Ohio State Falls in Four Sets to RV Minnesota on Friday Evening

Friday, November 3

Columbus, Ohio

6:30 PM

Ohio State

8-14,5-8Big Ten

RV Minnesota

11-10,7-6Big Ten

Minnesota

Ohio St.

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Ohio State Falls in Four Sets to RV Minnesota on Friday Evening

11/3/2023 9:54:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

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The Buckeyes dominated the second set but came up short in the match.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State Buckeyes (8-14, 5-8 B1G) fell in four sets (21-25, 25-14, 22-25, 18-25) against RV Minnesota (11-10, 7-6 B1G) in the teams' first meeting of the season on Friday evening in Covelli on military appreciation night.

The first set was back-and-forth before a 5-0 Minnesota run late in the set created the separation needed for a Gophers 25-21 set win. After being tied at eight in the second set, Ohio State did not look back on its way to a 25-14 set win. Minnesota regained the match advantage with a 25-22 win in the third set, using a run midway through the set to claim a lead that wouldn't be relinquished. After an early OSU lead in the fourth set, Minnesota rallied to cap the match with a 25-18 set win.

Emily Londot was the first in the match to reach double-figure kills (18), doing so in the second set and for the 20^th time this season, and added 11 digs for her 10^th double-double. Anna McClure was the first in the match to record 10 digs and recorded a career-high 13 digs. Sarah Sue Morbitzer reached 10+ digs for the sixth time this season and totaled 17 digs, just one shy of her career-high. Rylee Rader surpassed 10 kills for the seventh time this season and finished with 11 kills. Lauren Murphy recorded a career-high seven service aces.

How it Happened
Ohio State opened scoring with a kill from Rylee Rader and the set was tied at every point until a 3-0 Buckeye run gave OSU an early 6-4 lead. Minnesota tied the set at eight and took an 11-10 lead with a 3-0 run. Ohio State regained the lead but it was the Gophers who had the 15-14 edge at the media timeout. Minnesota used a 3-0 run to take a 19-17 lead, prompting an Ohio State timeout. The Gophers extended their lead to 21-17 out of the timeout, the largest lead of the set by either team. The Buckeyes scored back-to-back points to cut the deficit to 21-19 before a Minnesota timeout. OSU called timeout trailing 24-20 and lost the set by a 25-21 margin.

Minnesota scored the first two points of the second set and held the early lead until a 4-0 Ohio State run put the Buckeyes up 7-5. OSU used a second 4-0 run to take a 12-8 lead, forcing a Minnesota timeout. The Buckeyes extended their run to 6-0 and their lead to 14-8 out of the timeout. Ohio State strung together five unanswered points to increase its lead to 19-9, forcing another Gophers timeout. OSU led by as much as 20-9 and earned the 25-14 set win to even the match.

The Buckeyes scored first in the third set and used a 7-0 run, including three-consecutive service aces from Murphy, to take an 11-7 lead. Ohio State led 14-10 before a 5-0 Minnesota run amidst an OSU timeout saw the Gophers ahead 15-14. Minnesota extended its lead to 19-15 with a 4-0 run and then 23-17 with a second 4-0 run. The Buckeyes cut the deficit to 24-22 but the Gophers claimed a 25-22 win in the set.

Ohio State scored the first two points in the fourth set and jumped out to an early 7-2 lead on a Rader ace. Minnesota got back within one at 9-8 on a 3-0 run and tied the set at 12 with a 4-0 run, forcing an OSU timeout. The Gophers took their first lead of the set out of the timeout, extending their run to 7-0 to lead by a 15-12 margin. Minnesota increased its lead to 19-14, prompting another Ohio State timeout. The Gophers put together another 4-0 run on their way to a 25-18 set win to close the match.

Highlights

Match Notes

Ohio State combined for a season-best 11 aces tonight.
Emily Londot recorded 10+ kills for the 20^th time this season, finishing with 18 tonight and adding 11 digs for her 10^th double-double of the season.
Anna McClure was the first in the match to reach 10 digs and totaled a career-high 13 digs.
Lauren Murphy totaled a career-high seven aces, including three-in-a-row in the third set and leads Ohio State with 28 aces this season. This is the most by any Ohio State player in a match this season. She ranked seventh in the Big Ten in aces/set entering today's match.
This is Sarah Sue Morbitzer's fourth match of the season with more than one ace. Morbitzer also reached 10+ digs for the sixth time this season and finished with 17 digs, just one shy of her career-high. She also surpassed 400 career digs.
S1: The set featured 13 ties and seven lead changes. Five different Buckeyes had at least two kills each in the set.
S2: Ohio State hit .571 during the set, compared to Minnesota's .174.
S3: Five of Murphy's aces came in the third set.

What They Said

Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg:
- "When you have highs and lows – obviously with the highs, everyone is in good spirits and you're competing hard. The lows were pretty low for us tonight. When we're all riding those waves, the results aren't in our favor. The players talk about consistency. That's something that we're preaching every single day, whether it's in practice or a match, and we just didn't have that tonight. I think there were moments where we were really good and certainly moments where we were bad and we have to be more consistent for longer and for the entire match."
Sophomore defensive specialist Anna McClure:
- "I think I was really well-prepared. When I was a non-starter, I was digging against Emily Londot every single practice and I think that makes me better, her better and this team better. Because of this, I feel extremely prepared going into matches like this."
Freshman outside hitter Lauren Murphy:
- "For me as a freshman, I've been trying to learn through the game so I think tonight was a great learning experience with facing a block that size."

Up Next
Ohio State hosts Indiana on Saturday and Michigan State on Wednesday, with both matches scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

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