Team Effort Powers Buckeyes Past Scarlet Knights on Road

Friday, October 6

Piscataway, N.J.

7:00 PM

Ohio State

Rutgers

Ohio State women's volleyball vs. Maryland

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Team Effort Powers Buckeyes Past Scarlet Knights on Road

10/6/2023 10:18:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Ohio State earned a four-set win in Piscataway on Friday night.

Box Score | Season Stats

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 24 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-8, 3-2 B1G) earned a four-set win (25-21, 26-24, 18-25, 25-14) against Rutgers (8-7, 0-5 B1G) on Friday evening in Piscataway.

Ohio State created separation with a 5-0 run midway through the first set, earning the 25-21 set win. The Buckeyes earned a 26-24 set win in the second set after the Scarlet Knights fought back to tie the set late. Rutgers used a pair of small runs midway through the third set to force a fourth set with a 25-18 set win. Ohio State did not trail in the fourth set, cruising to a 25-14 set win to seal the match win.

The Buckeyes had three or more players total 10+ kills for the third time this season. Emily Londot recorded her 1,400^th career kill to move up to 10^th in program history, also moving up to 14^th with 1606 career points. She was the first in the match to reach 10 kills, doing so midway through the second set for the 13^th time this season and finished with 20 kills and 12 digs for her fifth double-double of the season. Rylee Rader recorded her 1,000^th career point and totaled a season-high 13 kills. Eloise Brandewie had a career-high 11 kills and tied her career-high in blocks (7), while Chelsea Thorpe totaled 10+ kills (11 total) for the fourth time this season. Kamiah Gibson earned her first double-double as a Buckeye with 28 assists and 10 digs. Kaitlyn Hoffman recorded double-figure digs (16) for the seventh time in the past eight matches.

How it Happened
Rutgers opened scoring before back-to-back Ohio State points. The set was tight early, being tied nine times by the time the set was tied at 10. The Buckeyes used a 4-1 run to force a Scarlet Knights timeout leading 14-11. OSU extended its lead to 17-11 out of the timeout amidst three-consecutive blocks. Rutgers called a second timeout after back-to-back Ohio State points made it 20-14. The Scarlet Knights scored the next three points to force an OSU timeout. The teams traded points out of the timeout and the Buckeyes claimed the 25-21 set win on Chelsea Thorpe's fourth kill of the set.

Ohio State scored first in the second set with Londot and Rader each getting two kills to build an early 4-1 lead for the Buckeyes. The Scarlet Knights used a 4-0 run to take a 10-9 lead and force a Buckeye timeout. OSU responded with a 4-0 run to take a 14-11 lead and prompt a Rutgers timeout following back-to-back aces from Rader. The Scarlet Knights got within one out of the timeout before a 3-0 OSU run. The teams traded pairs of points but Rutgers' 3-0 run got the Scarlet Knights back within one at 21-20, forcing a Buckeye timeout. OSU scored the next two points before Rutgers took a timeout. The Scarlet Knights tied the set at 24 by fighting off three set points. A kill from Londot and an ace from Rader sealed the 26-24 set win.

The Buckeyes scored the first three points of the third set and had early leads of 4-1 and 8-5 before the Scarlet Knights tied the set at eight and used an extended 6-1 run to take an 11-9 lead. Ohio State trailed 15-11 at the media timeout. Rutgers used a 3-0 run to increase its lead to 18-13 and force a second Buckeye timeout. The teams traded points out of the timeout but the Scarlet Knights used a 4-0 run to take a 24-15 lead. Rutgers forced a fourth set with a 25-18 set win.

Ohio State scored first in the fourth set as the teams traded scores until three-consecutive Buckeye points gave OSU the 7-4 advantage. The Scarlet Knights would get no closer than three points at 10-7 before an extended 8-2 OSU run forced a Rutgers timeout with the Buckeyes in front by a 17-9 margin. Ohio State sealed the 25-14 set win with kills from Rader and Brandewie.

Highlights

Match Notes

This is the third match of the season that OSU has had three players total at least 10 kills each. The Buckeyes are 2-1 in those matches.
Ohio State totaled 10+ blocks for the second-straight match, finishing with 12.0 as a team.
OSU is 6-0 against unranked opponents this season.
Rylee Rader (13-1-27, .444) and Eloise Brandewie (11-1-18, .556) combined for 24 kills with two errors on 44 attacks for a .489 hitting percentage at the middle position.
Emily Londot earned her 1,400^th career kill and moved into 10^th on the program's career kills leaders list (1,412), also moving up to 14^th in the program's career points rankings (1,606).
Londot totaled 10+ kills for the 13^th time this season and hit the 20-kill mark for the fifth time this season. She added 12 digs for her fifth double-double of the season, one of those being the 800^th dig of her Buckeye career.
Rader surpassed 1,000 career points and had 10+ kills for the second time this season, finishing with a season-high 13 kills.
Rader tied her career-high three aces with set point in the second set and finished with a career-high four aces.
Brandewie totaled a career-high 11 kills and tied her career-high in blocks (7).
Chelsea Thorpe recorded 10+ kills for the fourth time this season, finishing with 11 kills.
Kamiah Gibson earned her first double-double as a Buckeye with 28 assists and 10 digs.
Sarah Sue Morbitzer leads the Buckeyes with 14 aces on the season.
Kaitlyn Hoffman has an ace in nine of 11 matches she's played in this season and has recorded 10+ digs in seven of the last eight matches after totaling 16 digs tonight.
S1: Ohio State hit .306 compared to Rutgers' .189. Londot (6) and Chelsea Thorpe (4) combined for 10 kills in the set.
S2: Rader had six kills and three aces in the set.
S4: Ohio State did not trail in the set.

What They Said

Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg:
- "Any road win in the B1G is one that we will take. I was happy with the response in the fourth set to close it out in four. The production from our middles, Rylee [Rader] and Ella [Eloise Brandewie], was a highlight and something we will need more of as we continue through the season. It was also great to see Meghan McCann come in for a few points as a game changer with her passing and defense. Onto the next tomorrow against a good Penn State team."

Up Next
The Buckeyes face No. 14 Penn State on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on BTN before returning home for a pair of matches next weekend.

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