Ohio State 3, Michigan 2

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No. 24 Women's Volleyball Rallies to Defeat Michigan, 3-2
Ohio State's Anna Szerszen scores a career-high 29.5 points in the victory

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 24th ranked Ohio State (15-5, 5-5 Big Ten) women's volleyball team, for the second time this season, rallied to win, 3-2, after trailing Michigan (16-7, 3-7), 2-1 in the match. The Buckeyes did it earlier this month, at home, against Wisconsin. OSU's Anna Szerszen (Fr., Conflans Ste Hne, France) had a match/career-high 29.5 points in the match with Danielle Meyer (Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio) adding 18 for the Buckeyes. Szerszen had a career-high 27 kills, adding two solos blocks and one assist. Meyer had 15 kills, a solo block and four assists. Michigan's Lyndsay Miller scored a team-high 24.5 points with Katie Bruzdzinski adding 14. Miller had 19 kills, an ace serve, a solo block and seven assists. Bruzdzinski had 13 kills and two assist blocks.

Michigan took a 3-0 lead in game one with kills from Bruzdzinski and Stesha Selsky and an OSU error. The Wolverines expanded the lead to 8-3 before a five point Buckeye run tied the game at eight. The run included kills by Marisa Main (Sr., Louisville, Ky.) and Felicia Jones (Sr., Concord, Ont.), a block by Jones and two Michigan errors. A Miller kill, a Beth Karpiak-Selsky block and an OSU error gave Michigan an 11-8 lead. The Wolverines would expand the lead to five at 18-13. Ohio State would close to within two at 25-23, but at 28-26, an OSU error set game point at 29-28. A Szerszen kill made it 29-27 but Karpiak closed out the game with a kill for a 30-27 win. Michigan hit .217 for the game to .205 for Ohio State.

Ohio State took a 6-0 lead in game two with the help of four Michigan errors, a Meyer kill and a Briana McCarthy (Sr., Beaver Dan, Wis.)-Kristen Dozier (Fr., Sandy Spring, Md.) block. At 9-4, the Buckeyes scored seven straight points to open a 16-4 lead. At 29-24, a solo block by Meyer ended the game at 30-14, tying the match at one game each. Ohio State hit .433 to .049 for Michigan.

Michigan began game three with a 7-1 run, highlighted by three Wolverine blocks and a Miller kill. Trailing 18-11, Ohio State had a 6-1 run to trail by two at 19-17. Three Meyer kills, two by McCarthy and a McCarthy-Jones block were in the run. Two OSU errors and a Miller ace serve gave Michigan a 22-17 lead. A Szerszen kill and a Wolverine error cut the lead to three at 22-19. Michigan, at 24-21, scored five straight points to reach game point at 29-21. The run included two kills by Erin Penn, a Megan Bower ace serve and a Penn-Miller block. OSU made it 29-22 with a Szerszen kill. Penn ended the game at 30-22 with a kill to give Michigan a 2-1 lead in the match. The Wolverines hit .261 for the game to .067 for Ohio State.

Tied at two in game four, two ace serves from Megan Bower and a Penn-Miller block gave Michigan a 5-2 lead. OSU continued to trail and at 12-11, a McCarthy kill tied the game at 12. Tied at 15, Wolverine kills by Karpiak and Veronica Rood and an OSU error put Michigan ahead, 18-15. A Szerszen kill and a Wolverine error made it 18-17. At 20-19, Michigan, kills by Bruzdzinski and Miller made it 22-19. Buckeye kills by McCarthy and Meyer cut the Michigan lead to one at 22-21. At 24-23, Michigan, a Miller kill gave the Wolverines a two-point lead at 25-23. Ohio State then scored the next five points with two kills by Szerszen and Meyer and a Szerszen solo block to lead 28-25. An OSU error made it 28-26. A Szerszen kill set game point at 29-26. A Wolverine error ended the game at 30-26, OSU, to tie the match at two games each. Ohio State hit .419 in the game to .222 for Michigan.

Tied at two in game five, a Penn kill and an OSU error gave Michigan a 4-2 lead. Buckeye kills by Jones and Szerszen tied the game at four. Michigan took a 5-4 lead with a Penn-Miller block. A Michigan error, a Main kill and an ace serve by Ami Stevens (Jr., Centerburg, Ohio) opened a 7-5 Buckeye lead. Two kills each by Michigan's Miller and Ohio State's Szerszen moved the score to 9-7. OSU blocks by Meyer-Dozier and McCarthy-Dozier and a Michigan error put Ohio State ahead, 12-7. A Selsky kill and an OSU error moved the score to 12-9. Buckeye kills from Szerszen and Meyer set match point for Ohio State at 14-9. The Buckeyes won the game with a McCarthy-Jones block, winning the match, 3-2. Ohio State hit .400 for the game to .062 for Michigan.

For the match, Ohio State hit .296 to Michigan's .170. Ohio State had a 75-59 advantage in kills while the Wolverines had a 5-4 edge in ace serves. The Wolverines gave up 11 service errors to seven for Ohio State. Defensively, Ohio State had a 71-56 margin in digs. OSU's Main had a match-high 18 digs in the match. At the net, the Buckeyes had a 17-13 advantage in team blocks. Michigan's Miller recorded a match-high eight blocks with a solo and seven assists. OSU setter Main had a match-high 63 assists while Michigan's Selsky recorded 45.

Ohio State returns to the road next week to face Minnesota Friday at 8 p.m. ET and Wisconsin Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.


Volleyball Box Score
2006 Ohio State Women's Volleyball
Michigan vs #24 Ohio State (Oct 22, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)

Michigan | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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1 Bruzdzinski, Katie.. 5| 13 7 35 .171| 2| 0 3| 0| 11| 0 2 0| 0| 14.0
2 Karpiak, Beth....... 5| 6 4 24 .083| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 5 0| 0| 8.5
4 Selsky, Stesha...... 5| 6 5 18 .056| 45| 0 1| 0| 7| 0 3 0| 0| 7.5
9 Penn, Erin.......... 5| 7 6 22 .045| 0| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 6 0| 0| 10.0
14 Miller, Lyndsay..... 5| 19 3 35 .457| 0| 1 1| 0| 2| 1 7 0| 0| 24.5
16 Hance, Kerry........ 5| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 2| 0| 8| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
5 Bower, Megan........ 5| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 4 1| 0| 17| 0 0 0| 0| 4.0
7 Raschke, Liz........ 5| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 3| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
10 Draves, Sarah....... 2| 3 1 11 .182| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 3.0
11 Rood, Veronica...... 5| 5 4 25 .040| 2| 0 0| 2| 3| 0 1 0| 0| 5.5
17 Martin, Mara........ 1| 0 0 0 .000| 4| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
TEAM................ | | | | 2| | | | 0.0
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Totals.............. 5| 59 30 171 .170| 54| 5 11| 4| 56| 1 24 0| 0| 77.0

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 15 5 46 .217 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 TEAM RECORDS
2 10 8 41 .049 Michigan............ (2) 30 14 30 26 9 16-7, BT 3-7
3 12 6 23 .261 Ohio State.......... (3) 27 30 22 30 15 15-5, BT 5-5
4 16 6 45 .222
5 6 5 16 .062

Ohio State | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN
## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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6 Meyer, Danielle..... 5| 15 10 40 .125| 2| 0 1| 2| 13| 1 4 0| 0| 18.0
8 McCarthy, Briana.... 5| 14 2 26 .462| 0| 0 1| 0| 3| 1 5 0| 0| 17.5
9 Jones, Felicia...... 5| 8 1 13 .538| 2| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 6 0| 0| 12.0
12 Dozier, Kristen..... 5| 4 1 6 .500| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 5 2| 2| 7.5
13 Main, Marisa........ 5| 7 2 14 .357| 63| 1 1| 0| 18| 0 1 0| 0| 8.5
14 Szerszen, Anna...... 5| 27 11 62 .258| 0| 0 1| 0| 11| 2 1 0| 0| 29.5
3 Tengnas, Anna....... 5| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
7 Stevens, Ami........ 5| 0 0 1 .000| 1| 3 2| 1| 16| 0 0 0| 0| 3.0
15 Kiel, Ashley........ 5| 0 0 0 .000| 3| 0 0| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
TEAM................ | | | | 2| | | | 0.0
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Totals.............. 5| 75 27 162 .296| 71| 4 7| 5| 71| 6 22 2| 2| 96.0

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 17.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 17 8 44 .205 Site: Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena)
2 15 2 30 .433 Date: Oct 22, 2006 Attend: 1980 Time: 2:20
3 13 11 30 .067 Referees: Tom Pingel, Rick Martin
4 22 4 43 .419
5 8 2 15 .400

[Thrill of the 'ville]

I'm glad to hear that because I hate M*ch*gan

[ohiostatetad]

amacsarmy said:

I'm glad to hear that because I hate M*ch*gan

You crack me up.

Wow, what a match. In the three games OSU won, they played like nuts possessed. In the other two, they couldn't purchase a break (primarily their own fault). UM's Miller (#14) is an absolute stud. She was easily the best player on the court today. Why she spent so much time on the bench is staggering. That right there was the reason UM lost.

17 Blocks for the Buckeyes? Boy, those sounded SWEET!

And unbelievably, that former Buckeye -- now UM traitor -- Leisa Rosen did what I've been asking for years: she ran a comb through her hair before the match. ;D

[Thrill of the 'ville]

ohiostatetad said:

amacsarmy said:

I'm glad to hear that because I hate M*ch*gan

You crack me up.

Seriously though, when I was little the first thing my dad taught me was Ohio State = good, M*ch*gan = evil.

[bucky415]

Michigan is now in real trouble when it comes to making the NCAAs. They are 3-7 in the league and have to play six road matches in the second half. Even worse for them, the home matches are OSU, PSU, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They really need to play well in the second half. The Buckeyes seem to have righted things a bit, but they need to find a lineup that works and stay with it.

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So Stevens is back at libero. Was Meyer ever moved to the middle and can I assume she's hitting outside again?

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ruffda said:

So Stevens is back at libero. Was Meyer ever moved to the middle and can I assume she's hitting outside again?

Yes³

[bomber]

bucky415 said:

Michigan is now in real trouble when it comes to making the NCAAs. They are 3-7 in the league and have to play six road matches in the second half. Even worse for them, the home matches are OSU, PSU, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They really need to play well in the second half. The Buckeyes seem to have righted things a bit, but they need to find a lineup that works and stay with it.

Michigan needs to play way better volleybal in the second half....I can't see them going to the NCAA's with 13 or 14 conference losses, regardless of their string of wins early in the preseason.

[fanofbigten]

Hey stated, do you know what "big" recruits were there visiting this weekend? I know OSU had several of their class members for next year visiting and their 2008 player in Barhorst, but I saw some new faces as well. Maybe there is still a spot open for another 2007 player? I thought this match was really a battle and had some great points and rallies. Michigan brought in the big Draves player to replace the freshman outside Rood and has some good points. I thought they would have left her in there to block against McCarthy who had a good match.

[Gorf]

bomber said:

bucky415 said:

Michigan is now in real trouble when it comes to making the NCAAs. They are 3-7 in the league and have to play six road matches in the second half. Even worse for them, the home matches are OSU, PSU, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They really need to play well in the second half. The Buckeyes seem to have righted things a bit, but they need to find a lineup that works and stay with it.

Michigan needs to play way better volleybal in the second half....I can't see them going to the NCAA's with 13 or 14 conference losses, regardless of their string of wins early in the preseason.

The worst conference record a Big 10 team has had and still received an invitation to the NCAA tournament was 7-13 and that was Michigan in 1999 when 8 Big 10 teams were invited.

So they'd need to go 4-6 in the 2nd half just to have a minimal chance of getting an invitation this year and 7-3 to have a nearly gauranteed chance of getting an invitation.

Since the Big 10 isn't likely to get nearly 8 teams invited this year I doubt 4-6 to get them to 7-13 would be good enough and going 5-5 to end up 8-12 would still be a pretty small chance for them to get an invitation.

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fanofbigten said:

Hey stated, do you know what "big" recruits were there visiting this weekend? I know OSU had several of their class members for next year visiting and their 2008 player in Barhorst, but I saw some new faces as well. Maybe there is still a spot open for another 2007 player? I thought this match was really a battle and had some great points and rallies. Michigan brought in the big Draves player to replace the freshman outside Rood and has some good points. I thought they would have left her in there to block against McCarthy who had a good match.

Well, I did notice young female strange faces talking to the coaches on Fri and Sun, but I couldn't tell you who/what/why. I do know that OSU is getting an amazing Gordonesque athlete next year (to compliment the senior class). Like I said, UM's Miller had truly sick numbers: 19 kills on 3 errors, 45% 4.5 blocks. I would play her front, back, hallway, watergirl, referee... anything to keep her on the court. When she was there, UM stuck it to OSU. See? Rosen married a Buckeye, and he sees through scarlet-colored eyes. The other thing I say is Szerszen had 11 errors... but 27 kills! She only hit .258, but that's enough to contribute to a win. I'll take it. The more I watch her, the more I like her --uh-- moxie (I can't spell that French phrase.. you know the one.. Jenny St. Croix or something like that).

Again, my prediction this weekend: Brutus versus Bucky will come down to Szerszen vs Dolgner. Whichever Hoss has the better game.

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Jenny St. Croix is correct. She has that certain Jenny St. Croix.

Pearly view French? Tray magnet feet!

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ruffda said:

Jenny St. Croix is correct. She has that certain Jenny St. Croix.

Pearly view French? Tray magnet feet!

We, we Miss Yer! I pearly view France, eh?

[standingroomonly1]

ohiostatetad said:

ruffda said:

Jenny St. Croix is correct. She has that certain Jenny St. Croix.

Pearly view French? Tray magnet feet!

We, we Miss Yer! I pearly view France, eh?

Oh you're French Canadian!!

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standingroomonly1 said:

ohiostatetad said:

We, we Miss Yer! I pearly view France, eh?

Oh you're French Canadian!!

BOOOOOOOOOO! ;D