No. 11 Ohio State Travels to Face Queens Twice in Charlotte, N.C.

Friday, February 13

Charlotte, NC

6 p.m.

Ohio State

Queens University of Charlotte

Photo by: Ohio State Athletics

No. 11 Ohio State Travels to Face Queens Twice in Charlotte, N.C.

2/11/2026 10:10:00 AM | Men's Volleyball

Buckeyes are 6-0 in all-time series with against the Royals

By: Kaiya Kakita, Ohio State Athletics Communications

No. 11 Ohio State vs Queens University of Charlotte
Dates: Feb. 13/15
Times: 6/1 p.m.
Venue/Tickets: Levine Center
Watch: Queens Sports Network
Live Stats: Friday/Sunday

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Following wins over Northern Kentucky and Central State last week, No. 11 Ohio State (6-3, 1-0) heads to Charlotte (N.C.) to battle the Queens Royals (5-4, 0-2) in two Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) games this weekend.

The No. 11 Buckeyes look to continue their MIVA conference win streak in Charlotte this weekend at the Levine Center after opening the season at NKU last week.
The next Buckeye home game will be against No. 9 Ball State (10-1) for Dad Night at the Covelli Center Feb. 19.
Ohio State moved up to No. 11 in the AVCA poll after sweeping NKU and Central State this past weekend…both 3-0 victories.
The Buckeyes are 6-0 against the Royals all-time and have not lost a set in the series.
Ian Nolte, Brady Jones and Tyler Tharpe all had their first career starts vs Central State last Sunday. Nolte put up six kills and a 0.667 attack percentage. Jones added a career high of eight kills and five blocks. Tharpe had six kills and three blocks.
Drew Hudson put up 12 digs in the two matchups to total 70 digs so far this season.
Following a team vote, Shane Wetzel and Hudson were named captains for the 2026 season. Hudson is the first sophomore to earn captain honors in the history of the program.
Wetzel currently ranks 13^th in Ohio State history with 1,125 kills for his career. He and sophomore Stan Chacinski were named to the 2026 preseason All-MIVA squad.
Wetzel and Chacinski both were recognized as 2025 AVCA Honorable Mention All-Americans after earning 2025 postseason Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association honors. In addition, the MIVA coaches voted Ohio State in the No. 2 position in the league 2026 preseason poll.
In his seventh season, Kevin Burch achieved his 100th win as Ohio State's head coach (102-65) with the victory against Lincoln Memorial (3-0). Securing the win against the Railsplitters gave Burch win No. 100 to go with one regular-season MIVA title, a pair of league tournament championships and two NCAA Tournament appearances.