Ohio State Makes Third-Consecutive NCAA Regionals Appearance
12/7/2022 11:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
NCAA Regionals (Information Hub)
Dates: Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 and Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022
Venues: Gregory Gym (Austin, Texas)
Matches:
- Thursday: #3 Ohio State vs. #2 Minnesota (12 p.m. ET) | Live Stats | ESPN2
- Thursday: #1 Texas vs. #4 Marquette (30 minutes after match one) | Live Stats | ESPN2
- Saturday (regional finals): the winners of the Saturday matches (6 p.m. ET) | ESPNU
Rosters: Ohio State | Marquette | Minnesota | Texas
Game Notes/Statistics: Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 10 Ohio State women's volleyball team (20-9, 15-5 B1G) makes its third-consecutive NCAA regional appearance this week, traveling to top-seeded Texas.
The Buckeyes will face second-seeded Minnesota in the regional semifinals on Thursday at noon ET with the winner advancing to Saturday's regional finals against the winner of top-seeded Texas vs. fourth-seeded Marquette. Thursday's match will be broadcast on ESPN2.
- Ohio State holds a 21-9 overall record after earning a sweep (25-21, 25-17, 25-16) against six-seeded USC in the NCAA second round, hosted in Covelli.
- The Buckeyes earned a No. 3 seed in the tournament with the top eight teams in each region being seeded this season, making their 25th NCAA Tournament appearance. This is Ohio State's third-consecutive regional semifinal appearance and 19th overall.
- Emily Londot was named AVCA Northeast Player of the Year and was joined on the AVCA All-Region Team by Kylie Murr and Mac Podraza. Gabby Gonzales received an honorable mention.
- Murr was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Podraza the Big Ten Setter of the Year following the conclusion of the regular season, both being the first in program history to win their respective awards.
- Ohio State had the sixth-highest average home attendance during the regular season (3,680), just 20 shy of a sell-out.
- Minnesota enters the match with a 22-8 overall record and is on a five-match win streak.
- This is Minnesota's 27th NCAA Tournament appearance and holds a 61-26 all-time record in the tournament.
- The Gophers hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, sweeping Southeastern Louisiana (25-21, 25-18, 25-14) in the first round and UNI (25-18, 25-16, 25-15) in the second round.
- Last season, Minnesota made it to the regional finals before being swept by a Wisconsin team that went on to win a national championship.
- Ohio State trails 35-50 in the all-time series against Minnesota and is 2-5 when facing the Gophers at a neutral site.
- The teams have not met at a neutral site since Sept. 9, 1989 at the Cal State Fullerton Tournament when the Buckeyes lost in four sets (14-16, 12-15, 15-11, 8-15) and have never met at a neutral site in the NCAA Tournament.
- Marquette enters the regional rounds with a 29-3 overall record and went 17-1 in Big East play.
- The Eagles fell to No. 15 Creighton in the Big East Championship match in five sets (25-16, 20-25, 18-25, 22-21, 12-15).
- Marquette earned back-to-back sweeps to begin the NCAA Tournament, beating Ball State in the first round and fifth-seed Georgia Tech in the second round to advance to the program's second regional appearance.
- Last season, the Eagles lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Dayton after falling in the Big East Championship to Creighton.
- Texas holds a 24-1 overall record and a 15-1 Big 12 record coming into the regional semifinals, with the lone loss on the season coming in five sets at Iowa State back on Oct. 19.
- The Longhorns also earned two sweeps to begin the NCAA Tournament, taking care of Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round and Georgia in the second round.
- Last season, Texas fell to Nebraska in the regional finals after sweeping Sacred Heart and Rice in the first and second rounds and winning in five sets against Washington in the regional semifinals.
- The Longhorns are making their 17th-consecutive NCAA regional semifinal appearance – the program's 39th overall NCAA Tournament appearance. Texas is 106-36 all-time in the tournament.
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