Ohio State Downs Fresno State in Straight Sets

Saturday, August 29

Columbus, Ohio

4 p.m.

Ohio State

1-1,0-0Big Ten

Fresno State

0-2,0-0Pac-12

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Fresno St.	21	15	9	0
Ohio St.	25	25	25	3

Ohio State Downs Fresno State in Straight Sets

8/29/2026 6:35:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (1-1) picked up its first win of the season, rolling to a straight-set victory (25-21, 25-15, 25-9) over Fresno State (1-1) on Saturday.

Match Recap
Set 1

The Bulldogs took an 11-6 lead, but the Buckeyes battled back, going on a 5-0 run that included kills from Alia Schoonover, Hannah Jones and Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva to tie the score, 11-11.
Coming out of the media timeout, kills from Jones and Jioshvili-Ravva gave the Buckeyes the lead, 16-14.
Fresno State got back ahead, but a monster kill from Naomy Govou put the Buckeyes within one point of the lead, 19-18.
Back-to-back kills from Schoonover tied the score, 20-20. After a Fresno State timeout, a tip over the net from Govou and another kill from Schoonover put Ohio State ahead by three, 23-20.
A solo block from Jones iced a 25-21 set one win for the Buckeyes.

Set 2

A block by Schoonover and Mia Tuman and a kill from Govou quickly put the Buckeyes ahead in the second set, 8-4.
Two more kills from Govou and an ace from Tuman highlighted a 5-0 run that gave Ohio State a 13-6 lead over the Bulldogs.
The Buckeyes took an eight-point lead, their largest of the set so far, helped by a kill from Jioshvili-Ravva and a block by Aneta Valentová and Jioshvili-Ravva.
The Buckeyes led by six, 20-14, after libero Emily Avshalomov showed off her athleticism, keeping a rally alive after sliding to keep the ball in play off her foot, with the rally ultimately leading to an attack error by the Bulldogs.
A block from Valentová and Tuman, followed by a kill from Valentová, led to set point for the Buckeyes, 24-14.
The Buckeyes won the set, 25-15, on Govou's sixth kill of the night.

Set 3

The Buckeyes went on a 7-2 run, which included four kills from Jones, to open the third set.
Three more kills from Govou gave the Buckeyes an eight-point lead over the Bulldogs, 15-7.
Ohio State dominated the third set, going on an 8-0 run to close things out. Match point was secured on an ace from Schoonover as the Buckeyes downed the Bulldogs, 25-9 in set three, to win the match in straight sets.

Buckeyes by the Numbers

Jones led the Buckeye attack with 12 kills and Govou added a career-high 10 kills.
Tuman had a team-high 30 assists and notched two aces.
Schoonover had three aces, which led the team and tied her career high.
Valentová led the Buckeyes with four total blocks and Avshalomov led the team in digs with 18.

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