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Women’s Volleyball Secures Big 10 Victory Vs. Northwestern
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The 19th ranked Buckeyes women’s volleyball team stopped Northwestern in a three-set victory to pick up their first Big Ten win, 11th overall (11-4 & 1-2 Big 10). Playing in Columbus to a well-received crowd of enthusiastic supporters, the Buckeyes would not disappoint.
Valeria León dominated defensively as she averaged over seven digs per set, having 22 in total as the Buckeyes out-dug the Wildcats (7-8, 0-3 Big 10) by 50% (60-40).
León has now upped her career digs total to 1,494 – just 78 away from matching the school record held by Stacey Gordon (1,572 digs; 2001-04).
A formidable blocking unit produced six stuffs before intermission and helped to keep Northwestern at bay with a .085 attack percentage. The Buckeyes commanded with a .257 along with a 14-kill advantage (44 to 30). Luisa Schirmer and Taylor Sandbothe would each terminate 13 kills. Schirmer notched her third double-double of the year with 10 digs while Sandbothe accounted for 4.5 more points with her five block assists as she also produced a pair of service aces.
The Buckeyes seemingly owns Northwestern in their overall match-up(s), 53-20. In St John’s the advantage is quite remarkable, 28-6 mark. The Buckeyes have won the last four consecutive matches against the Wildcats.
SET 1: The Buckeyes came out of the gates with an impressive run, a 5-1 surge. But the Wildcats would not be so slack as they battled hard to go ahead 9-8. The Buckeyes then would turn it around with four tallies in a row. Before this set concluded the Buckeyes would knock-off three consecutive points or more on five separate occasions – the last breaking an 18-18 stand-still. It raised the Buckeyes to a 22-18 advantage, keeping them ahead for good. OSU won the set 25-21.
SET 2: It quickly seemed as if, for some odd reason, Northwestern lost some gas in this set. The back and forth that represented Set One – wasn’t in the making here. The Buckeyes owned 16 of the final 22 rallies as they strolled to a 25-12 whitewashing. The Buckeyes stuffed the Wildcats five times and dug 22 balls. Northwestern showed a negative hitting efficiency by the ending buzzer, -.077. A six-point stretch for freshman Camry Halm at the service stripe locked the set to the Buckeyes favor late in the set.
SET 3: This would be different – as Northwestern came out with the intent to express that they were no push-over – building an edge as large as 11-5. But the Buckeyes took a deep breath and stepped up to their potential after burning a timeout in order to recover. And recover they in fact did – bring it to an even 22-22. The door was closed on the Wildcats with a thrilling final set as the Buckeyes posted a 28-26 set win.
OSU again hits the road. They now travel to Lincoln, Nebraska, meeting up with the nations # 1 team, Saturday (Oct., 1st @ 8:30 p.m. ET.)
See you there!
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jcollingsworth via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
The 19th ranked Buckeyes women’s volleyball team stopped Northwestern in a three-set victory to pick up their first Big Ten win, 11th overall (11-4 & 1-2 Big 10). Playing in Columbus to a well-received crowd of enthusiastic supporters, the Buckeyes would not disappoint.
Valeria León dominated defensively as she averaged over seven digs per set, having 22 in total as the Buckeyes out-dug the Wildcats (7-8, 0-3 Big 10) by 50% (60-40).
León has now upped her career digs total to 1,494 – just 78 away from matching the school record held by Stacey Gordon (1,572 digs; 2001-04).
A formidable blocking unit produced six stuffs before intermission and helped to keep Northwestern at bay with a .085 attack percentage. The Buckeyes commanded with a .257 along with a 14-kill advantage (44 to 30). Luisa Schirmer and Taylor Sandbothe would each terminate 13 kills. Schirmer notched her third double-double of the year with 10 digs while Sandbothe accounted for 4.5 more points with her five block assists as she also produced a pair of service aces.
The Buckeyes seemingly owns Northwestern in their overall match-up(s), 53-20. In St John’s the advantage is quite remarkable, 28-6 mark. The Buckeyes have won the last four consecutive matches against the Wildcats.
SET 1: The Buckeyes came out of the gates with an impressive run, a 5-1 surge. But the Wildcats would not be so slack as they battled hard to go ahead 9-8. The Buckeyes then would turn it around with four tallies in a row. Before this set concluded the Buckeyes would knock-off three consecutive points or more on five separate occasions – the last breaking an 18-18 stand-still. It raised the Buckeyes to a 22-18 advantage, keeping them ahead for good. OSU won the set 25-21.
SET 2: It quickly seemed as if, for some odd reason, Northwestern lost some gas in this set. The back and forth that represented Set One – wasn’t in the making here. The Buckeyes owned 16 of the final 22 rallies as they strolled to a 25-12 whitewashing. The Buckeyes stuffed the Wildcats five times and dug 22 balls. Northwestern showed a negative hitting efficiency by the ending buzzer, -.077. A six-point stretch for freshman Camry Halm at the service stripe locked the set to the Buckeyes favor late in the set.
SET 3: This would be different – as Northwestern came out with the intent to express that they were no push-over – building an edge as large as 11-5. But the Buckeyes took a deep breath and stepped up to their potential after burning a timeout in order to recover. And recover they in fact did – bring it to an even 22-22. The door was closed on the Wildcats with a thrilling final set as the Buckeyes posted a 28-26 set win.
OSU again hits the road. They now travel to Lincoln, Nebraska, meeting up with the nations # 1 team, Saturday (Oct., 1st @ 8:30 p.m. ET.)
See you there!
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