Buckeyes Edged by Hoosiers in Bloomington Five-Setter

Saturday, October 21

Bloomington, Ind.

8:00 PM

Ohio State

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RV Indiana

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Buckeyes Edged by Hoosiers in Bloomington Five-Setter

10/21/2023 11:39:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Ohio State and Indiana battled for nearly three hours to determine a winner in five sets.

Box Score | Season Stats

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State Buckeyes (7-12, 4-6 B1G) fell in a five-set marathon match (25-21, 23-25, 22-25, 25-20, 13-15) against RV Indiana (16-7, 6-4 B1G) in the teams' first meeting of the season on Saturday night in Bloomington. The match lasted nearly three hours.

Ohio State built a large lead early in the first set and held off a late Indiana push to claim a 25-21 set win. Indiana evened the match with a 25-23 win in a back and forth second set. The Hoosiers claimed another tight set win with a 25-22 decision in the third set. Ohio State used an 8-0 run midway through the fourth set to win by a 25-20 margin, forcing a fifth set. Indiana captured the match win with a 15-13 win in the fifth set as the teams traded points to finish the match.

Emily Londot was the first in the match to reach 10 kills, doing so for the 17^th time this season and finishing with 25 kills. Londot had her season-high 17 digs for her eighth double-double of the season, also reaching 20 kills for the eighth time to move into fifth in program history with 1,510 career kills. Mi Tuman cracked the top-20 in program history with 602 career assists. Kaitlyn Hoffman (16), Sydney Taylor (11) and Sarah Sue Morbitzer (10) each recorded at least 10 digs. Rylee Rader surpassed 10 kills for the fifth time this season and finished with 12 kills. Lauren Murphy tied her career-high three aces and four blocks. Eloise Brandewie tied her career-high seven blocks.

How it Happened
Emily Londot opened scoring in the match on her first swing. After back-to-back IU points, OSU strung together a 4-0 run to take an early 5-2 lead. The Buckeyes used another 4-0 run featuring two aces from Lauren Murphy to take a 12-6 lead. Londot's fifth kill of the set extended Ohio State's lead to 16-8, forcing a second Indiana timeout. The Hoosiers cut the Buckeyes' lead to 20-17 to prompt an OSU timeout and then cut the deficit to one at 21-20, forcing a second Ohio State timeout. The Buckeyes scored the final three points of the set to earn the 25-21 set win.

The second set was tight early as Indiana scored the first two points before Ohio State responded with the next three. The set was tied six times before either team got to 10 points as the Buckeyes used a 5-1 run to take a 10-8 lead on Murphy's third ace. Indiana regained the lead with a 3-0 run to hold the 12-11 advantage and forced an OSU timeout as the Buckeyes trailed 14-12. Ohio State got within one at 15-14 and again at 19-18 before IU called timeout with a 22-20 lead. The Buckeyes called timeout trailing 24-22 and the Hoosiers called timeout after OSU scored the next point. IU earned a 25-23 set win to even the match.

The Hoosiers opened scoring in the third set and held small leads through six ties by the time the teams were tied at 10. The Buckeyes took their first lead of the set at 11-10 on the back of a 3-0 run. IU called timeout with OSU in front by a 13-12 mark following an ace from Rylee Rader. The Hoosiers used a 3-0 run to take a 16-14 lead and the Buckeyes called timeout trailing 18-16. IU put together a 4-0 run to extend its lead to 21-16, the largest by either team in the set, to prompt an OSU timeout. The Buckeyes used a 4-1 run to get within two at 23-21 before the Hoosiers called timeout. Ohio State scored out of the timeout but Indiana scored the next two points to take the 25-22 set win.

Ohio State scored the first two points of the fourth set but Indiana responded with a 3-0 run to take and early 5-3 lead. The Buckeyes tied the set at five but the Hoosiers scored the next three to lead 8-5. Ohio State tied the set at 10, 12 and 13 before taking a 14-13 lead – its first since leading 3-2. Back-to-back kills from Londot saw the Buckeyes up by a 16-14 margin, prompting an Indiana timeout. Ohio State extended its run to eight unanswered points to take a 22-14 lead. The Buckeyes called timeout after a 3-0 IU run cut the OSU lead to 23-19. The Buckeyes scored the final two points to cap a 25-20 set win.

The Buckeyes scored the first three points of the set, including a pair of Londot kills, before the Hoosiers tied the set at three. Ohio State didn't surrender the lead until a 4-0 Indiana run gave IU the 9-6 advantage and forced a Buckeye timeout. OSU scored back-to-back points to cut its deficit to 10-8 on a block from Murphy and Rader before IU called timeout. The Buckeyes got within one multiple times as the teams traded points before an OSU timeout trailing 13-11. IU called timeout after the Buckeyes scored to get within one point for a fourth time in a row. The Hoosiers closed the match with a 15-13 set win.

Highlights

S1: Lauren Murphy ace
S1: Sydney Taylor dig, Emily Londot kill
S1: Set point
S2: Sarah Sue Morbitzer kill
S2: Emily Londot 10^th kill
S3: Mia Tuman/Eloise Brandewie block
S4: Eloise Brandewie/Emily Londot block
S4: Emily Londot 20^th kill
S4: Set point
S5: Mia Tuman ace

Match Notes

Ohio State hit .241 in the match, compared to Indiana's .175.
Emily Londot was the first in the match to reach 10 kills, doing so in the second set and for the 17^th time this season. She finished with 25 kills and a season-high 17 digs for her eighth double-double of the season, also surpassing 20 kills for the eighth time.
Londot moved up to fifth in program history in career kills as she now totals 1,510. She also scored her 1,700^th career point.
Mia Tuman broke into the top-20 in program history in career assists as she now has 602.
Sydney Taylor was the first in the match to record 10 digs, doing so at the end of the second set for the sixth time this season and finishing with 11 digs.
Rylee Rader extended her ace streak to nine-consecutive matches and totaled 10+ kills for the fifth time this season. She finished with 12 kills.
Kaitlyn Hoffman has an ace in 11 matches this season and has 11 matches with 10+ digs, finishing with 16 digs tonight.
Sarah Sue Morbitzer totaled at least 10 digs in her fourth match this season.
This is Lauren Murphy's fourth time with more than one ace in a match this season as she tied her career-high three aces and also tied her career-high four blocks.
Eloise Brandewie tied her career-high seven blocks.
S1: Ohio State began the set hitting 10-of-14 (.714) before committing its first attacking error and finished the set with 16 kills on 33 attacks with only two errors (.424).
S2: The set was back and forth with eight ties and four lead changes.
S3: The third set was even tighter than the second with 10 ties and four lead changes.
S4: Ohio State used an 8-0 run midway through the set to take a lead that wouldn't be relinquished.

What They Said

Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg:
- "Tonight was a battle. It was good to see our response in the fourth and late in the fifth. Indiana is a strong team, especially at home this year."
- "I liked what we saw in Chelsea Thorpe on the left tonight after making the switch from the right side. It was also good to see Emily Londot have a 25-kill match. Rylee Rader came up big offensively and Eloise Brandewie had a great night defensively."
- "We need to continue to have this type of fire and intent as we head into next week. It will be good to be back in Covelli on Wednesday."

Up Next
The Buckeyes return home to host Northwestern on Wednesday with first serve scheduled for 6 p.m. ET. The match will be broadcast on BTN.

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