Buckeyes Win Big Ten Opener at Iowa

Friday, September 25

Iowa City, Iowa

7 p.m.

Ohio State

8-3,1-0Big Ten

Iowa

11-4,0-1Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Ohio St.	22	25	25	25	3
Iowa	25	22	22	23	1

Buckeyes Win Big Ten Opener at Iowa

9/25/2026 9:48:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women's volleyball team (8-3, 1-0 Big Ten) opened Big Ten play with a 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23) victory over Iowa (11-4, 0-1 Big Ten) on Friday. It is the Buckeyes' first victory in their Big Ten opener since 2022, when they also defeated the Hawkeyes.

Match Recap
Set 1

The Buckeyes went on an early 6-0 run, which included two kills each from Kalli Jioshvili-Ravva and Naomy Govou, to take a 7-4 lead over the Hawkeyes.
At the media timeout, Ohio State had a 15-12 lead, but the Hawkeyes went on a 3-0 run coming out of the timeout to tie things up, 15-15.
The score was tied five more times in the first set, but the Hawkeyes came away with the 25-22 win.

Set 2

The score was knotted five times early in set two before the Buckeyes took a two-point lead, 7-5, after kills from Govou and Hannah Jones.
The Buckeyes maintained a two-point lead, 15-13, going into the media timeout.
Tied again, 18-18, a kill from Govou and an ace from Bella Humphrey put Ohio State back ahead by two, 20-18.
After the score was once again tied, 22-22, the Buckeyes scored three straight points on two Hawkeye errors and a kill from Bailey Nakanelua to win set two, 25-22.

Set 3

The score was tied nine times before the set three media timeout, with Govou adding six more kills before the timeout.
Trailing by two, 19-17, an Iowa attack error and a block from Lauren Wiese and Jones tied the score, 19-19.
Two kills from Jones kept things tied up, 21-21.
Tied once again, 22-22, an ace and a kill from Jioshvili-Ravva put Ohio State in the lead, 24-22, and Govou's 21^st kill of the match secured the 25-22 set three victory.

Set 4

The Buckeyes and the Hawkeyes went back and forth in the fourth set. Trailing by three, 11-8, kills from Wiese, Jioshvili-Ravva and Jones tied the score, 11-11.
Once again behind by three, 16-13, the Buckeyes went on a 4-0 run, which included kills from Alia Schoonover and Govou, to take the lead, 17-16.
The score was tied four more times. Knotted at 23 points apiece, kill from Jioshvili-Ravva and Schoonover iced the 25-23 set victory, and 3-1 match win, for the Buckeyes.

Buckeyes by the Numbers

Govou led the Buckeyes with a career-high 24 kills. She also added 10 digs to notch her second double-double of the season.
Jioshvili-Ravva and Jones each added 12 kills for the Buckeyes.
Emily Avshalomov and Mia Stahler led the team in digs with 15 each.
Nakanelua had a team-high 37 assists and Mia Tuman added 17 assists.

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