Buckeyes Open Big Ten Schedule at Iowa and No. 1 Nebraska
9/23/2026 3:29:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (7-3) opens Big Ten play this weekend with matches at Iowa (11-3) and at No. 1 Nebraska (10-0).
Match Information
Match Information
- The Buckeyes take on the Hawkeyes at Xtream Arena on Friday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. ET. The match will air on B1G+.
- Ohio State and the Cornhuskers will match up on Saturday, Aug. 26 at 9 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
- Tickets for the 2026 home season are now on sale with links for season tickets and single match tickets found below. Ohio State students receive free admission to regular season home matches with a valid BuckID. For more ticket information, be sure to contact the Ohio State Athletics Ticket Office by calling 1-800-GOBUCKS or emailing athletic.tix@osu.edu.
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- The Buckeyes closed out non-conference play with a two-match sweep of Virginia in Charlottesville.
- Ohio State took match one, 3-2 (25-22, 25-16, 20-25, 23-25, 15-11) on Friday night to improve to 3-1 in five-set matches.
- Naomy Govou led the Buckeyes with a career-high 23 kills. She also added 12 digs to record a double-double.
- Bailey Nakanelua had her third straight double-double with 43 assists and 15 digs and Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva also notched a double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs.
- The Buckeyes won the second match of the series in straight sets (25-19, 25=17, 25-11).
- Govou and Jioshvili-Ravva led the Buckeyes with 12 kills each and Govou had a career-high six aces.
- Hannah Jones leads the Buckeyes with 132 total kills (3.14 per set) and 153.5 points.
- Govou is averaging a team-best 3.41 kills per set and 3.75 points per set. She has 116 total kills and 127.5 points.
- Nakanelua leads the team with 225 total assists (10.23 per set). Mia Tuman is second in assists with 220 (9.17 per set).
- Alia Schoonover leads the team with 17 aces. She also leads the team in total blocks with 35 (five solo, 30 assists).
- Emily Avshalomov has a team-high 165 digs (3.93 per set).
- In the Big Ten, the Buckeyes rank second in digs (630), third in digs per set (15), fifth in kills (556) and fifth in assists (513).
- The Buckeyes return to the Covelli Center to host Rutgers on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m.
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