Buckeyes Battle, Fall to Cavaliers in Five Sets in Sports Imports Classic

Friday, September 19

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Buckeyes Battle, Fall to Cavaliers in Five Sets in Sports Imports Classic

9/19/2025 8:19:00 PM | General, Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Ohio State had three players with 10 or more kills, while Olivia Hasbrook led the match with 19 digs.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (2-5) fell in five sets (25-15, 20-25, 7-25, 25-23, 12-15) against Virginia (6-3) on Friday evening in the opening match of the Sports Imports Classic.

Ohio State used a 6-0 run midway through the first set to take control on its way to a 25-15 set win. Virginia evened the match with a 25-20 set win in the second, holding a narrow lead throughout. The Cavaliers took the match advantage with a 25-7 win in the third set. After surrendering the first six points of the fourth set, the Buckeyes staged a comeback to win the set by a 25-23 margin and force a fifth set. The fifth set was back and forth in nature with Virginia prevailing by a 15-12 margin.

Set-by-Set Recap

S1: Back-to-back kills from Mia Tuman capped a 4-0 OSU run that gave the Buckeyes an early 7-3 lead. Virginia responded with a 6-0 run to take its first lead of the match at 9-7, prompting an Ohio State timeout. The Buckeyes regained momentum with a 6-0 run to take an 18-12 lead. Kaia Castle secured a 25-15 set win for Ohio State with her second kill of the match.
S2: The Cavaliers started strong in the second set, building a 10-4 advantage. Jen Flynn Oldenburg won a challenge to begin a 5-0 Buckeye run, getting Ohio State within one at 10-9 following back-to-back aces from Hannah Jones. Virginia strung together a few points to extend its lead to 19-14. The Buckeyes got within one again at 20-19 but were unable to take the lead as the Cavaliers evened the match with a 25-20 set win.
S3: Virginia began the third set strong, building leads of 5-1 and 14-6 amidst an Ohio State timeout. The Cavaliers scored the final 11 points of the set to win by a 25-7 margin.
S4: The Cavaliers scored the first six points in the fourth set. After a timeout, the Buckeyes battled back to get within one at 10-9. A block from Ashley Carr and Jones tied the set at 13 apiece. Ohio State grabbed its first lead since the first set, 17-16, on Jones' fourth ace of the match. The teams traded points as the set was tied at points 13 through 19 before three unanswered OSU points gave the Buckeyes a 22-19 advantage. Virginia was unable to tie the set as Ohio State earned a 25-23 set win to force a fifth set.
S5: The Buckeyes opened scoring in the fifth set and the teams traded points until a 4-0 Virginia run gave the Cavaliers a 7-4 lead. Ohio State scored back-to-back points but Virginia had the 8-6 advantage at the break. The Buckeyes got back within one at 8-7 but the Cavaliers won a challenge to go up 11-7. Ohio State was unable to take the lead and Virginia won by a 15-12 margin.

Match Notes

This was just the second meeting in program history between Ohio State and Virginia.
This was the Buckeyes' third five-set match of the season.
The Buckeyes had three or more players with 10+ kills apiece for the second time this season.
Hannah Jones recorded her fourth match of the season with 10 or more kills, finishing the night with 13 kills. She also totaled a career-high four aces.
Kaia Castle reached 10 kills for the second time this season with 11 kills tonight.
Olivia Hasbrook was the first in the match to reach 10 digs, doing so for the fifth time this season and finishing with a match-high 19 digs.
Mia Tuman registered her third double-double of the season with a match-high 35 assists and 10 digs.
Reese Wuebker totaled 10 kills, her fourth match of the season in double figures.
S1: Ohio State hit .259 in the set, while Virginia was in the red (-.069).
S4: The set was tied at points 13 through 19.

Up Next

Continuing action at the Sports Imports Classic, Virginia and Troy will face off on Saturday at 3 p.m. Ohio State and Troy will wrap up the tournament on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches will be broadcast live on B1G+. Prior to Sunday's match, there will be a block party and following the match, there will be a meet and greet with the Buckeyes on the concourse.

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