WVB: Buckeyes Sweep Michigan State – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/3/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s volleyball team (14-3 overall, 2-2 Big Ten), behind a match-high 18.5 points from Katie Dull, defeated Michigan State (9-6, 1-3), 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-18) Saturday night in St. John Arena. Dull posted 14 kills (.393), two ace serves, one solo block and three assist blocks. OSU’s Kelli Barhorst added 13.5 points with eight kills (.727), two solo blocks and seven assist blocks. Michigan State’s Becca Zlabis recorded a team-high eight points with six kills, one ace serve and one solo block.
From a six-six tie in set one, Michigan State went on an 8-2 run to open a 14-8 lead. Ohio State responded with five consecutive points starting with an Emily Danks kill and a Dull-Barhorst block. The run continued with two kills from Dull and a Spartan error to make it 14-13, MSU. At 16-14, an Amanda Peterson-Barhorst block and a Spartan error tied the set at 16. Tied at 17, an Anna Szerszen kill, two Michigan State errors and a Dull kill opened a 21-17 Buckeye lead. A MSU block from Kelsey Kuipers and Natalie Emro and a Dull kill made it 22-18. An OSU error and a kill from Danks made it 23-19. An Emro kill cut the lead to three at 23-20. OSU reached set point at 24-10 with a kill from Mariah Booth. The Buckeyes won the set, 25-20, with a kill from Dull to take a 1-0 lead in the match. OSU hit .273 for the set to .061 for Michigan State.
With set two tied at seven, two kills from Megan Schatzle gave Michigan State a 9-7 lead. Kills from Szerszen and Zlabis made it 10-8. A MSU error and a Barhorst solo block tied the set at 10. The Buckeyes continued the run with a Barhorst kill and a solo block, a Spartan error and a Sarah Mignin ace serve to make it 14-10. A Danks-Barhorst block and one from Dull and Barhorst along with a Spartan error gave Ohio State a 17-10 lead. With Michigan State trailing, 21-13, the Spartans scored six consecutive points to cut the lead to two at 21-19. A Szerszen kill and an OSU error made it 22-20. Kills from Szerszen and Schatzle made it 23-21. A Buckeye error cut the lead to one at 23-22. A kill from Booth made it set point at 24-22. Ohio State won the set, 25-22, with a Danks-Barhorst block to take a 2-0 lead in the match. OSU hit .292 for the set to .080 for the Spartans.
A kill from Danks and a Buckeye error opened set three at one-all. A Dull kill and an ace serve from Danks made it 3-1 Buckeyes. A Jenilee Rathje kill made it 3-2. At 5-4, a MSU error and an Allie Schwarzwalder solo block made it 7-4. A block from Alexis Mathews and Emro made the lead two at 7-5. A Schwarzwalder kill, two Spartan errors, a kill from Danks and a solo block from Dull made it 12-5. With OSU leading, 18-13, an Emro kill and a Carli Weiler ace serve cut the lead to three at 18-15. Kills from Dull and Barhorst made it 20-15. Ohio State, at 22-17, reached match point at 24-17 with a Dull ace serve and a Barhorst kill. A Kyndra Abron kill stopped the match point at 24-18. A Spartan error gave Ohio State a 25-18 set win and a 3-0 victory in the match. The Buckeyes hit .385 for the set to .111 for Michigan State.
Ohio State hit .313 in the match to .082 for Michigan State. OSU had a 39-32 advantage in kills and a 35-31 edge in assists. OSU’s Pederson posted a match-high 31 assists while MSU’s Emro had 22. The Buckeyes had a 5-4 edge in ace serves with OSU’s Danks and Dull serving up a match-high two aces each. The Buckeyes gave up nine service errors to six for Michigan State. Defensively, Ohio State had a 23-22 edge in digs with OSU’s Mignin posting a match-high eight. At the net, the Buckeyes had a 12 to four margin in team blocks. Barhorst posted a match-high nine blocks for the Buckeyes with two solo and seven assist blocks.
Ohio State returns to the road next week for Big Ten Conference matches Friday at Indiana and Saturday at Purdue.
Geoff Carlston, women’s volleyball head coach
On tonight’s match and bouncing back from a tough loss
“No one is going to go undefeated in this conference and tonight was a good response. Last night we talked about how we need to respond and change a lot of things and I think we did that. Michigan State is a good team and we got them rattled a little bit and we kept pressure on them which is exactly what we want to do. I’m happy for them (the team). It was a good night overall and it was what I thought was a good response to what was one of our tougher nights last night.”
On playing consistently and getting better
“We need players to be consistent. We need them to be consistent emotionally and in terms of their output and everything they’re doing. School has started and the reality of the quarter is starting to hit and we’ve got to be tough. We have to work hard, roll up our sleeves and get better every day in practice. We’ve got a lot to work on in practice. We needed tonight. Tonight was a big win for us and we needed it. Now we go get ready to get on the road again.”
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