Ohio State Earns Four-Set Victory Against Illinois Friday

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Ohio State Earns Four-Set Victory Against Illinois Friday

10/13/2023 10:02:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

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The Buckeyes improved to 4-3 in the Big Ten this season.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State Buckeyes (7-9, 4-3 B1G) earned a four-set win (25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 25-23) against Illinois (7-10, 2-5 B1G) on Friday evening inside the Covelli Center in the mental health awareness match.

Ohio State took a back-and-forth first set by a 25-23 margin. Illinois evened the match with a 25-18 win in the second set. The Fighting Illini took a five-point lead midway through the third set but the Buckeyes fought back to win the set by a 25-22 margin. Ohio State and Illinois traded runs in the fourth set with the Buckeyes coming out on top by a 25-23 mark.

Emily Londot was the first in the match to reach 10 kills, doing so in the second set and for the 15^th time this season. Londot finished with 22 kills, surpassing 20 kills for the sixth time this season. Chelsea Thorpe totaled double-figure kills (10) for the sixth time this season, while Rylee Rader did so for the fourth time. Lauren Murphy finished the match with a career-high three aces.

How it Happened
Illinois opened scoring with the first two points before Ohio State scored the next three. The Fighting Illini responded with the next four points to lead 6-3 early. The Buckeyes got within one multiple times and tied the set at 13 on a block from Londot and Eloise Brandewie, their second of the set. Ohio State took its first lead of the set at 16-15. Illinois used a 3-0 run to take a 20-18 lead, forcing an OSU timeout. The Buckeyes scored the next four points, taking a 22-21 lead and forcing an Illinois timeout. The Fighting Illini responded with a pair of points to take a 23-22 lead before back-to-back Buckeye points put OSU in front 24-23 and the Fighting Illini took a second timeout. Londot sealed the 25-23 set win with her eighth kill.

The Fighting Illini scored first in the second set and built an early 9-5 lead on the back of a 4-0 run, prompting a Buckeye timeout. Ohio State got within two at 10-8 but another 3-0 Illinois run gave the Fighting Illini a 17-11 lead and the Buckeyes called timeout. Illinois increased its lead to as large as 23-15 and then called timeout after back-to-back OSU points. The Fighting Illini evened the match with a 25-18 set win.

Illinois was first on the board in the third set with the first three points. Ohio State scored the next pair before the teams found themselves tied at six. The Buckeyes took their first lead of the set with a 4-0 run at 11-10. Illinois strung together six-unanswered points to take a 17-12 lead. An extended 6-1 run from Ohio State tied the set at 18 on back-to-back kills from Chelsea Thorpe. The teams traded pairs of points to be tied at 20. After Illinois took a 21-20 lead, Ohio State scored the next three to force a Fighting Illini timeout. The Buckeyes sealed a 25-22 set win on a block from Kamiah Gibson and Rylee Rader.

Ohio State opened fourth-set scoring with a kill and ace from Rader and built an early 7-3 lead to prompt an Illinois timeout. The Fighting Illini scored the next three points to get within one, but the Buckeyes responded with a 4-0 run to lead 11-6. In a set of runs, Illinois went on a pair of 4-0 runs to take a 14-12 lead, its first lead of the set. Following a Buckeye timeout, OSU got within one at 15-14 but called timeout again trailing 18-14. A 5-0 Ohio State run gave the Buckeyes a 19-18 lead and forced an Illinois timeout. The set was tied at points 19 through 23 out of the timeout. Ohio State scored the final three points to seal the match with a 25-23 win in the fourth set.

Highlights

Match Notes

Ohio State is 3-2 this season when three or more players total 10+ kills apiece.
Emily Londot totaled 10+ kills for the 15^th time and 20+ kills for the sixth time this season and finished with 22 kills tonight. She was the first in the match to reach double figures, doing so in the second set and added a team-high 11 digs for her seventh double-double of the season.
Londot moved up to seventh in program history in career kills (1,450) and now ranks 16^th with 302 career blocks.
Chelsea Thorpe reached 10 kills for the sixth time this season.
Rylee Rader had 10+ kills for the fourth time this season.
Londot had more than one ace for the first time this season.
This is Lauren Murphy's third match of the season with more than one ace as she finished with a career-high three aces.
Kaitlyn Hoffman has recorded an ace in 10 of her 13 appearances this season.
S1: The first set was tight, featuring 11 ties and seven lead changes.
S3: Ohio State overcame a five-point deficit midway through the set and scored five of the final six points.
S4: The Buckeyes used a 5-0 run to overcome an 18-14 deficit and scored the final three points of the match.

Up Next
Ohio State hosts No. 15 Purdue on Sunday at 1 p.m. on B1G+ for the pink match. Survivors will honored between the second and third sets. The first 2,000 fans will receive pink poms.

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