No. 12 Ohio State Falls in a Close Four-Setter Against No. 11 Georgia Tech

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No. 12 Ohio State Falls in a Close Four-Setter Against No. 11 Georgia Tech

9/2/2023 9:40:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

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The Buckeyes fell short against the Yellow Jackets in four sets on Saturday evening.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (3-2) wrapped up the weekend's action by falling in a close four sets (22-25, 26-24, 18-25, 20-25) against No. 11 Georgia Tech (4-0) on Saturday evening inside the Covelli Center.

Georgia Tech won a back-and-forth first set by a 25-22 margin. Ohio State evened the match with a 26-24 set win after trailing the majority of the second set but scoring the final four points. The Yellow Jackets pulled away late in the third set to win by a 25-18 mark. Georgia Tech scored four of the final five points to win the fourth set by a 25-20 margin.

Emily Londot has recorded at least 10 kills in every match this season, finishing tonight's with 20 kills (her second 20-kill match of the season) and adding a season-high 16 digs for her second double-double of the season. Sydney Taylor totaled at least 10 digs for the fourth-straight match, finishing with a career-high 19 digs. Mia Tuman earned her third double-double of the season and second this weekend with 37 assists and a career-high 15 digs. Rylee Rader added a career-high eight digs.

How it Happened
Georgia Tech opened the match and built an early 4-1 lead before Ohio State tied the set at six and took its first lead at 8-7 on Emily Londot's first swing. The Buckeyes used an extended 7-2 run to take 13-9 advantage and forced a Georgia Tech timeout following a block from Londot and Eloise Brandewie. Ohio State led by as much as a 14-9 margin before a push from GT trimmed the OSU lead to 15-14 and tied the set at 16. The Buckeyes called timeout after the Yellow Jackets took a 17-16 lead. GT extended its run to five unanswered points to lead 19-16. OSU got within one at 19-18 but Georgia Tech increased its lead to 23-20 to force a Buckeye timeout. The Yellow Jackets earned the 25-22 set win.

The Yellow Jackets scored first in the second set. After being tied at two, the Buckeyes trailed by a couple points until a 3-0 GT run forced an OSU timeout down by an 11-7 margin. Londot and Chelsea Thorpe combined for the next five points for the Buckeyes, all kills, to force a Yellow Jackets timeout as OSU was down 13-12. The Buckeyes tied the set out of the timeout at 13, 15 and 16 and was within one at 19-18 before a 3-0 GT run forced an OSU timeout trailing 22-18. Ohio State scored the next two points before Georgia Tech called timeout. The Buckeyes tied the set at 24 on a kill from Londot and won the set by a 26-24 margin on an ace from Sarah Sue Morbitzer.

The teams traded points to open the third set and Ohio State earned its first lead at 6-5. The set was tight early with neither team scoring more than two-consecutive points and nine ties by the time the set was tied at 10. Georgia Tech used a 3-0 run to take a 14-12 lead, forcing an Ohio State timeout. The Buckeyes tied the set at 14 and 15 out of the timeout before the Yellow Jackets used a 5-1 run to take a 20-16 lead. Ohio State called timeout trailing 22-17. Georgia Tech won the set by a 25-18 margin.

Ohio State scored first in the fourth set as the teams went back and forth to start the set, tying at every point until back-to-back Buckeye points gave OSU the 12-10 advantage. Georgia Tech responded to tie the set at 14 with back-to-back points of its own and took the lead back at 15-14. An ace from Kaitlyn Hoffman gave Ohio State the 16-15 lead and forced a Georgia Tech timeout. The Yellow Jackets scored the next three points to take an 18-16 lead as the Buckeyes then called timeout. OSU got within one twice before GT scored twice in a row to extend their lead to 22-19, forcing an Ohio State timeout. Georgia Tech scored four of the final five points to win the set, 25-20.

Highlights

S2: Rylee Rader kill
S2: Set point: Sarah Sue Morbitzer ace

Match Notes

All 10 Ohio State players ended the match with at least one dig.
Emily Londot has recorded at least 10 kills in every match this season and reached 20+ kills for the second time. She was the first Buckeye to 10 kills this evening and finished with 20 kills, adding a season-high 16 digs for her second double-double of the season.
Londot moved into the top-20 in program history in career blocks as she now totals 277 to tie for 19^th. She also moved up to 16^th in program history with 1449.5 career points.
Sydney Taylor totaled at least 10 digs for the fourth-straight match and finished with a career-high 19 digs.
Mia Tuman earned her third double-double of the season and second this weekend with 37 assists and a career-high 15 digs.
Rylee Rader also had a career-high in the digs category with eight.
S1: Five different Buckeye players recorded a kill in the set with four of those recording at least two in a set featuring five ties and two lead changes throughout.
S2: Ohio State trailed the entire set until scoring the final four points to even the match.
S3: The set featured 13 ties and six lead changes.
S4: The fourth set also featured 13 ties to go along with five lead changes.

What They Said

Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg: "I think the ability to put in some subs and them come in and be game changers for us. Kaitlyn Hoffman came in and showed she can make some plays defensively, handle a load in the serve-receive and provide a spark. This is a year that you're going to see more subs than we're used to and that's not a bad thing – it's getting that experience in high level competition that's going to make us better in the long run."
Freshman setter Mia Tuman: "When I first got here [speaking up and leading] was scary because there are big names here, but what I love about this team is everyone wants everyone's voice. They asked me early on to give my voice, even as young as I am they want to hear it. It's been easy to speak up because we're all on the same page and they want that from me so I'm happy to give it."
Senior outside Emily Londot: "Starting off with a strong schedule and the games coming up, it's going to prepare our team for the Big Ten and I'm excited for what the next couple weeks look like. Win or lose, we learn and we move forward from there."

Up Next
The Buckeyes travel to Stanford's campus next weekend for the Big Ten/Pac 12 Challenge. Ohio State faces No. 2 Stanford on Friday at 10 p.m. ET and No. 6 Oregon on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET.

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