No. 4 UCLA Earns 3-0 Win Over Buckeyes Sunday

Sunday, March 10

Los Angeles

8 p.m.

Ohio State

15-5,8-2MIVA

UCLA

16-4,5-1MPSF

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Ohio St.	23	16	20	0
UCLA	25	25	25	3

No. 4 UCLA Earns 3-0 Win Over Buckeyes Sunday

3/10/2024 9:49:00 PM | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 8 Ohio State (15-5) finished the 2024 Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge with a 3-0 setback at No. 4 UCLA (16-4) Sunday at Pauley Pavilion.

The teams met earlier this year in Austin, Texas, with Ohio State earning a 3-2 win.

On Sunday, Ohio State fell by scores of 23-25, 16-25, 20-25.

Jacob Pasteur led the Buckeyes with 13 kills. Shane Wetzel added 11 and Kyle Teune contributed 10. Setter Michael Wright finished with 29 assists with Teune leading with six digs.

How it Happened

Set 1
The Buckeyes took a 4-2 lead on kills by Shane Wetzel and Kyle Teune. The lead increased to 7-4 Buckeyes after a 3-0 Ohio State run. The Bruins called their first timeout of the set but the Buckeyes kept their lead at three after another Teune kill to make it 10-7. UCLA used a 3-1 run to cut into the Ohio State lead before a Wetzel kill made it 13-11 Ohio State. The Bruins then used a 3-0 run to take the lead at 14-13. Ohio State called one of its timeouts and then tied it at 15-all on a Michael Wright kill. UCLA then used a 3-1 run for an 18-16 advantage. A pair of Wetzel kills put Ohio State back on top at 20-19. The Buckeyes used their final timeout after the Bruins went up 22-21 after a 3-1 run. A UCLA error tied the set at 22-all after the break. The Bruins then called their final timeout after Jacob Pasteur and Cole Young put the Buckeyes up 23-22 after a block. UCLA then scored the next three to win the opener 25-23. Wetzel had seven kills while the Buckeyes hit .409 overall.

Set 2
Consecutive Pasteur kills evened the set at 2-all early. The teams traded points before the Bruins went up 8-5 after a 4-1 run. After a pair of Ohio State errors to start the set, 11 of the next 12 points in the set were scored on kills. Ohio State called a timeout after UCLA took a 10-6 lead after a 5-1 run. The Bruins built the lead to 14-8 to force another Buckeyes timeout. The Buckeyes could get no closer the rest of the way in dropping the set, 25-16. Wetzel upped his match-high total with 11 kills.

S2| Off the Bruins block and out of bounds to tie it at 3-3!?? pic.twitter.com/RjjPbdszcy
— OSU Men's Volleyball (@OhioStateMVB) March 11, 2024

Set 3
Teune put the Buckeyes up 3-2 early with a kill. A Teune ace made it 5-2 Buckeyes before the Bruins went on a 6-2 run to go up 8-7. The Buckeyes stayed close but UCLA kept the lead the rest of the way to win the set 25-20 and the match 3-0.

S3| Justin Howard on the kill!?? pic.twitter.com/HnXFXZsT3U
— OSU Men's Volleyball (@OhioStateMVB) March 11, 2024

2024 All-Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge Team
USC – Dillon Klein, outside hitter
USC – Wesley Smith, middle blocker
Penn State – Toby Ezeonu, middle blocker
Penn State – John Kerr, opposite
Ohio State – Shane Wetzel, opposite
Ohio State – Jacob Pasteur, outside hitter
UCLA – Ethan Champlin, outside hitter
UCLA – Cooper Robinson, outside hitter

Up Next:
Ohio State returns to Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association action Thursday at home against No. 13 Ball State at the Covelli Center. Match time is set for 7 p.m. on B1G+.

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