Buckeyes Drop Match to No. 21 Minnesota

Sunday, October 11

Columbus, Ohio

4 p.m.

Ohio State

9-7,2-4Big Ten

Minnesota

9-5,3-3Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Minnesota	25	25	25	3
Ohio St.	23	20	22	0

Buckeyes Drop Match to No. 21 Minnesota

10/11/2026 6:31:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (9-7, 2-4 Big Ten) was defeated by No. 21 Minnesota (9-5, 3-3 Big Ten) in straight sets (23-25, 20-25, 22-25) on Sunday afternoon in the Covelli Center.

Match Recap
Set 1

Trailing by four, 7-4, the Buckeyes went on a 3-0 run that included a kill from Naomy Govou to tie things up, 7-7.
Back-to-back kills from Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva and Govou gave Ohio State the lead, 9-8.
The Buckeyes and the Golden Gophers went back and forth. Govou had six kills by the media timeout, at which point the Buckeyes trailed by just two points, 15-13.
Coming out of the media timeout, a Minnesota service error and a kill and a solo block from Jioshvili-Ravva put the Buckeyes on top, 16-15.
Another solo block from Jioshvili-Ravva and an error from Minnesota gave the Buckeyes a two-point lead, 18-16, and forced the Golden Gophers into taking a timeout.
Minnesota got back ahead, but Govou's seventh kill of the set tied the score, 20-20.
The Buckeyes and the Golden Gophers traded points, with Aneta Valentová adding two sneaky kills for Ohio State, but Minnesota came away with set one, 25-23.

Set 2

A kill from Valentová and a block by Bailey Nakanelua put the Buckeyes within two points of the lead, 8-6, early.
Trailing by four, 11-7, the Buckeyes went on a 3-0 run which included a kill from Hannah Jones and an ace from Jioshvili-Ravva, to put them down by just one point, 11-10.
Valentová's fourth kill of the day soon tied things up, 12-12.
The Golden Gophers began to pull away, but a kill from Jioshvili-Ravva kept the Buckeyes within four, 19-15.
A Jones kill left the Buckeyes down by three points, 21-18, but the Golden Gophers went on to win the second set, 25-20.

Set 3

Two early kills from Jones and a solo block by Govou put the Buckeyes within one point of the lead, 4-3.
Big kills from Alia Schoonover and Govou kept Ohio State trailing by just one point, 10-9.
Back-to-back Golden Gopher attack errors and a kill from Jioshvili-Ravva knotted the score, 13-13. A perfectly placed ball from Nakanelua then gave the Buckeyes the lead, 14-13.
The Buckeyes and the Golden Gophers went back and forth, with the score tied four times, before Minnesota took a 20-17 lead.
Govou's 12^th kill pulled the Buckeyes within one, 21-20.
After back-to-back Minnesota errors, the Buckeyes were once again within one point of the lead, 23-22, but the Golden Gophers won set three, 25-22, and the match, 3-0.

Buckeyes by the Numbers

Govou led the Buckeyes with 12 kills. She has been in double digit kills 10 times this season.
Jones added eight kills, and Jioshvili-Ravva had seven.
Nakanelua led the team in assists with 31.
Emily Avshalomov had a team-high 11 digs and Mia Stahler added 10 digs.
Jioshvili-Ravva had a team-best two solo blocks.

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