Buckeyes Fall to No. 18 Indiana

Friday, October 23

Columbus, Ohio

7 p.m.

Ohio State

10-9,3-6Big Ten

Indiana

12-6,5-4Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Indiana	25	25	25	3
Ohio St.	23	23	18	0

10/23/2026 9:29:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Despite impressive rallies and tightly contested sets, the Ohio State women's volleyball team (10-9, 3-6 Big Ten) fell to No. 18 Indiana (12-6, 5-4 Big Ten) in three sets (23-25, 23-25, 18-25) on Friday at the Covelli Center.

Match Recap
Set 1

The Hoosiers took an early 6-3 lead, but during a gritty rally, a kill from Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva kept the Buckeyes within two, 6-4 IU.
After falling behind, 14-7, a kill from Naomy Govou kept Ohio State within six-points, 14-8.
Three consecutive kills from Alia Schoonover, Jioshvili-Ravva and Hannah Jones cut the Hoosiers' lead to four points and forced an Indiana timeout, 18-14.
Jones added three kills and Schoonover put down another to put Ohio State within one point, 19-18.
A block by Aneta Valentová and Jones gave the Buckeyes their first lead of the match, 21-20.
Govou's sixth kill of the match kept the one-point lead for Ohio State, 23-22.
The Hoosiers went on a 4-1 run to come away with set one, 25-23.

Set 2

Kills by Schoonover and Govou, along with a service ace from Mia Stahler, opened set two for the Buckeyes, giving them the 3-2 lead.
Jioshvili-Ravva's third kill of the match continued the Ohio State lead, 7-5.
Indiana went on a 6-1 run to possess the lead going into the media timeout, 15-12.
A block from Schoonover and Jioshvili-Ravva put the Buckeyes within one point of Indiana, 15-14.
The Hoosiers went on a 4-0 scoring run to force an Ohio State timeout, 19-14.
Schoonover's fifth kill of the match cut Indiana's lead to four points, 21-17, and forced the Hoosiers to call a timeout.
A 7-1 scoring run from Ohio State, bolstered by kills from Jojo Miller and Govou, tied set two at 23-all.
Despite a tightly contested set, the Hoosiers took set two with a score of 25-23.

Set 3

Schoonover opened up scoring for Ohio State in set three with a kill out of the middle.
Through multiple intense rallies, Indiana went on a 6-1 run to take a 9-4 lead and force a timeout by the Buckeyes.
Kills by Govou out of the back row and Jioshvili-Ravva out of the middle cut the Hoosiers' lead to three points, 10-7.
Indiana possessed a small lead heading into the media timeout, but two kills from Govou brought the Buckeyes within three-points, 15-12.
Indiana, however closed out the match on a 10-6 run to take set three, 25-18.

Buckeyes by the Numbers

Govou led the Buckeyes with 17 kills. It is the 13^th time this season she has been in double digits.
Schoonover added eight kills, four blocks, three digs and a service ace for Ohio State.
Jones put up nine kills, six digs and two blocks.
Nakanelua recorded 18 assists and six digs, Mia Tuman added 14 assists for the Buckeyes.
Stahler led the Buckeyes in digs with 14, and Emily Avshalomov followed close behind, adding 10.

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