Buckeyes Fall to No. 13 Nittany Lions in Four Sets

Thursday, October 29

University Park, Pa.

7 p.m.

Ohio State

10-11,3-8Big Ten

Penn State

16-5,8-3Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Ohio St.	25	19	11	16	1
Penn St.	22	25	25	25	3

10/29/2026 9:18:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (10-11, 3-8 Big Ten) was defeated by No. 13 Penn State (16-5, 8-3 Big Ten) in four sets (25-22, 19-25, 11-25, 16-25) on Thursday in Happy Valley.

Match Recap
Set 1

Trailing by five, 12-7, the Buckeyes went on 4-0 run, which included two kills each from Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva and Hannah Jones, to cut the Penn State lead to one point, 12-11.
A kill from Jioshvili-Ravva and two Nittany Lion errors gave the Buckeyes their first lead of the match, 14-13.
Another kill from Jones and a solo block from Aneta Valentová gave Ohio State a two-point lead, 17-15.
Back-to-back kills from Naomy Govou extended the Buckeye lead, 19-16.
A block by Jones and Alia Schoonover kept the Buckeyes ahead, 23-21.
A kill from Jones and a Penn State attack error secured the first set for Ohio State, 25-22.

Set 2

The Buckeyes had an early 4-3 lead in set two after a kill from Valentová and a block by Valentová and Govou.
The score was tied four times before Penn State took a 9-7 lead. A kill from Mia Tuman and a block from Schoonover and Jones, however, tied things up once again, 9-9.
At the media timeout, the Buckeyes trailed the Nittany Lions by four, 15-11.
A kill from Govou and a Penn State attack error brought the Buckeyes within two points of the lead, 17-15.
After a Buckeye timeout, Jioshvili-Ravva and Jojo Miller added kills for Ohio State, but the Nittany Lions came away with the 25-19 set two win.

Set 3

The Nittany Lions went on a 7-0 run to open the third set. Govou's eighth kill of the match stopped the run and put the Buckeyes on the board.
Govou, Jones and Jioshvili-Ravva added kills, but the Buckeyes trailed, 15-7, at the media timeout.
The Nittany Lions extended their lead to 10, 18-8, but kills from Tuman and Miller brought the Buckeyes back within single digits, 18-10.
Jones notched her ninth kill of the match, but the Buckeyes fell to the Nittany Lions in set three, 25-11.

Set 4

Govou's 10^th kill of the match put the Buckeyes on the board in set four and a block by Govou and Schoonover put Ohio State within three points of the Nittany Lions, 5-2.
Two kills from Schoonover and Jones' 10^th kill of the match kept the Buckeyes within six points of the Nittany Lions, 13-7.
Kills from Jioshvili-Ravva and Govou and a solo block from Miller kept the Buckeyes within six, 18-12.
Jones, Govou and Jioshvili-Ravva each added kills in the remainder of the set but Ohio State fell to Penn State, 25-16.

Buckeyes by the Numbers

Govou and Jioshvili-Ravva led the Buckeyes in kills with 12 each. It is the 15^th time in double digits for Govou and 14^th time in double digits for Jioshvili-Ravva.
Govou also led the team in digs with 11 to record a double-double.
Jones added 11 kills for her 17^th match in double digits this season.
Tuman had a team-high 36 assists.
Schoonover and Valentová led the team in blocks with three each.

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