ill.)
Ohio State | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE —————————————————————————– 6 Whalen, Heather….. 4| 13 7 35 .171| 4| 1 0| 0| 15| 0 4 0| 0 8 McCarthy, Briana…. 4| 3 3 14 .000| 52| 2 2| 0| 5| 0 2 1| 1 9 Tengnas, Anna……. 4| 0 0 1 .000| 2| 2 1| 0| 12| 0 0 0| 0 10 Gordon, Stacey…… 4| 30 11 78 .244| 1| 1 3| 0| 13| 0 3 1| 1 14 Grant, Katherine…. 4| 4 3 11 .091| 0| 0 0| 0| 3| 0 4 0| 0 16 Schardt, Jackie….. 4| 2 0 4 .500| 0| 1 1| 0| 3| 0 4 1| 0 1 Kastein, Rebecca…. 4| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 0 0| 4| 9| 0 0 0| 0 2 Cram, Holly……… 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 2| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0 11 Miller, Amanda…… 4| 11 8 29 .103| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 1 1 1| 1 TEAM……………. | | | | 1| | | —————————————————————————– Totals………….. 4| 63 32 172 .180| 61| 7 9| 5| 62| 1 18 4| 3
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 13 10 42 .071 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS 2 17 5 47 .255 Ohio State………. 17 26 30 20 7-7, 1-5 3 19 8 46 .239 Illinois………… 30 30 27 30 13-3, 4-2 4 14 9 37 .135
Illinois | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE —————————————————————————– 1 Belter, Jessica….. 4| 11 5 25 .240| 5| 0 0| 1| 5| 0 4 1| 0 2 Vandrey, Melissa…. 4| 9 3 28 .214| 0| 0 1| 0| 6| 0 2 0| 0 5 O’Bryan, Shelly….. 4| 9 3 21 .286| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 4 2| 0 10 Virtue, Erin…….. 4| 2 0 2 1.000| 57| 4 0| 0| 13| 0 1 0| 0 11 Argabright, Lisa…. 4| 17 2 36 .417| 0| 1 1| 0| 6| 2 6 2| 0 12 Bazzetta, Kathleen.. 4| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 0 1| 1| 16| 0 0 0| 0 3 Vrdsky, Beth…….. 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 10| 0 0 0| 0 4 Macdonald, Meghan… 1| 1 0 1 1.000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 1 2| 0 14 Harks, Lauren……. 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 4| 9| 0 0 0| 0 15 VanMeter, Rachel…. 4| 18 5 47 .277| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 1 4 1| 1 TEAM……………. | | | | 1| | | —————————————————————————– Totals………….. 4| 67 18 160 .306| 64| 5 4| 7| 69| 3 22 8| 1
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 15 3 37 .324 Site: Champaign, Ill. (Huff Hall) 2 19 5 42 .333 Date: Oct 11, 2003 Attend: 1511 Time: 1:58 3 17 6 46 .239 Referees: Barb Strome, Marty Prochko 4 16 4 35 .343 1 2 3 4 Total Tie scores 3 6 3 4 16 Lead changes 4 2 3 3 12
