Buckeyes Break Program’s Attendance Record in First-Ever Match in the Schottenstein Center
10/13/2024 4:47:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball
The 8,844 fans in attendance on Sunday was also an Ohio record for regular season collegiate matches.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (8-8, 1-5 B1G) fell to Michigan (14-3, 4-2 B1G) on Sunday afternoon in four sets (24-26, 23-25, 25-20, 21-25) in the first match played in the Schottenstein Center in program history.
Ohio State led the entire first set until Michigan scored the final six points of the set to win by a 26-24 margin. The second set was more back-and-forth, featuring 14 ties and 11 lead changes before Michigan won by a 25-23 margin. The Buckeyes led the third set from start to finish and earned a 25-20 set win. The fourth set was back and forth again, and a late challenge win helped Michigan to a 25-21 set victory.
Emily Londot became just the second player in program history to reach 2,000 career kills, 2,000 career points and 1,000 career digs as she totaled 24 kills and season-high 16 digs today. She was the first in the match to reach double-figure kills, recorded her ninth double-double of the season and her fourth match with 20+ kills. Olivia Hasbrook was the first Buckeye to 10 digs and totaled 20 in the match, also tallying a career-high four aces and a career-high eight assists. Emmi Sellman joined Londot in double figure kills with a career-high 14. Kamiah Gibson joined Londot in the double-double category with 36 assists and 11 digs.
How it Happened
Ohio State scored the first three points of the match and built an early 6-2 lead. After Michigan trimmed the OSU lead to 10-8, the Buckeyes responded with the next four points to build the advantage to 14-8 and force a Wolverines timeout. Ohio State led by as many as seven at 22-15, but Michigan strung together a 4-0 run to cut its deficit to 22-19 and prompt an OSU timeout. The Wolverines took their first lead of the set at 25-24 and won the set by a 26-24 margin by scoring the final six points.
The Buckeyes again scored the first three points of the set in the second but the Wolverines tied the set at four points apiece. The set was tied at points four through nine before a 3-0 Michigan run gave UM a 12-9 lead and prompted an Ohio State timeout. The Buckeyes scored five of the next six points to take a 14-13 lead on Londot's ninth kill. Michigan responded with a 4-0 run to take a 17-14 lead before Ohio State used a 4-0 run of its own to take an 18-17 lead. The lead changed a couple more times with the Wolverines up 20-19 and the Buckeyes up 21-20. Michigan called timeout with Ohio State leading 23-21 after an ace from Kaitlyn Hoffman but the Wolverines took a 24-23 lead out of the timeout and earned a 25-23 set win.
Londot opened scoring in the third set with her 13th kill of the match and the Buckeyes scored the first four points of the set. Ohio State built an early 10-3 lead to force a Michigan timeout. The Wolverines scored four of the next five points out of the timeout to trim their deficit to 12-8. Michigan used a 4-1 run to get within two at 20-18. The Buckeyes scored the next two points and Londot wrapped up the 25-20 set win with the 2,000th kill of her career.
Sellman opened the fourth set with her 10th kill of the match. The Buckeyes led by an 8-6 margin before a 5-0 Wolverines run gave Michigan the 11-8 advantage and prompted an OSU timeout. The Buckeyes tied the set at 12 but a pair of 3-0 runs from the Wolverines gave UM the 19-14 lead and prompted a second Ohio State timeout. The Buckeyes used a 5-1 run amidst a UM timeout to get within two at 22-20. Michigan won a challenge to give the Wolverines a 24-21 lead and won the match with a 25-21 set win.
Highlights
Ohio State back-to-back top five opponents this week with No. 3 Penn State on Friday at 8 p.m. on BTN and No. 2 Nebraska on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on NBC. Friday's match will feature a glow wand giveaway and a recognition for the Buckeyes' newest Hall of Famer, Marisa Main. Saturday's match will feature a Covelli Center T-shirt giveaway, Rooster's bucks and a post-match meet and greet with the Buckeyes.
Mini plans for the 2024 season can be purchased HERE, while single match tickets are available HERE. Ohio State students are free with a valid BuckID. Fans with ticketing questions should call the Ohio State Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-BUCKS or email athletic.tix@osu.edu.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (8-8, 1-5 B1G) fell to Michigan (14-3, 4-2 B1G) on Sunday afternoon in four sets (24-26, 23-25, 25-20, 21-25) in the first match played in the Schottenstein Center in program history.
Ohio State led the entire first set until Michigan scored the final six points of the set to win by a 26-24 margin. The second set was more back-and-forth, featuring 14 ties and 11 lead changes before Michigan won by a 25-23 margin. The Buckeyes led the third set from start to finish and earned a 25-20 set win. The fourth set was back and forth again, and a late challenge win helped Michigan to a 25-21 set victory.
Emily Londot became just the second player in program history to reach 2,000 career kills, 2,000 career points and 1,000 career digs as she totaled 24 kills and season-high 16 digs today. She was the first in the match to reach double-figure kills, recorded her ninth double-double of the season and her fourth match with 20+ kills. Olivia Hasbrook was the first Buckeye to 10 digs and totaled 20 in the match, also tallying a career-high four aces and a career-high eight assists. Emmi Sellman joined Londot in double figure kills with a career-high 14. Kamiah Gibson joined Londot in the double-double category with 36 assists and 11 digs.
How it Happened
Ohio State scored the first three points of the match and built an early 6-2 lead. After Michigan trimmed the OSU lead to 10-8, the Buckeyes responded with the next four points to build the advantage to 14-8 and force a Wolverines timeout. Ohio State led by as many as seven at 22-15, but Michigan strung together a 4-0 run to cut its deficit to 22-19 and prompt an OSU timeout. The Wolverines took their first lead of the set at 25-24 and won the set by a 26-24 margin by scoring the final six points.
The Buckeyes again scored the first three points of the set in the second but the Wolverines tied the set at four points apiece. The set was tied at points four through nine before a 3-0 Michigan run gave UM a 12-9 lead and prompted an Ohio State timeout. The Buckeyes scored five of the next six points to take a 14-13 lead on Londot's ninth kill. Michigan responded with a 4-0 run to take a 17-14 lead before Ohio State used a 4-0 run of its own to take an 18-17 lead. The lead changed a couple more times with the Wolverines up 20-19 and the Buckeyes up 21-20. Michigan called timeout with Ohio State leading 23-21 after an ace from Kaitlyn Hoffman but the Wolverines took a 24-23 lead out of the timeout and earned a 25-23 set win.
Londot opened scoring in the third set with her 13th kill of the match and the Buckeyes scored the first four points of the set. Ohio State built an early 10-3 lead to force a Michigan timeout. The Wolverines scored four of the next five points out of the timeout to trim their deficit to 12-8. Michigan used a 4-1 run to get within two at 20-18. The Buckeyes scored the next two points and Londot wrapped up the 25-20 set win with the 2,000th kill of her career.
Sellman opened the fourth set with her 10th kill of the match. The Buckeyes led by an 8-6 margin before a 5-0 Wolverines run gave Michigan the 11-8 advantage and prompted an OSU timeout. The Buckeyes tied the set at 12 but a pair of 3-0 runs from the Wolverines gave UM the 19-14 lead and prompted a second Ohio State timeout. The Buckeyes used a 5-1 run amidst a UM timeout to get within two at 22-20. Michigan won a challenge to give the Wolverines a 24-21 lead and won the match with a 25-21 set win.
Highlights
- Intros
- S1: Londot kill
- S1: Brandewie/Londot block
- S2: Gibson ace
- S2: Londot 10th kill
- S3: Brandewie kill
- S3: Londot digs
- S3: Set point / Londot's 2000th career kill
- Ohio State set a program and state of Ohio regular season collegiate attendance record with 8,844 fans in attendance in the first match played in the Schottenstein Center in program history.
- Ohio State tied its season-high 11 aces in the match as seven different players accounted for aces.
- The Buckeyes totaled at least 10 blocks as a team for the ninth time this season and third-consecutive match.
- Emily Londot became just the second player in program history to reach 2,000 career kills, 2,000 career points and 1,000 career digs, joining Stacey Gordon. She notched her 2,000th career kill on set point in the third set – her 18th kill of the match.
- Londot was the first in the match to reach 10 kills and has recorded double-figure kills in every match this season with this being her fourth 20+ kill match. Londot finished the match with 24 kills and added 16 digs for her ninth double-double of the season.
- Olivia Hasbrook was the first Buckeye to record 10 digs and totaled 20 digs in the match, surpassing 20 digs for the third time this season. She has recorded at least 10 digs in 15 of 16 matches this season. Hasbrook also recorded a career-high four aces and a career-high eight assists.
- Rylee Rader moved up to eighth in program history with 401 total blocks after finishing with five today. She also moved up to sixth in program history with 363 career block assists.
- Londot also moved up to seventh in program history with 362 block assists in her career.
- Emmi Sellman recorded 10+ kills for the second-consecutive match, finishing with a career-high 14 kills.
- Kamiah Gibson tallied a double-double in her second-consecutive match with 36 assists and 11 digs.
- S1: The Buckeyes led the entirety of the set until the final two points.
- S2: The set featured 14 ties and 11 lead changes.
- S3: Ohio State led the set from start to finish.
- Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg on the record-breaking crowd…
- "To be in front of a record crowd here at Ohio State for volleyball and be in this environment, it was pretty special and really cool."
- Graduate opposite Emily Londot on notching her 2,000th career kill…
- "That's incredible. It makes me think about the last four and a half/five years and of my career – the people who have helped me along the way and impacted my life and my volleyball career and then these girls getting to experience that with me is really special."
- Sophomore middle Eloise Brandewie on the record-breaking crowd…
- "Days like this continue to grow the sport – today being the largest regular season attendance in Ohio. State-by-state, you're seeing records be broken. The more that continues to increase, the more people are going to watch this sport from these games."
Ohio State back-to-back top five opponents this week with No. 3 Penn State on Friday at 8 p.m. on BTN and No. 2 Nebraska on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on NBC. Friday's match will feature a glow wand giveaway and a recognition for the Buckeyes' newest Hall of Famer, Marisa Main. Saturday's match will feature a Covelli Center T-shirt giveaway, Rooster's bucks and a post-match meet and greet with the Buckeyes.
Mini plans for the 2024 season can be purchased HERE, while single match tickets are available HERE. Ohio State students are free with a valid BuckID. Fans with ticketing questions should call the Ohio State Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-BUCKS or email athletic.tix@osu.edu.
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