Buckeyes Earn First Big Ten Win in Sunday Sweep at Iowa

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Buckeyes Earn First Big Ten Win in Sunday Sweep at Iowa

9/24/2023 5:57:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

Box Score

This is Ohio State’s third sweep of the season and caps the opening weekend of conference play.

Box Score | Season Stats

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 21 Ohio State Buckeyes (4-7, 1-1 B1G) capped the opening weekend of Big Ten play at Iowa (8-6, 0-2 B1G) with a sweep (25-22, 26-24, 25-14).

The Buckeyes overcame a late four-point deficit by scoring the final six points in the first set to earn a 25-22 set win. Ohio State won a close second set by scoring the final three points to take a 26-24 set win. The Buckeyes completed the sweep by leading start to finish in a 25-14 win in the third set.

Emily Londot reached 10 kills in the second set, her 10^th match this season with 10+ kills, and finished with a match-high 16 kills. Sydney Taylor took part in the hitting duties with a career-high four kills and added 11 digs, her fifth match of the season with at least 10. Eloise Brandewie finished with a career-high five blocks. Kaitlyn Hoffman recorded 10+ digs for the fourth time this season, finishing with 13 digs this afternoon.

How it Happened
Iowa scored first to open the match, but the next four points belonged to Ohio State. The Hawkeyes worked to tie the set at seven and used a 3-0 run to take an 11-9 lead and force a Buckeye timeout. OSU scored three of the next four points to tie the set at 12, the fifth tie of the set. After tying the set at 14, Iowa went on a 4-0 run to take an 18-14 lead. The teams traded points before OSU used an extended 5-2 run to get within one at 22-21, prompting an Iowa timeout. The Buckeyes tied the set at 22 out of the timeout. A successful challenge capped the OSU 6-0 run to finish the first set with a 25-22 win.

The Hawkeyes scored first but the Buckeyes took an early 5-2 lead. Iowa tied the set at six and took the lead back at 8-7. The score was tied at points six through 14 with each team gaining the lead at times. A 3-0 Iowa run forced Ohio State to call timeout trailing 17-14. The Buckeyes scored the next three points to tie the set at 17 and prompt a Hawkeye timeout. Back-to-back aces from Sarah Sue Morbitzer force another Iowa timeout as OSU was on a 5-0 run and leading 19-17. The Hawkeyes responded with a 3-0 run to take a 20-19 lead. The teams then traded points before the Buckeyes called timeout trailing 24-23. Ohio State scored the final three points in the set to earn a 26-24 set win.

Ohio State scored the first four points of the third set to prompt an early Iowa timeout. The Buckeyes extended their lead to six points at 11-5 and again at 15-9 before back-to-back Hawkeye points forced an OSU timeout. Ohio State used a 3-0 run to increase its lead to 21-13 and force Iowa to call timeout. The Buckeyes closed the sweep with the final four points in a 25-14 set win, capped by Londot's 16^th kill of the match.

Highlights

Match Notes

This was the Buckeyes' first match against an unranked opponent since Aug. 27.
This is OSU's third sweep of the season.
Ohio State is 4-2 in sets this season requiring extra points to decide.
Rylee Rader and Eloise Brandewie in the middle combined for 18 kills on 35 attacks with just two errors (.457).
Emily Londot recorded 10+ kills for the 10^th time this season, surpassing the mark in the second set and finishing with 16 kills.
Sydney Taylor finished with a career-high four kills on 16 attacks. She also recorded her fifth match of the season with at least 10 digs, finishing with 11.
Brandewie tied her career-high three blocks in the first set and finished with a career-high five blocks.
Kaitlyn Hoffman has an ace in six of her eight appearances this season and reached double-figure digs (13) for the fourth time this season.
S1: Six different Buckeye players recorded a kill in the first set as Ohio State hit .353 compared to Iowa's .100 in the set.
S2: The set featured 18 ties and seven lead changes.
S3: The Ohio State defense forced Iowa to hit just .098 as a team during the set.

What They Said

Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg:
- "Every match in the Big Ten will present challenges and no question Iowa fought hard today. It was good to see us compete with composure at the end of the first two sets to earn a much-needed win on the road."
- "Our defense set the tone for the match which allowed our offense to get going a bit. Rylee Rader and Eloise Brandewie came up big in the middle with nine kills each. Sydney Taylor also provided a spark off the bench that we needed both offensively and defensively."

Up Next
Ohio State hosts No. 1 Wisconsin in its first home game of the conference season on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. The match will be broadcast live on BTN.

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