No. 8 Ohio State Sweeps Indiana in Covelli
9/29/2021 9:31:03 PM | Women's Volleyball
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s volleyball team (11-2, 1-2 Big) swept Indiana (7-8, 1-2 Big) on Wednesday night in the Big Ten home opener, earning 25-10, 27-25 and 25-20 set wins.
How it Happened
Ohio State scored first and jumped out to an early 8-3 lead to force an Indiana timeout. The Buckeyes extended the lead to 10-3 before the Hoosiers broke the scoring run. OSU stretched its lead to 18-8 before IU would take its second timeout of the set. The Buckeyes took the first set by a 25-10 margin on a kill from Mia Grunze.
The Buckeyes got the first point in the second set and the Hoosiers tied the set at four points aside. The set was also tied at five before Ohio State scored back-to-back points. A trio of service aces gave OSU a 12-8 lead. The Hoosiers would get within two at 12-10 and eventually trimmed the lead to one at 14-13. The Buckeyes scored to lead 15-13 at the media timeout. Indiana tied the set at 15 and took its first lead of the evening at 17-16. The Hoosiers’ 6-2 run out of the media timeout forced the Buckeyes to take a timeout trailing 19-17. OSU tied the set at 19 to force an IU timeout. After being tied at 20, Ohio State took the 22-20 lead but Indiana would score back-to-back to tie the set at 24 and force extra play. OSU won the set by a 27-25 margin on an Indiana attack error.
Indiana scored first for the first time of the match and took an early 5-3 lead. A 5-0 run by the Buckeyes gave OSU an 8-5 lead. Indiana would continue to battle as Ohio State held a narrow 15-14 lead at the media timeout. The Buckeyes scored the next two points but the Hoosiers would come back to tie the set at 18. OSU took a 20-18 lead to force an IU timeout. The Buckeyes owned five of the final seven points and sealed the 25-20 set win on a block by Arica Davis and Emily Londot.
Highlights
S1: Mia Grunze/Rylee Rader block
S1: Emily Londot/Arica Davis block
S1: Set point (Mia Grunze kill)
S2: Set point (Indiana error)
S3: Arica Davis/Emily Londot block
S3: Mia Grunze kill
S3: Match point (Emily Londot/Arica Davis block)
Match Notes
- This is the ninth time the Buckeyes have limited opponents to hitting less than .200.
- This is the fifth match that Ohio State has totaled at least 10 blocks this season.
- This is OSU’s eighth sweep of the season.
- Arica Davis has recorded at least two blocks in every match this season. Tonight she finished with six blocks, the fifth time she’s recorded at least five.
- Mia Grunze was the first in the match to reach 10 kills, doing so for the fifth time this season.
- Emily Londot reached double figure kills for the 10th time this season.
- Set one: The Buckeyes defense forced the Hoosiers to hit in the red (-.034) in the set.
- Set one: Ohio State hit .565 (14 kills on 23 attacks with only one error) during the set.
- Set one: OSU led the entirety of the set.
- Set two: Ohio State had four service aces in the set – two by Emily Londot and one each by Gabby Gonzales and Sydney Taylor.
- Set two: The set was tied eight times – four, five, 15, 16, 19, 20, 24 and 25.
- Set three: Ohio State tallied five of its blocks in the third set.
What They Said
Senior outside hitter Mia Grunze
“Home games are always fun. Ohio State fans are the best so it’s always fun to play at home. It was important that we flipped the switch after this weekend. We knew that Indiana was going to come in and challenge us so I think we did exactly that.”
Grunze on what the team can learn from the beginning of Big Ten play
“I think it was a reminder to keep working hard every day. No matter what anyone says, you have to make everyday count. Go into the gym with the mindset to get better. It’s going to be hard but we want to do what we want to do.”
Grunze on coming out onto the court ready
“We were ready to come out and play hard. The middles were drawing the block a lot tonight and I was getting some good balls so a lot of it was one-on-one which gives me a lot to work with. Props to [the middles].”
Junior libero Kylie Murr
“I was really excited to see how we would respond [to last weekend] and I think we did a really good job. We did the things we worked on in practice and transferred them to the court so I’m really proud of my team.”
Murr on the Big Ten
“The Big Ten is big and the Big Ten is really good. We learned that we have to be the aggressors and we have to be the aggressors from the service line, at the net – we can’t go soft like we maybe did in non-conference. We learned that we have to stay aggressive no matter who we’re playing.”
Murr on being named one of the NCAA’s top 10 liberos
“My team motivates me. That’s always fun to look at. It’s always cool that people think that of me but it just means I’m doing my job. That’s what I’m here to do and I’m here to do that for my team. Yeah it’s cool to see that but it just means I’m doing my job.”
Up Next
Ohio State hosts Maryland on Saturday night inside Covelli for a 7 p.m. match. The match will be broadcast live on BTN+.
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