West Coast Trip Next Up for Buckeyes
10/14/2026 12:04:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (9-7. 2-4 Big Ten) heads to the West Coast this weekend to face RV USC (8-8, 2-4 Big Ten) and RV UCLA (13-4. 4-2 Big Ten).
Match Information
Match Information
- The Buckeyes play at USC on Friday, Oct. 16 at 10 p.m. ET. The match will air on FS1.
- Sunday's match against the Bruins will begin at 6 p.m. ET and stream on B1G+.
- Tickets for the 2026 home season are now on sale with links for season tickets and single match tickets found below. Ohio State students receive free admission to regular season home matches with a valid BuckID. For more ticket information, be sure to contact the Ohio State Athletics Ticket Office by calling 1-800-GOBUCKS or emailing athletic.tix@osu.edu.
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- The Buckeyes fell to No. 21 Minnesota in straight sets (23-25, 20-25, 22-25) Sunday afternoon in the Covelli Center.
- Naomy Govou led the Buckeyes in kills with 12.
- Hannah Jones added eight kills, and Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva had seven kills.
- Bailey Nakanelua led the team in assists with 31.
- Emily Avshalomov had a team-high 11 digs, and Mia Stahler notched 10 digs.
- Jioshvili-Ravva had a team-best two solo blocks.
- Govou leads the Buckeyes in kills with 197 and she is averaging a team-high 3.65 kills per set. She has had double-digit kills in 10 matches and has had five matches with 20 or more kills.
- Jones is second on the team in kills with 190 and she averages 3.06 per set. She has been in double-digit kills in 13 out of 16 matches played.
- Alia Schoonover and Govou share the team-high in aces with 18 each.
- Nakanelua leads the Buckeyes in assists with 382 and averages 9.55 assists per set. She has had 40 or more assists in four matches. Mia Tuman has added 251 assists and averages 8.66 assists per set. She is just 13 assists away from tying head coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg for eighth in career assists. Tuman currently has 3,200 career assists.
- Avshalomov has a team-best 235 digs, which is an average of 3.79 digs per set.
- Jones leads the team in total blocks with 43, while Schoonover has 42 total blocks. Jones has a team-high 10 solo blocks, and Jioshvili-Ravva has added seven solo blocks. Schoonover leads the team in block assists with 37.
- The Buckeyes return to Columbus to host Indiana on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. and Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. Friday's match will air on Big Ten Network.
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