Ohio State Wins Four-Setter in East Lansing

Sunday, November 3

East Lansing, Mich.

12 p.m.

Ohio State

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Michigan State

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Michigan St.

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Ohio State Wins Four-Setter in East Lansing

11/3/2024 3:13:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

Box Score

The Buckeyes defeated the Spartans in four sets on Sunday afternoon after surrendering the first set.

Season Stats

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (10-12, 3-9 B1G) beat Michigan State (8-15, 1-11 B1G) in four sets (23-25, 26-24, 25-22, 25-18) on Sunday afternoon in East Lansing.

The first set was back-and-forth, including a 20-minute delay due to a horn malfunction, before Michigan State earned a 25-23 set win. The second set was tight throughout and Ohio State evened the match by scoring the final five points of the set to earn a 26-24 set win. The Buckeyes held off a late Spartans push in the third set to earn a 25-22 set win. Ohio State did not trail in the fourth set, sealing the match with a 25-18 set win.

Emily Londot continued her streak of recording at least 10 kills in every match this season as she led the Buckeyes with 17 kills and added 14 digs for her 13^th double-double of the season. Mia Tuman earned her fifth double-double of the season with 44 assists and 13 digs. Emmi Sellman joined Londot with double-figure kills, totaling 14 kills in the match. Olivia Hasbrook recorded her 20^th match of the season with 10+ digs as she had 17 digs today. Reese Wuebker matched her career-high seven kills.

How it Happened
Mia Tuman opened scoring with a kill and the Buckeyes used a 3-0 run to build an early 7-3 lead. The Spartans battled back to tie the set at nine and took their first lead of the day at 10-9. Ohio State called timeout trailing 12-9 after a 5-0 Michigan State run. The Buckeyes tied the match at 12 and took the lead back at 14-13. After being tied at 17, OSU scored back-to-back points to force an MSU timeout. Michigan State used a 3-0 run to take a 23-22 lead and prompt an Ohio State timeout. After a 20-minute delay because of a horn malfunction, MSU won the set by a 25-23 margin.

The Spartans scored first in the second set and used an early 4-0 run to take a 7-5 lead. The Buckeyes called timeout trailing 10-6. Ohio State strung together five unanswered points to take a 12-11 lead and force a Michigan State timeout. The teams traded one and two points at a time and the Buckeyes scored back-to-back points to take a 20-18 lead and prompt a second Spartans timeout. Michigan State scored the next four points out of the timeout, amidst an unsuccessful Ohio State challenge, to take a 22-20 lead and prompt a second OSU timeout. After trailing 24-21, the Buckeyes scored the final five points of the set to win by a 26-24 margin.

Ohio State scored the first two points of the third set. The Buckeyes extended their lead to 10-5 as the Spartans used both of their timeouts early. Michigan State used a 7-1 run to take its first lead of the set at 14-13 and prompt an OSU timeout. Ohio State responded with the next three points out of the timeout to take a 16-14 lead. Reese Wuebker tallied three Buckeye kills in a row as OSU held a 21-18 advantage after her third of the pack. Ohio State led 23-18 after a 3-0 run but Michigan State responded with a 3-0 run (including a challenge win) to trim OSU's lead to 23-21 and prompt a Buckeye timeout. Sellman recorded her 10^th kill of the match out of the timeout and sealed a 25-22 set win with her 11^th kill.

Hasbrook opened the fourth set with an ace as the Buckeyes scored the first two points. The Spartans got within one on multiple occasions but OSU strung together a 3-0 run to increase the lead to 12-8 and force an MSU timeout. The Spartans called a second timeout after the Buckeyes increased their lead to 18-11. Ohio State led by as many as eight points at 19-11 before Michigan State scored the next pair. The Buckeyes closed a 25-18 set win on a Spartan service error.

Highlights

Match Notes

Emily Londot was the first Buckeye to reach 10 kills and had recorded at least 10 kills in every match this season. Londot finished with a team-high 17 kills and added 14 digs for her 13^th double-double of the season. She also recorded her 400^th career block and moved up to ninth among the program's all-time leaders in total blocks.
Olivia Hasbrook has totaled at least 10 digs in 20 matches this season after finishing today's match with a team-high 17 digs.
Mia Tuman recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 44 assists and 13 digs.
Emmi Sellman reached 10+ kills for the fifth time this season with 14 kills today.
Reese Wuebker tied her career-high seven kills – her fourth match of the season with seven kills.
Grace Egan played for the first time since suffering an injury in the Oregon match. She finished with three kills today.
S1: The set featured eight ties and three lead changes.
S2: The second set had 11 ties and five lead changes as the Buckeyes scored the final five points of the set.
S3: The Buckeyes used a 3-0 run midway through the set to take a 16-14 lead that would not be relinquished.
S4: Ohio State didn't trail in the set.

Up Next
Ohio State travels to Michigan on Friday for a 7 p.m. match on B1G+.

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