Buckeyes Sweep Huskies on Alumni Night in Covelli

Friday, November 22

Columbus, Ohio

7 p.m.

Ohio State

13-14,6-11Big Ten

RV Washington

19-8,9-8Big Ten

Washington

Ohio St.

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Buckeyes Sweep Huskies on Alumni Night in Covelli

11/22/2024 10:11:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

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Ohio State earned its seventh sweep of the season on Friday against Washington.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (13-14, 6-11 B1G) earned a sweep (25-11, 25-22, 25-19) against RV Washington (19-8, 9-8 B1G) on Friday evening on alumni night inside the Covelli Center.

The Buckeyes dominated the first set, winning by a 25-11 margin and forcing the Huskies to hit -.111. Ohio State took a commanding lead midway through the second set and fended off a late Washington push to win the set by a 25-22 mark. OSU clinched the sweep with a 25-19 third set after battling back from an early deficit.

Emily Londot led all players with 16 kills, clinching all three sets. Emmi Sellman joined Londot in double figures with 10 kills. Olivia Hasbrook led all players with 11 digs and Grace Egan recorded 10.

How it Happened
Washington scored the first two points of the match, but Ohio State responded with an extended 8-2 run to take an 8-4 lead on a Rylee Rader ace. The Buckeyes used seven different 3-0 runs during the set to lead by as many as 14 points and win by a 25-11 margin on a kill from Londot.

Ohio State scored the first two points of the second set, but Washington matched. The Huskies used a 3-0 run to take an early 5-4 lead and built a 10-8 lead. The Buckeyes strung together 4-0 and 3-0 runs to take a 15-11 lead into the media timeout. OSU used a block from Eloise Brandewie and Mia Tuman to take a 20-13 lead and force a Washington timeout. The Huskies scored four unanswered points to trim their deficit to 21-17, prompting a Buckeye timeout. Washington extended its run to 6-0 and cut the deficit to just two points at 21-19, but Ohio State scored the next three points to extend the lead to 24-19. The Buckeyes called timeout with a 24-22 lead after the Huskies fought off three set points. Londot again sealed the set as the Buckeyes won by a 25-22 margin.

The Buckeyes scored three times to begin the third, but the Huskies took the next six. After trailing 9-8, Ohio State scored the next three points to take a lead it would not relinquish. The Buckeyes used a 5-0 run to extend their lead to 18-12 and force a Washington timeout. The Huskies called a second timeout trailing 20-14 and scoring alternated to wrap up the match. Londot's arm clinched the Buckeye sweep with a 25-19 set win in the third.

Highlights

Match Notes

Ohio State totaled 10 service aces for the fourth time this season, just the second time in a sweep.
The Buckeye defense forced the Huskies to hit .100 on the match – the lowest hitting percentage by an OSU Big Ten opponent this season.
Emily Londot led all players with 16 kills, including the set-deciding kill in all three sets. Londot has recorded at least 10 kills in every match this season.
Emmi Sellman earned 10 kills for the eighth time this season.
Olivia Hasbrook led all players with 11 digs, totaling at least 10 digs for the 24^th time this season.
Grace Egan recorded 10 digs for the fourth time this season.
Rylee Rader is now tied for fourth in program history with 392 career block assists.
Eloise Brandewie recorded her 200^th career block.
S1: The Buckeye defense forced the Huskies to hit in the red (-.111) during the set.
S2: The set was tied six times early before the Buckeyes built an eight-point lead. The Huskies cut the OSU lead to two with a late push before Ohio State sealed the set.
S3: After trailing 9-8, Ohio State scored the next three points to take a lead that would not be relinquished.

What They Said

Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg on Ohio State's strengths in the match…
- "We had a lot of service pressure and that was something we talked about against this team. They're also a good service team so I feel like we handled their serves really well. We talked about winning the serve/pass battle and we did that tonight. The other thing I thought we did a good job of, and it was a challenge to the team, was can we out defend them? Can we out block them? We did that. Can we out dig them? We did that. So we took care of those two things that we talked about as a team and I thought that was really good."
Redshirt freshman outside Grace Egan on having the alumni in the crowd…
- "Having the alumni here this weekend – we love them and they give us a lot of confidence and good information. Having them here is really cool."
Freshman outside Emmi Sellman on Ohio State's execution…
- "I think we did a really good job of executing our game plan. We had a strong game plan going in and we did exactly what we needed to do and what our coaches were telling us. I think we had good communication throughout about what we wanted to do."

Up Next
Ohio State hosts Indiana on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. on BTN in the final home match of the season. The Buckeyes will honor their graduating seniors after the conclusion of the match.

Single match tickets for Sunday's home finale are available HERE. Ohio State students are free with a valid BuckID. Season tickets are available for the 2025 season, both for new season ticket holders HERE and renewals HERE. 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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