Buckeye Trio Notches Individual Career-Highs in Digs in Friday’s Pink Match

Friday, October 17

Columbus, Ohio

6:00 PM

Ohio State

3-12,0-7Big Ten

RV Illinois

11-5,6-1Big Ten

Illinois

Ohio St.

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Buckeye Trio Notches Individual Career-Highs in Digs in Friday’s Pink Match

10/17/2025 9:38:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

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The Buckeyes fell to the Fighting Illini on Friday in four sets.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (3-12, 0-7 B1G) fell in four sets (22-25, 25-20, 21-25, 24-26) to RV Illinois (11-5, 6-1 B1G) on Friday evening inside the Covelli Center in the pink match.

Illinois used a late run in the first set to earn a 25-22 set win. Ohio State evened the match at one set apiece by winning the second set by a 25-20 margin. Illinois took a tight third set by a 25-21 margin to gain the match advantage. The Fighting Illini closed the match with the final two points to win the fourth set by a 26-24 mark.

Set-by-Set Recap

S1: Illinois opened scoring before each team put together a 3-0 run. The score was tied at points three through 10 before Ohio State used a 5-1 run to take a 15-11 lead into the media timeout. The Buckeyes led by as many as five points at 17-12 before a 3-0 Illini run prompted an OSU timeout. Illinois used a 5-0 run to take a 20-19, its first lead since 4-3, and held the lead through the end of the set, capturing a 25-22 win.
S2: The Fighting Illini again scored first in a set that was tight early, producing seven ties as the score reached 9-9. Ohio State held the 15-12 advantage leading into the media timeout. The Buckeyes held a lead of at least three points down the stretch and evened the match with a 25-20 set win on a kill from Reese Wuebker.
S3: The third set was again tight early before Ohio State built a 12-9 lead. Illinois answered with a 3-0 run to tie the set at 12. The teams traded points going into the media timeout as the Buckeyes held the 15-14 advantage. The Buckeyes gained a slight advantage in the race to 20 points, leading by a 20-18 mark, before the Fighting Illini tied the set at 21. Illinois won the set by a 25-21 mark, scoring the final six points.
S4: Illinois scored first in the set, though the score was close early as the Fighting Illini didn't lead by more than two points until 10-7. The Buckeyes tied the set at 10 after a timeout and the teams traded points until back-to-back OSU points gave the Buckeyes a 19-17 lead before Illinois tied the set at 20. Ohio State fought off a pair of Illinois match points to tie the set at 24 but the Fighting Illini scored the final two points to end the match with a 26-24 set win.

Match Notes

This is the fifth time this season and second time in conference play that the Buckeyes have totaled at least 10 blocks as a team. Ohio State had 11.0 blocks today.
This is the second time this season that Ohio State has had three players with 10 or more digs apiece.
Olivia Hasbrook recorded 10 or more digs for the ninth time this season, finishing the match with a career-high 24 digs. This was her third match in 2025 with 20+ digs.
Reese Wuebker reached double figure kills for the ninth time this season, totaling 20 kills tonight – her second match with at least 20 kills.
Mia Stahler totaled at least 10 digs for the third time as she tied her career-high 13 digs today.
Mia Tuman recorded five or more blocks for the season time this season, tying her career-high six blocks tonight.
Mina Gunes totaled a career-high 12 digs.
S1: Three different Buckeyes had three kills apiece and four Buckeyes had at least three digs apiece in the set.
S2: The Buckeye defense forced the Fighting Illini to hit just .026 in the set.
S3: The set featured nine ties and.
S4: There were 14 ties and four lead changes in the set as the OSU defense forced Illinois to hit just .065.

Up Next

Ohio State heads to Bloomington to face No. 22 Indiana on Sunday for a noon start. The match will be broadcast live on BTN.

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