Buckeyes Break Through in College Park

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Buckeyes Break Through in College Park

11/8/2025 4:00:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

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Ohio State captured a five-set win on Saturday afternoon on the road against Maryland as Olivia Hasbrook surpassed 700 career digs.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (4-17, 1-12 B1G) won a five-setter (23-25, 25-16, 25-21, 11-25, 15-12) against Maryland (8-15, 1-12 B1G) on Saturday afternoon in College Park.

The first set featured 14 ties and six lead changes and was tight throughout with Maryland scoring the final two points to capture a 25-23 set win. The Buckeyes evened the match with a 25-16 set win in the second, using an 11-0 run midway through the set to create separation. The Buckeyes led from wire-to-wire in the third set, winning by a 25-21 margin. The Terrapins forced a fifth set with a 25-11 victory in the fourth. The Buckeyes held off a late Terrapins push in the fifth set to win by a 15-12 margin.

Set-by-Set Recap

S1: Maryland opened scoring and the teams traded points to begin the match before a 4-1 Ohio State run gave the Buckeyes an early 6-4 advantage. The Terrapins scored four unanswered points to take a 9-7 lead. Each team put together a 3-0 run and took the lead as the set continued to be tight. Ohio State went on a 5-0 run to take a 19-16 lead, but Maryland took a 21-19 lead with a 5-0 run of its own. The Terrapins won the set by a 25-23 margin after scoring the final two points of the set.
S2: Ohio State scored the first three points of the set. Maryland used a 4-0 run to take a 7-5 lead and a 3-0 run to extend the lead to 11-7, prompting an OSU timeout. The Buckeyes strung together 11 unanswered points, including a trio of aces from Olivia Hasbrook, to take a 20-12 lead. Na'Vea Gauthier converted kills on the final two points of the set to cap a 25-16 set win for the Buckeyes, evening the match.
S3: The Buckeyes again went up 3-0 to start the set and used a 4-0 run, including a pair of aces from Mia Tuman, to build an early 10-4 advantage. The Terrapins scored the next four points to get within two and cut their deficit to one point at 16-15. Maryland was within one again at 18-17 before back-to-back Ohio State points got OSU to 20 first. The Buckeyes used a 3-0 run down the stretch and sealed a 25-21 set win with Reese Wuebker's ninth kill of the match.
S4: Maryland struck first in the set and used a 4-0 run to take an early 7-4 lead. The Terrapins used an extended 10-1 run to open up an 20-8 lead amidst a pair of Buckeye timeouts. Maryland forced a fifth set with a 25-11 set win.
S5: Maryland scored first, but Ohio State scored five of the next six to lead 5-2 after a kill from Wuebker. The Terrapins got back within one at 7-6 after back-to-back points, but the Buckeyes scored the next three to increase the lead to 10-6. Ohio State maintained a four-point lead at 12-8 but Maryland cut that to 12-11 with three straight points. The Buckeyes scored the next two points and capped a 15-12 win with Wuebker's 16^th kill.

Match Notes

Today's match begins a four-match road stretch for the Buckeyes – Ohio State's longest road stretch of the season.
This is the Buckeyes' sixth match of the season that took five sets to decide, but the first since the Sept. 26 match against UCLA.
The Buckeyes finished with five different players recording at least eight kills apiece.
This is the Buckeyes' sixth match of the season with at least 10 blocks.
Na'Vea Gauthier tied her career-high 11 kills through four sets and finished with 12. This is her second collegiate match with at least 10 kills.
Olivia Hasbrook totaled at least 10 digs for the 12^th time this season, finishing with 20 digs today and surpassing 700 career digs. She also recorded three aces, her second-most of the season. This is her fourth match of the season with 20 digs or more.
Mia Tuman finished with a season-high three aces. She also tallied her seventh double-double of the season with 42 assists and a season-high 16 digs.
Reese Wuebker recorded 10 or more kills for the 11^th time this season, tying the match-high 16 kills.
Kaia Castle totaled at least five blocks for the fourth time this season, finishing with six blocks today.
Hannah Jones tied her season-high five blocks for the third time and also recorded a career-high three assists.
S1: The set featured 14 ties and six lead changes as neither team led by more than three points throughout the set. Hasbrook recorded a whopping nine digs during the set.
S2: Ohio State used an 11-0 run midway through the set to create separation. The run included three aces from Hasbrook.
S3: The Buckeyes led from start to finish, despite the Terrapins cutting their deficit to one late in the set.
S5: Ohio State only trailed at 1-0 in the set and held the lead for the remainder of the set after going up by a 3-2 margin.

Up Next

Ohio State will face Rutgers on the road on Sunday at 1 p.m. in a match broadcast live on B1G+.

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