Balanced Attack Leads Buckeyes Past Hoosiers in Four Sets

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Balanced Attack Leads Buckeyes Past Hoosiers in Four Sets

11/4/2023 10:57:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

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Ohio State had four with 10+ kills, three with 10+ digs and a pair of double-doubles in the team effort.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State Buckeyes (9-14, 6-8 B1G) earned an exciting four-set win (25-23, 27-29, 25-23, 25-23) against Indiana (17-10, 7-7 B1G) on Saturday night in Covelli.

The first set was a back-and-forth affair with the Buckeyes claiming the 25-23 set win. The Hoosiers evened the match with a 29-27 win in a whirlwind of a second set, winning a challenge earlier in the set that took away OSU's set point. Ohio State took control of the third set early and held off a late Indiana push to win the set by a 25-23 margin. The Buckeyes did not trail in the fourth set and earned the 25-23 set win to close the match.

Emily Londot was the first in the match to reach double-figure kills and finished with 25 kills (20+ kills for the 11^th time), tying her career-high 21 digs for her 11^th double-double of the season. Zaria Ragler totaled a career-high 13 kills as Chelsea Thorpe (13) and Eloise Brandewie (11) also recorded double-figure kills. Mia Tuman earned her seventh double-double of the season with a career-high 56 assists and 11 digs. Sydney Taylor recorded 10+ digs for the seventh time this season.

How it Happened
Londot opened the match with a kill as the Buckeyes scored the first two points and used a 3-0 run to build an early 8-3 advantage. Indiana responded with the next five points to tie the set at eight. The teams traded points before back-to-back points gave the Hoosiers their first lead at 12-11. The score was tied at points eight through 18 before a pair of IU points gave the Hoosiers a 20-18 lead, forcing an OSU timeout. The Buckeyes tied the set at 20, prompting an Indiana timeout. The teams traded points out of the timeout and IU called a second timeout after OSU tied the set at 22 with a long rally. A kill from Eloise Brandewie sealed a 25-23 set win.

Indiana scored first in the second set before a 3-0 run by Ohio State. IU took a 7-6 lead with a 3-0 run and OSU did the same to take a 9-7 lead. The Hoosiers scored four unanswered points to take the lead back at 12-10, forcing a Buckeyes timeout. Indiana extended its run out of the timeout before back-to-back Londot kills got OSU back within one at 13-12. Ohio State strung together a 4-0 run to take the 16-14 advantage amidst an Indiana timeout, but the Hoosiers flipped the script with a 7-1 run to take a 21-17 lead. The Buckeyes cut their deficit to 22-20 on a Lauren Murphy ace to prompt an Indiana timeout. Another Murphy ace followed and Ohio State tied the set at 23 on a solo block from Eloise Brandewie. The Buckeyes went up 25-24 and then had their set point reversed from an IU challenge as the set continued. Indiana evened the match with a 29-27 set win.

The Buckeyes scored the first three points of the third set on kills from Brandewie and a pair from Londot. OSU used another 3-0 run to lead 8-4 and extended that lead to 13-7, forcing an IU timeout. The Buckeyes scored out of the timeout to double up at 14-7 and held that margin at 19-12, prompting another Hoosiers timeout. Indiana scored the next three points to cut Ohio State's lead to 19-15 which forced the Buckeyes to call timeout. Ohio State called a second timeout with a 21-20 lead as the Hoosiers were on a 3-0 run. IU used back-to-back points to tie the set at 23. The Buckeyes sealed a 25-23 set win on a Londot ace.

OSU opening fourth set scoring with a block from Ragler and Londot held an early 7-4 advantage after a 3-0 run. The Hoosiers tied the set at seven and then again at points 11 and 12. Ohio State scored back-to-back points, prompting an Indiana timeout at 14-12. A 5-0 Buckeyes run increased OSU's lead to 19-14 as the Hoosiers called a second timeout. Indiana got within one at 21-20 to force an Ohio State timeout. The Buckeyes sealed the 25-23 set win and the match on a Hoosiers service error.

Highlights

Warmups
Eloise Brandewie intro
S1: Zaria Ragler kill
S1: Lauren Murphy kill
S1: Set point
S2: Anna McClure diving dig
S2: Eloise Brandewie block
S3: Emily Londot kill
S3: Brutus
S3: Zaria Ragler kill
S3: Chelsea Thorpe hype
S3: Emily Londot kill
S3: Set point
S4: Eloise Brandewie kill
S4: Chelsea Thorpe kill
S4: Chelsea Thorpe block
S4: Celebration

Match Notes

Ohio State totaled season-bests in kills (67) and assists (62) among its four-set matches.
The last time the Buckeyes had four players with 10+ kills was on Oct. 6 at Rutgers.
This is the fifth time this season that Ohio State has hit at least .300 as a team with .310 being its best hitting percentage in a four-set match this season.
Zaria Ragler tied her career-high five kills in the first set on her way to a new career-high of 13 kills, surpassing 10 kills for the first time in her career.
Emily Londot was the first in the match to reach 10+ kills, doing so in the second set and for the 21^st time this season. She finished with 25 kills and tied her career-high 21 digs for her 11^th double-double of the season. This is the 11^th time this season that Londot has totaled at least 20 kills. Londot also recorded her 1800^th career point to move up to seventh in program history and her 900^th career dig.
Mia Tuman earned her seventh double-double of the season with a career-high 56 assists and 11 digs. She moved up to 17^th in program history in career assists (767).
Chelsea Thorpe reached 10 kills for the ninth time this season and finished with 13 kills.
Eloise Brandewie had nine kills before committing an error, finishing the match hitting .474 and recorded at least 10 kills (11) for the third time this season.
Lauren Murphy has recorded more than one ace for five-straight matches and leads the Buckeyes with 31 aces this season.
Sydney Taylor reached 10 digs for the seventh time this season and totaled 10 digs in the match.
S1: The first set was tight from start to finish with 15 ties and four lead changes. Ohio State hit .318 as a team during the set.
S2: The second set was run-heavy with eight lead changes and 11 ties. Indiana won a challenge to take away OSU's set point and then went on to even the match.
S3: Ohio State did not trail during the third set and was only tied at 23 as the Buckeyes hit .412 as a team.
S4: The set was tied five times but the Buckeyes did not trail.

What They Said

Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg:
- "It's always tough when you lose a player to an injury the day of a match. I think the response from Zaria [Ragler] was impressive. It goes to show what she's bringing every day in practice. She just works hard. She makes us better and she's just been grinding and to see her rewarded on the court is a big deal – a big deal for the team and especially for Zaria. She proved a lot tonight."
- "Regardless of what our record is and regardless of what the season may look like, can we go out and just compete and play at a level that we know we're capable of? In a sense, the pressure is off. I liked their response last night in the locker room that we're not going to give up. We're going to keep grinding and keep getting better. How much better can we get throughout the year? They came into practice today with a great mindset. It was good to see."
Sophomore middle Zaria Ragler:
- "I just played loose and free and communicated with my teammates on what we had to work on and pay attention to – it really helped a lot. This whole match was very much calm and everyone was giving each other eye contact. It was good."
- "I feel like we did a lot better with just forgetting the next play if we got ace'd or they got the point. We did better with forgetting about it and it helped a lot. Reminding our passers that it doesn't have to be perfect and they killed it today."
Senior outside Emily Londot:
- "I think having a great offensive lineup – everyone was producing today, which really helped. Even if people weren't getting the ball, they were calling for it with all their might so it really distracted the blockers. They had some seams and we found those."
- "I thought our communication with not just the people in serve receive, but the people in the front row and the setter. Our communication all around helped us just relax into the game and do what we do every day in practice."

Up Next
Ohio State wraps up its homestand against Michigan State on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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