Buckeyes Defeat Youngstown State, Go 3-0 at Sports Imports Classic

Sunday, September 13

Columbus, Ohio

2 p.m.

Ohio State

5-3,0-0Big Ten

Youngstown State

3-6,0-0Horizon

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Youngstown St.	25	18	25	21	10	2
Ohio St.	23	25	21	25	15	3

Buckeyes Defeat Youngstown State, Go 3-0 at Sports Imports Classic

9/13/2026 5:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (5-3) defeated Youngstown State (3-6) in five sets (23-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 15-10) on Sunday to go 3-0 at the Sports Imports Classic in the Covelli Center.

Match Recap
Set 1

The Penguins took an 11-5 lead over the Buckeyes to open the first set. Two kills from Naomy Govou and a block by Hannah Jones and Lauren Wiese brought the Buckeyes within four points of the lead, 12-8.
A kill from Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva, an ace from Abby Yoder and a monster kill from Govou left Ohio State trailing by just two points, 13-11.
Coming out of the media timeout, successful attacks from Alia Schoonover and Jioshvili-Ravva tied the score, 15-15.
A 4-0 run for the Buckeyes, capped by a Schoonover ace, put Ohio State in the lead, 19-18.
With the Penguins at set point, 24-20, the Buckeyes went on a 3-0 run, which included kills from Jones and Wiese, but Youngstown State came away with set one, 25-23.

Set 2

The Buckeyes and Penguins went back and forth and a kill from Jones and a block by Jones and Schoonover gave Ohio State the two point lead, 10-8.
Schoonover's sixth kill of the match extended the Buckeye lead to four, 15-11.
A 5-2 run for the Buckeyes extended their lead over the Penguins, 20-13, and forced Youngstown State into calling a timeout.
Bailey Nakanelua had a sneaky attack to ice the 25-18 set two win for the Buckeyes to tie the match, 1-1.

Set 3

Two early kills from Schoonover in the third set gave Ohio State the quick 5-3 lead over the Penguins.
Kills from Jones, Schoonover, Nakanelua and Govou gave the Buckeyes a four-point lead, 14-10.
Jones' 10^th kill of the match kept the Buckeyes ahead, 19-17, but the Penguins went a on a 4-0 run to take the lead, 21-19. The Penguins went on to win the set, 25-21, and reclaim the match lead, 2-1.

Set 4

Tied 5-5 in set four, the Buckeyes went on a 7-0 run, which included kills from Jones, Jioshvili-Ravva, Govou, Schoonover and Aneta Valentova, to take a 12-5 lead over the Penguins.
After another kill from Schoonover and an error on the Penguins, the Buckeyes had a commanding nine-point lead, 21-12.
The Penguins would cut the Ohio State lead to three, 24-21, but a kill from Valentova won the set for the Buckeyes, 25-21, and sent the match to set five.

Set 5

Govou opened set five with back-to-back kills and the Buckeyes led the Penguins, 10-5, quickly.
Youngstown State came within two, 10-8, but kills from Schoonover and Govou gave the Buckeyes a four-point advantage, 12-8.
Ohio State allowed the Penguins just two more points in the set and the Buckeyes went on a 3-0 run, which included two more kills from Govou, to win set five, 15-10, and the match, 3-2.

Buckeyes by the Numbers

Govou led the Buckeyes with 20 kills to tie her career-high.
Schoonover added a career-high 15 kills. She also added 11 digs to recorded a double-double.
Jones and Jioshvili-Ravva each had 14 kills for the Buckeyes.
Emily Avshalomov had a team-high and career-high 27 digs.
Nakanelua recorded her second straight double-double with 10 digs and a career-high 61 assists.

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