Post by weaver on Aug 25, 2007 12:26:00 GMT -5
16th Ranked Women’s Volleyball now 2-0 with 30-12, 30-19, 30-19 victory over Maine
Ohio State’s Briana McCarthy and Danielle Meyer share match-high honors with 17 points each.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 16th-ranked Ohio State (2-0) women’s volleyball team stand 2-0 on the season with a 3-0 (30-12, 30-19, 30-19) victory over the Maine Bears (0-2) in the second round of the Active Ankle Challenge in Muncie, Ind. Ohio State’s Briana McCarthy (Sr., Beaver Dam, Wis.) and Danielle Meyer (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio) shared match-high honors with 17 points each in the contest. McCarthy had 11 kills (.516), a career-tying five ace serves and a solo block while Meyer had a match-high 12 kills (.348), two ace serves and six assist blocks. Buckeye Katie Dull (Fr., Solon, Ohio) added 10.5 points recording eight kills (.583), two ace serve and an assist block. Maine’s Lindsay Allman had a team-high eight points for the Black Bears with eight kills.
Ohio State opened game one with a Kristen Dozier (So., Sandy Spring, Md.) kill, a McCarthy ace serve and two Maine errors to lead 4-0. Kills by Dozier, Dull and a Dull-Meyer block made it 8-3, OSU. Black Bear kills from Allman and Amy Lawson cut the margin to 8-5. The Buckeyes then scored seven straight points. The run began with a kill and ace serve from Dull and a Kaila Calhoun (Fr., Elkhart, Ind.) kill. At 11-5, the run continued with kills by Meyer and Hone and an Ami Stevens (Sr., Centerburg, Ohio) ace serve. At 24-12, Ohio State scored the final six points of the game starting with a Meyer kill. Anna Szerszen (So., Conflans Ste Hne, France) recorded an ace serve and a Meyer-Betsy Hone (Fr., Celina, Ohio) block made it 27-12. Three McCarthy kills closed out the game at 30-12. Ohio State hit .483 for the game and held the Black Bears to -.069.
Maine, with a Jennifer Domer kill and an OSU error, took a 2-0 lead in game two. With Ohio State trailing, 11-8, the Buckeyes scored the next seven points to take a 15-11 lead. The run began with a Dozier kill and back-to-back service aces from McCarthy to tie the game at 11. Three Maine errors and a Meyer kill gave Ohio State a four-point lead. A Buckeye error and an Allman kill cut the lead to two at 15-13. OSU responded with two kills each from Dozier and Meyer and one from Szerszen to open a 20-13 lead. At 22-15, the Buckeyes started a four-point run with a Meyer-Szerszen block. A Meyer kill, a Meyer-Ashley Hughes (So., Carroll, Ohio) block and a Szerszen ace serve took the lead to 11 at 26-15. With Ohio State leading 27-17, two kills from Meyer set game point at 29-17. Maine stopped two game points with a kill and ace serve by Domer. OSU closed out the game on the third game point with a McCarthy kill to win, 30-19. The Buckeyes hit .333 for the game to .233 for the Black Bears.
A kill and ace serve by McCarthy gave Ohio State a 2-0 lead in game three. Leading, 4-2, a Dozier kill took the Buckeye lead to three. The Black Bears, with two kills from Allman and an OSU error tied the game at five. At seven-all, a Buckeye error and a Brittany Kiehl solo block gave Main a 9-7 lead. Trailing, 12-10, Ohio State used a Dull kill and a Calhoun ace serve to tie the game. Dull, with a kill, gave Ohio State a 13-12 lead. Main responded with an Allman kill to tie the game at 13. Dull, with two kills, and a Black Bear error gave Ohio State a 16-13 lead. A Buckeye error cut the margin to 16-14. A Meyer kill and a Dull ace serve started a five-point run for Ohio State. A Maine error and kills from Meyer and Dull completed the run to give Ohio State a 21-14 lead. At 24-17, OSU, two Maine errors took the lead to nine at 26-17. A Buckeye error cut the lead to 26-18. The Buckeyes, with a Calhoun kill and a Maine error expanded the lead to 10 at 28-18. Service errors by both teams set match point at 29-19. Ohio State won the game, 30-19, with a Dull kill to win the match, 3-0. The Buckeyes hit .290 for the game to .071 for Maine.
For the match, Ohio State hit .364 to .080 for the Black Bears. OSU had a 49-23 advantage in kills and a 15 to one margin in ace serves. OSU’s McCarthy had five aces with Szerszen adding three. Defensively, the Buckeyes had a 37-32 edge in digs with OSU’s Calhoun collecting a match-high 12. At the net, the Buckeyes enjoyed an eight to three advantage in team blocks with Buckeye Meyer recording a match-high six assists. OSU’s Hone recorded a match-high 22 assists with Hughes adding 16. Maine’s Paige Tortorello has 16 assists for the Black Bears.
Ohio State completes play in the Challenge this evening when the Buckeyes face host Ball State at 7:30 p.m.
Short Box Score (Match)
2007 Ohio State Women's Volleyball
#16 Ohio State vs Maine (Aug 25, 2007 at Muncie, Ind.)
Ohio State def. Maine 30-12,30-19,30-19
Ohio State (2-0) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Meyer, Danielle 12-2-6;
McCarthy, Briana 11-5-1; Dull, Katie 8-2-1; Dozier, Kristen 8-0-1;
Calhoun, Kaila 4-2-0; Szerszen, Anna 4-3-1; Hone, Betsy 2-0-3; Hughes,
Ashley 0-0-1; Stevens, Ami 0-1-0; Totals 49-15-8.0. (Assists) - Hone,
Betsy 22; Hughes, Ashley 16. (Dig leaders) - Calhoun, Kaila 12;
Stevens, Ami 8
Maine (0-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Allman, Lindsay 8-0-0; Wolfenden,
Jessica 5-0-1; Domer, Jennifer 5-1-0; Kiehl, Brittany 2-0-1;
Armstrong, Amanda 1-0-2; Tortorello, Paige 1-0-0; Lawson, Amy 1-0-0;
Totals 23-1-3.0. (Assists) - Tortorello, Paige 16. (Dig leaders) -
Wright, Ashlee 10; Allman, Lindsay 9
Site: Muncie, Ind. (Worthen Arena)
Date: Aug 25, 2007 Attend: Time: 1:19
Referees: Kos Mobareki, Mike Rolfes
Ohio State’s Briana McCarthy and Danielle Meyer share match-high honors with 17 points each.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 16th-ranked Ohio State (2-0) women’s volleyball team stand 2-0 on the season with a 3-0 (30-12, 30-19, 30-19) victory over the Maine Bears (0-2) in the second round of the Active Ankle Challenge in Muncie, Ind. Ohio State’s Briana McCarthy (Sr., Beaver Dam, Wis.) and Danielle Meyer (Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio) shared match-high honors with 17 points each in the contest. McCarthy had 11 kills (.516), a career-tying five ace serves and a solo block while Meyer had a match-high 12 kills (.348), two ace serves and six assist blocks. Buckeye Katie Dull (Fr., Solon, Ohio) added 10.5 points recording eight kills (.583), two ace serve and an assist block. Maine’s Lindsay Allman had a team-high eight points for the Black Bears with eight kills.
Ohio State opened game one with a Kristen Dozier (So., Sandy Spring, Md.) kill, a McCarthy ace serve and two Maine errors to lead 4-0. Kills by Dozier, Dull and a Dull-Meyer block made it 8-3, OSU. Black Bear kills from Allman and Amy Lawson cut the margin to 8-5. The Buckeyes then scored seven straight points. The run began with a kill and ace serve from Dull and a Kaila Calhoun (Fr., Elkhart, Ind.) kill. At 11-5, the run continued with kills by Meyer and Hone and an Ami Stevens (Sr., Centerburg, Ohio) ace serve. At 24-12, Ohio State scored the final six points of the game starting with a Meyer kill. Anna Szerszen (So., Conflans Ste Hne, France) recorded an ace serve and a Meyer-Betsy Hone (Fr., Celina, Ohio) block made it 27-12. Three McCarthy kills closed out the game at 30-12. Ohio State hit .483 for the game and held the Black Bears to -.069.
Maine, with a Jennifer Domer kill and an OSU error, took a 2-0 lead in game two. With Ohio State trailing, 11-8, the Buckeyes scored the next seven points to take a 15-11 lead. The run began with a Dozier kill and back-to-back service aces from McCarthy to tie the game at 11. Three Maine errors and a Meyer kill gave Ohio State a four-point lead. A Buckeye error and an Allman kill cut the lead to two at 15-13. OSU responded with two kills each from Dozier and Meyer and one from Szerszen to open a 20-13 lead. At 22-15, the Buckeyes started a four-point run with a Meyer-Szerszen block. A Meyer kill, a Meyer-Ashley Hughes (So., Carroll, Ohio) block and a Szerszen ace serve took the lead to 11 at 26-15. With Ohio State leading 27-17, two kills from Meyer set game point at 29-17. Maine stopped two game points with a kill and ace serve by Domer. OSU closed out the game on the third game point with a McCarthy kill to win, 30-19. The Buckeyes hit .333 for the game to .233 for the Black Bears.
A kill and ace serve by McCarthy gave Ohio State a 2-0 lead in game three. Leading, 4-2, a Dozier kill took the Buckeye lead to three. The Black Bears, with two kills from Allman and an OSU error tied the game at five. At seven-all, a Buckeye error and a Brittany Kiehl solo block gave Main a 9-7 lead. Trailing, 12-10, Ohio State used a Dull kill and a Calhoun ace serve to tie the game. Dull, with a kill, gave Ohio State a 13-12 lead. Main responded with an Allman kill to tie the game at 13. Dull, with two kills, and a Black Bear error gave Ohio State a 16-13 lead. A Buckeye error cut the margin to 16-14. A Meyer kill and a Dull ace serve started a five-point run for Ohio State. A Maine error and kills from Meyer and Dull completed the run to give Ohio State a 21-14 lead. At 24-17, OSU, two Maine errors took the lead to nine at 26-17. A Buckeye error cut the lead to 26-18. The Buckeyes, with a Calhoun kill and a Maine error expanded the lead to 10 at 28-18. Service errors by both teams set match point at 29-19. Ohio State won the game, 30-19, with a Dull kill to win the match, 3-0. The Buckeyes hit .290 for the game to .071 for Maine.
For the match, Ohio State hit .364 to .080 for the Black Bears. OSU had a 49-23 advantage in kills and a 15 to one margin in ace serves. OSU’s McCarthy had five aces with Szerszen adding three. Defensively, the Buckeyes had a 37-32 edge in digs with OSU’s Calhoun collecting a match-high 12. At the net, the Buckeyes enjoyed an eight to three advantage in team blocks with Buckeye Meyer recording a match-high six assists. OSU’s Hone recorded a match-high 22 assists with Hughes adding 16. Maine’s Paige Tortorello has 16 assists for the Black Bears.
Ohio State completes play in the Challenge this evening when the Buckeyes face host Ball State at 7:30 p.m.
Short Box Score (Match)
2007 Ohio State Women's Volleyball
#16 Ohio State vs Maine (Aug 25, 2007 at Muncie, Ind.)
Ohio State def. Maine 30-12,30-19,30-19
Ohio State (2-0) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Meyer, Danielle 12-2-6;
McCarthy, Briana 11-5-1; Dull, Katie 8-2-1; Dozier, Kristen 8-0-1;
Calhoun, Kaila 4-2-0; Szerszen, Anna 4-3-1; Hone, Betsy 2-0-3; Hughes,
Ashley 0-0-1; Stevens, Ami 0-1-0; Totals 49-15-8.0. (Assists) - Hone,
Betsy 22; Hughes, Ashley 16. (Dig leaders) - Calhoun, Kaila 12;
Stevens, Ami 8
Maine (0-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Allman, Lindsay 8-0-0; Wolfenden,
Jessica 5-0-1; Domer, Jennifer 5-1-0; Kiehl, Brittany 2-0-1;
Armstrong, Amanda 1-0-2; Tortorello, Paige 1-0-0; Lawson, Amy 1-0-0;
Totals 23-1-3.0. (Assists) - Tortorello, Paige 16. (Dig leaders) -
Wright, Ashlee 10; Allman, Lindsay 9
Site: Muncie, Ind. (Worthen Arena)
Date: Aug 25, 2007 Attend: Time: 1:19
Referees: Kos Mobareki, Mike Rolfes
