Buckeyes Drop Five Set Battle to RV UCLA

Sunday, October 18

Los Angeles, Calif.

6 p.m.

Ohio State

10-8,3-5Big Ten

UCLA

15-4,6-2Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Ohio St.	19	9	25	25	13	2
UCLA	25	25	20	23	15	3

10/18/2026 9:04:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Despite an impressive comeback, the Ohio State women's volleyball team (10-8, 3-5 Big Ten) fell to RV UCLA (15-4, 6-2 Big Ten) in five sets (19-25, 9-25, 25-20, 25-23, 13-15) on Sunday in Los Angeles.

During the match, senior setter Mia Tuman passed head coach Jen Flyn Oldenburg (3,213 career assists) to become eighth all-time in program history in career assists, and then passed Jen Boleyn (3,214 career assists) to take over seventh place. Tuman now has 3,237 career assists.

Match Recap
Set 1

UCLA took an early 10-5 lead in set one, but a kill from Hannah Jones, a block by Jones and Alia Schoonover and a kill from Naomy Govou cut the Bruins' lead to two, 10-8.
A kill from Aneta Valentová kept the Buckeyes within two, 12-10, but the Bruins went on a 3-0 run and had the 15-10 lead at the media timeout.
After falling behind, 21-15, the Buckeyes called a timeout. Coming out of the timeout, a kill from Jones and an ace from Mia Stahler cut the UCLA lead to four points, 21-17.
Valentová and Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva added kills in the remainder of the set, but the Bruins came away with the win, 25-19.

Set 2

The Bruins went on a 14-3 run to open the second set, with the early Buckeye kills coming from Jones and Govou.
Valentová added a kill, but UCLA led, 15-4, at the media timeout.
Govou and Jones added kills in the remainder of the set, but UCLA won set two, 25-9.

Set 3

A 3-0 run for the Buckeyes, which included two kills from Jioshvili-Ravva and an ace from Valentová, left them trailing by just one point, 7-6.
Govou's 10^th kill of the day kept the Buckeyes within one, 8-7.
A 5-0 run for the Buckeyes, which included kills from Jioshvili-Ravva, Govou, Jones and Jojo Miller, gave them their first lead of the day, 12-9.
The Buckeyes remained ahead by three, 17-14, after a kill from Jioshvili-Ravva, which also included the assist from Tuman that put her in eighth-place all-time in career assists.
A kill from Jones put Ohio State ahead by four, 20-16, and forced the Bruins to take a timeout.
Tuman had an ace coming out of the break to put the Buckeyes ahead by five, 21-16.
Jones and Govou added kills to help secure the set three win for Ohio State, 25-20.

Set 4

The Buckeyes and the Bruins went back and forth to open the fourth set, with three more kills from Jioshvili-Ravva helping Ohio State to a 9-6 lead.
Jones, Valentová, Tuman, Jioshvili-Ravva and Govou all scored to help put the Buckeyes ahead, 15-12, at the media timeout.
Jioshvili-Ravva had back-to-back kills coming out of the break to put Ohio State up by five, 17-12.
The Buckeyes and UCLA traded points and Ohio State led by one, 20-19, before using a timeout.
A kill from Jones put Ohio State up by two, 22-20.
Jioshvili-Ravva's 14^th kill of the match gave the Buckeyes set point, 24-23, and forced UCLA to burn its final timeout.
A UCLA attack error secured the set four victory for the Buckeyes, 25-23.

Set 5

Two early kills from Govou left the Buckeyes trailing by just one point, 4-3.
Two more kills from Jioshvili-Ravva put Ohio State within four points of the Bruins, 9-5.
After a UCLA timeout, a block by Valentová and Govou put the Buckeyes back within one point of the lead, 12-11.
Kills by Govou and Jioshvili-Ravva kept Ohio State within one, 14-13, but the Bruins secured the final point to win set five, 15-13.

Buckeyes by the Numbers

Govou led the Buckeyes with 22 kills. It is the 12^th time this season she has been in double digits, and the seventh time she has had 20 or more kills. Govou shared the team lead with Valentová in total blocks with three.
Jioshvili-Ravva recorded her second straight double-double with 17 kills and 16 digs, which are both her season-high.
Tuman had a double-double with 10 digs and a team-high 37 assists.
Jones added 14 kills. It is her 15^th time this season in double digits.
Emily Avshalomov shared the team lead with Jioshvili-Ravva in digs with 16.

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