Buckeyes Defeat Wolverines in Front of Sold-Out Ann Arbor Crowd

Friday, November 8

Ann Arbor, Mich.

7 p.m.

Ohio State

11-12,4-9Big Ten

Michigan

16-8,6-7Big Ten

Ohio St.

Michigan

Buckeyes Defeat Wolverines in Front of Sold-Out Ann Arbor Crowd

11/8/2024 10:45:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Ohio State earned a balanced five-set victory against Michigan on Friday evening.

Box Score | Season Stats

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (11-12, 4-9 B1G) began its road trip with a five-set win (25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 21-25, 15-7) against Michigan (16-8, 6-7 B1G) on Friday evening in Ann Arbor.

Ohio State did not trail in the first set and scored the final four points to win the set by a 25-20 margin. Michigan held a narrow lead for the majority of the second set and evened the match with a 25-21 set win. The third set featured 14 ties early but the Buckeyes used runs of 4-0 and 3-0 to earn a 25-20 set win. Ohio State battled back in the fourth set to tie the set at 18 but Michigan would force a fifth set with a 25-21 set win. The Buckeyes used an early 4-0 run in the fifth set to earn a dominant 15-7 set win to cap their victory.

The Buckeyes used a balanced offense and defense with four recording at least 10 kills apiece and three recording at least 10 digs apiece. Reese Wuebker totaled a career-high 10 kills. Olivia Hasbrook was the first in the match to reach 10 digs, doing so near the end of the second set and finishing with 14 digs. Rylee Rader was the first to reach 10 kills and finished with 13 in the match. Mia Tuman recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 53 assists and 17 digs, while Emily Londot's 14^th double-double of the season was good for 15 kills and a tie with her career-high 21 digs. Emmi Sellman also reached double-figure kills with a match-leading 18.

How it Happened
Ohio State opened scoring and the set was tied at points four through seven. The Buckeyes strung together five unanswered points to take a 12-7 lead and force a Wolverines timeout. Michigan scored three points out of the timeout and used another 3-0 run to get within one at 14-13. Ohio State held the lead until Michigan used back-to-back points to tie the set at 18, the first tie since it was 7-7. After being tied at 19, OSU scored four of the next five points to take a 23-20 lead and prompt a second UM timeout. Ohio State scored the final four points of the set to earn a 25-20 set win.

Michigan scored first in the second set to take its first lead of the match and led 4-1 before a 3-0 Ohio State run tied the set at four. The Wolverines used a 3-0 run to take an 11-7 lead, prompting a Buckeye timeout, and a second 3-0 run to increase the UM lead to 14-8. Ohio State responded with a 3-0 run of its own but Michigan did the same to lead 17-11 and prompt a second OSU timeout. The Buckeyes trimmed their deficit to three at 18-15 with four of the next five points. The teams traded points and Ohio State could get no closer than three down the stretch as Michigan evened the match with a 25-21 set win.

Sellman scored first in the third set as the teams were tied at the first 10 points of the set. The Buckeyes scored back-to-back points to take a 12-10 lead, but the Wolverines did the same and the set was tied again at points 12 through 15. Ohio State scored the next two points to lead 17-15 and force a Michigan timeout. A second Sellman ace forced a second Wolverine timeout as the Buckeyes held the 22-17 advantage. Michigan scored back-to-back points to close the gap to 23-19 and prompt an OSU timeout. A block from Eloise Brandewie and Wuebker capped a 25-20 set win.

Sellman opened scoring again in the fourth set with her 13^th kill of the match. Michigan got off to a quick start, building an early 9-4 lead to prompt an Ohio State timeout. The Wolverines led by as many as six points at 14-8 before the Buckeyes cut their deficit in half with a 3-0 run. UM called timeout leading 14-11. Ohio State used a 3-0 run to tie the set at 18, the first tie since 2-2, and forcing a Michigan timeout. The Buckeyes then called timeout after a 3-0 Wolverines run gave UM a 21-18 lead. Michigan forced a fifth set with a 25-21 set win.

Michigan scored first in the fifth set, but Ohio State used an early 4-0 run to take a 5-2 lead on Sellman's third ace of the match. The Buckeyes strung together three unanswered points to increase the lead to 8-3 and won a challenge to maintain the six-point lead at 9-4. Back-to-back Buckeye points gave OSU another six-point advantage at 12-6, forcing a Wolverines timeout. Michigan won a challenge to give UM the next point. Ohio State scored the final three points of the match to seal the win with a 15-7 set win.

Highlights

Match Notes

The teams played in front of a sold-out crowd of 1,867 fans in Ann Arbor.
This is the eighth match of the season that the Buckeyes had at least three players record 10+ digs apiece.
This is the fifth match of the season that Ohio State had at least three players record 10+ kills apiece.
The Buckeyes had three players with at least five blocks apiece – Emily Londot (7), Eloise Brandewie (6) and Rylee Rader (5). Rader is now sixth in program history with 383 career block assists and tied for fifth in program history with 423 career blocks. Londot now ranks fifth in program history with 384 career block assists and eighth in program history with 407 career blocks.
This is the 10^th match of the season that OSU has totaled at least 10 blocks as a team.
This is the Buckeyes' second five-set win this season with the first one being against Buffalo on Sept. 14.
Reese Wuebker totaled a career-high 10 kills.
Olivia Hasbrook was the first in the match to reach 10 digs, doing so for the 21^st time this season and totaling 14 digs tonight.
Mia Tuman's sixth double-double of the season was comprised of 53 assists and 17 digs, including the 400^th dig of her career.
Rader reached 10 kills first in the match, recording her fifth match of the season with 10+ kills. She finished with 13 kills on the evening.
Londot recorded her 14^th double-double of the season with 15 kills and tied her career-high 21 digs.
Emmi Sellman had 10+ kills for the sixth time this season and recorded a match-high 18 kills tonight.
S1: Ohio State did not trail in the set and the set was tied as late as 19-19, but the Buckeyes scored the final four points of the set.
S3: The set featured 14 ties and six lead changes with the last tie being at 15-15.
S4: Ohio State trailed by as many as six points early and battled back to tie the set at 18.
S5: After trailing 2-1, the Buckeyes scored the next four points to take a lead they would not relinquish.

Up Next
Ohio State wraps up its road trip at Illinois on Saturday with an 8 p.m. ET match. The match will be broadcast live on B1G+.

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