11th Seeded Women’s Volleyball Falls 0-3 to Sixth-seeded Washington at the Seattle Regional Semifinal – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/9/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Dec. 9, 2006
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 11th seeded Ohio State (25-8) women’s volleyball team fell 0-3 (16-30, 18-30, 18-30) to sixth-seeded Washington (28-4) in the second semifinal match of the Seattle Regional in front of 6,846 fans. The Huskies will face third-seeded Penn State (32-2), a 3-0 (30-24, 30-18, 30-15) winner over 14th-seeded Purdue (23-11) in the first semifinal. Washington and Penn State will play Saturday at 9 p.m. ET in the Bank of America Arena for a berth in the NCAA Championship semifinals, Dec. 14.
Ohio State’s Danielle Meyer (Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio) scored a match-high 15 points for the Buckeyes with Anna Szerszen (Fr., Conflans Ste Hne, France) adding 12. Meyer had 12 kills, a solo block and four assists while Szerszen collected 12 kills. Washington’s Stevie Mussie had a team-high 14.5 points for the Huskies with Jessica Swarbrick adding 14. Mussie posted 11 kills, an ace serve, a solo block and three assist blocks while Swarbrick had 10 kills and a match-high eight assist blocks.
Washington broke a 1-1 tie in game one, with two kills by Morrison and an Ohio State error to take a 4-1 lead. The Huskies continued to build on the lead at 8-4 before taking a 12-4 lead with a four-point run including two kills from Alesha Deesing, a Morrison solo block and an OSU error. Washington held a 29-16 lead and closed out the game with a Deesing kill for a 30-16 win. Washington hit .459 for the game to .025 for the Buckeyes.
Trailing 2-0 in game two, Ohio State kills by Szerszen and Ami Stevens (Jr., Centerburg, Ohio) tied the game at two. A Huskie solo block by Janine Sandell, a Mussie kill and a Buckeye error made it 5-2, Washington. OSU responded with a Meyer-Danielle McCarthy (Sr., Beaver Dam, Wis.) block, a McCarthy solo block and a Meyer-Stevens block to tie the game at five. An OSU error and a Meyer kill moved the score to 6-6. A Washington error and a Morrison kill took the score to 7-7. Kills by Szerszen and Marisa Main (Sr., Louisville, Ky.) gave Ohio State a 9-7 lead. A Buckeye error and a Szerszen kill made it 10-8. A Washington kill by Jessica Swarbrick and a Swarbrick-Mussie block tied the game at ten. A Sandell-Swarbrick block and a Morrison ace serve gave Washington a 12-10 lead. The Buckeyes tied the game at 12 with a Szerszen kill and a Washington error. The Huskies with a Sandell kill and a Buckeye error took a 14-12 lead. A Huskie error and a Meyer kill tied the game at 14. Washington took the lead for good with a Sandell kill at 15-14. The Huskies expanded the lead to 17-14 with a Mussie kill and an Ashley Aratani ace serve. Washington then outscored Ohio State, 10-4 to hold a 27-18 lead. A Swarbrick kill and a Mussie-Swarbrick block made it 29-18 and game point for the Huskies. A Mussie kill ended the game for Washington at 30-18 for a 2-0 lead in the match. The Huskies hit .220 for the game to .027 for Ohio State.
Tied at four in game three, Washington outscored Ohio State, 8-2, to take a 12-6 lead. The Buckeyes cut the lead to three at 12-9 with a Meyer kill, a Meyer-Stevens block and a McCarthy ace serve. Kills by Morrison and Meyer moved the score to 13-10. A Buckeye error and a Washington block by Mussie and Swarbrick gave the Huskies a five-point lead at 15-10. Buckeye kills from Meyer and Szerszen and a Huskie kill by Swarbrick cut the lead to four a 16-12. At 18-14, two OSU errors and a Morrison solo block took the lead to seven at 21-14. A kill from Stevens made it 21-15. Two Buckeye errors and a Swarbrick kill expanded the lead to 24-15. A Meyer kill stopped the run at 24-16. A 5-0 Huskie scoring run set match point at 29-16. A Meyer kill stopped the first match point (29-17) but a Mussie kill ended the game at 30-17 for a 3-0 Washington victory in the match. The Huskies hit .333 for the game to .077 for Ohio State.
Washington, for the match, hit .333 to Ohio State’s .043. The Huskies had a 47 to 34 advantage in kills and a six-to-three edge in ace serves. Each squad gave up four service errors. Defensively, Washington had a 47-41 margin in digs with Tamari Miyashiro recording a match-high 16 for Washington, while Ashley Kiel (Sr., Allenton, Wis.) had a team-high 12 for Ohio State. At the net, the Huskies had 16-6 advantage in team blocks. Huskie Swarbrick recorded a match-high eight assist blocks. With OSU’s Meyer have five total blocks with a solo and four assists. Washington setter Courtney Thompson had a match-high 39 assists in the match while OSU’s Main had 28.
Volleyball Box Score 2006 Ohio State Women’s Volleyball #16 Ohio State vs #3 Washington (Dec 08, 2006 at Seattle, Wash.)
Ohio State | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ———————————————————————————— 6 Meyer, Danielle….. 3| 12 4 28 .286| 0| 0 1| 0| 3| 1 4 0| 0| 15.0 7 Stevens, Ami…….. 3| 4 5 25 -.040| 0| 0 0| 2| 7| 0 2 0| 0| 5.0 8 McCarthy, Briana…. 3| 1 3 6 -.333| 2| 3 2| 0| 2| 0 1 0| 0| 4.5 9 Jones, Felicia…… 3| 4 5 12 -.083| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0| 4.5 13 Main, Marisa…….. 3| 1 1 10 .000| 28| 0 1| 0| 5| 0 2 0| 2| 2.0 14 Szerszen, Anna…… 3| 12 11 35 .029| 0| 0 0| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 1| 12.0 3 Tengnas, Anna……. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 0 0| 0| 5| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 15 Kiel, Ashley…….. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 4| 12| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 ———————————————————————————— Totals………….. 3| 34 29 116 .043| 32| 3 4| 6| 41| 1 10 0| 3| 43.0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 12 11 40 .025 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 2 11 10 37 .027 Ohio State………. (0) 16 18 18 25-8 3 11 8 39 .077 Washington………. (3) 30 30 30 28-4
Washington | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ———————————————————————————— 1 Mussie, Stevie…… 3| 11 3 35 .229| 0| 1 1| 0| 13| 1 3 0| 0| 14.5 2 Deesing, Alesha….. 3| 9 2 13 .538| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0| 9.5 3 Thompson, Courtney.. 3| 2 0 3 .667| 39| 1 0| 0| 7| 0 1 0| 0| 3.5 9 Morrison, Christal.. 3| 6 2 30 .133| 1| 2 0| 2| 7| 2 3 0| 0| 11.5 17 Sandell, Janine….. 3| 9 1 15 .533| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 1 2 0| 0| 11.0 24 Swarbrick, Jessica.. 3| 10 2 15 .533| 0| 0 2| 0| 0| 0 8 0| 0| 14.0 7 Miyashiro, Tamari… 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 16| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 8 Aratani, Ashley….. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 2 1| 1| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 2.0 ———————————————————————————— Totals………….. 3| 47 10 111 .333| 41| 6 4| 3| 47| 4 18 0| 0| 66.0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 18 1 37 .459 Site: Seattle, Wash. (Bank of America) 2 14 5 41 .220 Date: Dec 08, 2006 Attend: 6846 Time: 1:18 3 15 4 33 .333 Referees: Joan Powell, Bob Oshita
1 2 3 Total Tie scores 1 7 4 12 Lead changes 0 2 2 4
