Buckeyes Dominate Cavaliers in Straight Sets

Saturday, September 19

Charlottesville, Va.

2 p.m.

Ohio State

7-3,0-0Big Ten

Virginia

4-5,0-0ACC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Ohio St.	25	25	25	3
Virginia	19	17	11	0

Buckeyes Dominate Cavaliers in Straight Sets

9/19/2026 5:04:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (7-3) dominated Virginia (4-5) on Saturday in three sets (25-19, 25-17, 25-11) to sweep its two-game series with the Cavaliers.

Match Recap
Set 1

The Buckeyes went on a 14-5 run, which included four kills from Hannah Jones, three kills from Naomy Govou and aces from Govou and Bailey Nakanelua, to open the first set.
The Cavaliers cut the Ohio State lead to two, 18-16, but kills from Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva and Jones put the Buckeyes ahead by four, 20-16.
The Buckeyes allowed Virginia just three more points as a kill from Jioshvili-Ravva and an ace from Bella Humphrey secured the final two points in a 25-19 set one win.

Set 2

The Buckeyes opened the second set with a 7-0 run, which included four aces from Govou.
Back-to-back attacks from Govou kept the Buckeyes in the lead, 11-5.
A 4-0 run for the Buckeyes, which included three more kills for Govou and one from Alia Schoonover, extended the Ohio State lead to nine points, 15-6.
Schoonover had three more kills in the set and Govou added two more as the Buckeyes won set two, 25-17.

Set 3

The Buckeyes were dominant in set three, going on a 12-4 run to kick things off. Included in the run were three kills each from Jioshvili-Ravva and Schoonover.
Ohio State only allowed the Cavaliers seven more points in the third set. Match point was scored for the Buckeyes on a kill from Schoonover.

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