Ohio State Sweeps No. 20 Miami FL in Home Opener

Friday, September 13

Columbus, Ohio

7 p.m.

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No. 20 Miami (FL)

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Women's Volleyball vs Miami University 09/13/2024

Ohio State Sweeps No. 20 Miami FL in Home Opener

9/13/2024 10:24:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

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The Buckeyes handed the Hurricanes their first loss of the season on Friday night in a sweep inside Covelli.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (4-2) swept (25-21, 25-21, 25-16) No. 20 Miami (FL) (5-1) on Friday in the Buckeyes' home opener.

Ohio State led the first set early but Miami FL battled back to tie the set at 20-20 before Emily Londot ended a 25-21 set win with back-to-back aces. After being tied at 16 in the second set, the Buckeyes scored four unanswered points to give them the separation needed for a 25-21 set win. Ohio State scored the first seven points in the third set and held off a late Miami FL push to earn a 25-16 set win to clinch the sweep.

Emily Londot was the first in the match to record 10 kills and finished with a match-high 16 kills, moving her into second in program history with 1,820. Londot also recorded her 1,000^th career dig and tied her career-high five aces, while adding a season-high 13 digs. Eloise Brandewie totaled a career-high eight blocks. Olivia Hasbrook led the Buckeyes with 10 digs.

How it Happened
Miami scored first but Ohio State used a 3-0 run to take an early 6-4 lead. Another 3-0 Buckeye run stretched the OSU lead to 13-8 and forced a 'Canes timeout. Ohio State led by as many as six points out of the timeout but Miami cut the OSU lead to one at 16-15, which prompted a Buckeye timeout. The Hurricanes tied the set at 17, the first tie since the score was 4-4. Ohio State did not relinquish the lead and ended the set with back-to-back aces from Londot, earning the 25-21 set win.

Londot opened the second set's scoring with a kill and capped a 4-0 run for the Buckeyes with her third ace of the match, giving OSU the early 5-1 lead. Miami FL used a 4-0 run of its own to tie the set at seven and a 3-0 run to take its first lead of the set at 11-9. The Buckeyes responded and used back-to-back Londot aces to take a 14-12 lead. Ohio State used a 4-0 run to take a 20-16 lead, a lead that would not be relinquished. Eloise Brandewie capped a 25-21 set win with a kill.

The Buckeyes opened the third set with the first seven points amidst a Miami FL timeout. The 'Canes cut the OSU lead to 8-5 but that's the closest the set would get. Ohio State strung together consecutive points on multiple occasions and doubled up the score at 20-10. After leading 23-12, the Buckeyes held off a late Miami FL push to earn the 25-16 set win and the sweep on a kill from Londot.

Highlights

Match Notes

Emily Londot totaled seven kills in the first set and was the first in the match to reach 10 kills on her way to a match-high 16 kills. She's totaled at least 10 kills in every match this season and now ranks second in program history with 1,820 career kills.
This is Londot's third match of the season with more than one ace as she ended the first set with back-to-back aces and tied her career-high five aces.
Londot notched her 1,000^th career dig on her way to her second double-double of the season, She added a season-high (and match-high) 13 digs to her 16 kills.
Londot and Rylee Rader are tied for 10^th in program history with 318 career block assists apiece.
Eloise Brandewie tallied a career-high eight blocks.
Olivia Hasbrook recorded double-figure digs for the fifth time this season, finishing the match with exactly 10.
Kaitlyn Hoffman tallied her 200^th career dig.
S1: After trailing 4-3, Ohio State did not trail the rest of the set. The score was tied as late as 20-20.
S2: Ohio State used a 4-0 run after being tied at 16 to create the separation it needed for a 25-21 set win.
S3: The Buckeyes scored the first seven points of the set and did not look back. The OSU defense forced Miami FL to hit in the red (-.050) on the set.

What They Said

Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg
- "I think it's big in any match, especially one at home, our first one at home. There could be nerves with the excitement behind it. I'm not as worried about the first set – it's important, clearly, and it's nice to go ahead but we've had a little bit of a curse on the second set so I wanted to make sure that we were engaged. The team was great in the details. Without the coaches even in the huddle, they were talking about the right things and were going to go set the tone in the second set. That second set really set the tone for the rest of the match."
Graduate opposite Emily Londot
- I think our focus was the same as every other match. We're always going to go out there and focus on us and play our game. Having the team around me, giving me reminders, the bench really helped me out today with letting me know what was happening on the other side of the court to see what I can't see. That defensive mindset – the digs that Olivia Hasbrook and Sydney Taylor were getting made me want to go get [those kills] even more."
Graduate middle Rylee Rader
- "That was a huge win for us. We really needed that. The work we put in this week during practice – that was our best week of practice so far so we were super prepared for this game."

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