Post by weaver on Mar 5, 2006 17:53:40 GMT -5
Men's Volleyball Defeats Carthage, 3-0
Buckeye Ben Spurlock leads OSU off the bench with 12.5 points
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 11th-ranked Ohio State (14-4 overall, 2-2 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) men's volleyball team defeated fifth-ranked (Division III) Carthage (8-8), 3-0 (30-19, 32-30, 30-17) Sunday afternoon in St. John Arena. OSU's Ben Spurlock (So./Fr., Stow, Ohio) came off the bench to lead Ohio State in scoring with 12.5 points. John Albertson (So./Fr., Manchester, Mo.) added 11.5 points and Robbie Klein (So./Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio), 10.5 for the Buckeyes. Spurlock had nine kills, an ace serve and five assist blocks while hitting .900 in the match. Albertson had a team-high 11 kills and an assist block while Klein had six kills, two ace serves, a solo block and three assists. Rob Koehler for Carthage had a match-high 15 points with T.J. Bellei adding 10.5. Koehler had 12 kills, an ace serve, a solo block and two assists while Bellei recorded 10 kills and an assist block.
Game one saw Ohio State with a 4-3 lead before an Albertson kill, two Carthage errors and a kill by Stuart Katz (5th/Sr., Port Washington, N.Y.) open an 8-3 lead. OSU held a 10-7 lead when three Carthage errors made the lead 13-7. The Buckeyes built a 10-point lead at 25-15. At 28-18, a Red Men block by Bellei and Matt Ulmer cut the lead to 28-19. An Albertson kill set game point at 29-19 and a Klein kill ended the game at 30-19. The Buckeyes' hit .417 for the game to .276 for Carthage.
Ohio State held a 4-1 lead in game two before a kill and ace serve by Koehler and an OSU error tied the game at four. Two Red Men errors made it 6-4, OSU. A Bellei kill and two OSU errors put Carthage ahead, 7-6. Trailing 12-10, the Buckeyes with an Andy Cole (Sr., Glendale, Wis.) kill and an ace serve from Klein tied the game at 12. At 16-all, a Koehler kill put Carthage ahead, 17-16. A Klein kill tied the game at 17. A Klein-Spurlock block and a Red Men error gave OSU a 19-17 lead. At 20-18, a Koehler kill and an OSU error tied the game at 20. Eight ties later, the game stood at 28-all. A Koehler kill made it 29-28 Carthage, with the Red Men serving game point. Cole responded with a kill to tie the game at 29. Shane Olson, with a kill, gave the Red Men a 30-29 lead, and Carthage was serving their second game point. An Albertson kill tied the game at 30. A Matthew Hankey (Jr./So., Naperville, Ill.) kill made the score, 31-30, Ohio State, with the Buckeyes serving game point. A Carthage error ended the game, 32-30, giving OSU a 2-0 lead in the match. The Red Men hit .262 for the game to .222 for the Buckeyes.
Ohio State opened game three with a Spurlock kill and a Klein ace serve for a 2-0 lead. After an OSU error (2-1), a Spurlock kill and a Carthage error made it 4-1. At 5-3, two Albertson kills and a Red Men error opened an 8-3 OSU lead. A Buckeye error and a Koehler kill cut the lead to 8-5. At 9-6, two Brett Versen (Jr./So., Centerville, Ohio) kills and a Versen-Spurlock block opened a 12-6 lead. From 16-10, kills by Hankey and Versen with a Red Men error opened a 19-10 Buckeye lead. Carthage, at 22-13, with a Bellei kill, a Shane Olson solo block and a Buckeye error closed the lead to six at 22-16. Ohio State followed with a six-point run, beginning with a Klein kill. A Spurlock-Versen block and a Versen kill made it 25-16. A Carthage error and kills from Versen and Spurlock took the lead to 28-16. A Buckeye service error stopped the run at 28-17. A Hankey kill set match point at 29-17. Ohio State won the game when the serve by Spurlock caught the top of the net and fell in for the winner at 30-17, giving the Buckeyes a 3-0 win. Ohio State hit .548 for the game to .069 for Carthage.
The Buckeyes hit .385 for the match to .210 for Carthage. OSU had a 51-39 advantage in kills and a three-to-one margin in ace serves. Carthage gave up 12 service errors to nine for the Buckeyes. Defensively, Ohio State had a 30-20 edge in digs with OSU's Conor Martin (So., Avon Lake, Ohio) recording a match-high nine. At the net, Buckeye Daniel Mathews (So., Shorewood, Wis.) posted 40 assists in the match while Ulmer had 36 for Carthage. Spurlock for Ohio State hit .900 in the match with nine kills in 10 attempts which ties for seventh in OSU match records.
Ohio State completes the two-week home-stand next Friday, March 10 when they host Mercyhurst at 7 p.m. in St. John Arena.
Volleyball Box Score
2006 Ohio State Men's Volleyball
Carthage vs #11 Ohio State (Mar 5, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)
Carthage | 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 Bellei, T.J......... 3| 10 1 20 .450| 0| 0 3| 0| 0| 0 1 1| 0| 10.5
7 Ulmer, Matt......... 3| 3 1 7 .286| 36| 0 3| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 0| 3.5
9 Russo, Allen........ 3| 4 3 15 .067| 0| 0 0| 1| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 4.0
12 Olson, Shane........ 3| 6 8 30 -.067| 0| 0 1| 0| 4| 1 1 0| 0| 7.5
13 Lothman, John....... 3| 4 3 10 .100| 0| 0 1| 0| 2| 1 1 0| 0| 5.5
16 Koehler, Rob........ 3| 12 2 18 .556| 1| 1 4| 0| 2| 1 2 0| 0| 15.0
2 Baumgartner, Ryan... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
3 Madson, Curtis...... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
TEAM................ | | | | 2| | | | 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 39 18 100 .210| 38| 1 12| 3| 20| 3 6 1| 0| 46.0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 13 5 29 .276 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 18 7 42 .262 Carthage............ (0) 19 30 17 8-9
3 8 6 29 .069 Ohio State.......... (3) 30 32 30 14-4
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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2 Katz, Stuart........ 2| 4 1 6 .500| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 4.0
4 Mathews, Daniel..... 3| 3 0 3 1.000| 40| 0 1| 0| 2| 0 1 0| 0| 3.5
5 Albertson, John..... 3| 11 2 13 .692| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 1 1| 0| 11.5
13 Klein, Robbie....... 3| 6 5 21 .048| 2| 2 2| 0| 7| 1 3 0| 0| 10.5
14 Dreven, Layne....... 1| 1 1 3 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0
16 Hankey, Matthew..... 3| 8 3 16 .312| 1| 0 2| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 8.0
1 Meske, Dan.......... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
3 Morales, Joerel..... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 3| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
6 Versen, Brett....... 1| 7 0 8 .875| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 0| 8.0
7 Spurlock, Ben....... 2| 9 0 10 .900| 1| 1 1| 0| 1| 0 5 0| 0| 12.5
12 Cole, Andy.......... 1| 2 4 11 -.182| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0| 2.5
15 Martin, Conor....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 9| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
TEAM................ | | | | 1| | | | 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 51 16 91 .385| 47| 3 9| 1| 30| 1 13 1| 0| 61.5
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 14 4 24 .417 Site: Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena)
2 17 9 36 .222 Date: Mar 5, 2006 Attend: 241 Time: 1:05
3 20 3 31 .548 Referees: Jimmy McKinzie, Patty Salvatore
Buckeye Ben Spurlock leads OSU off the bench with 12.5 points
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 11th-ranked Ohio State (14-4 overall, 2-2 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) men's volleyball team defeated fifth-ranked (Division III) Carthage (8-8), 3-0 (30-19, 32-30, 30-17) Sunday afternoon in St. John Arena. OSU's Ben Spurlock (So./Fr., Stow, Ohio) came off the bench to lead Ohio State in scoring with 12.5 points. John Albertson (So./Fr., Manchester, Mo.) added 11.5 points and Robbie Klein (So./Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio), 10.5 for the Buckeyes. Spurlock had nine kills, an ace serve and five assist blocks while hitting .900 in the match. Albertson had a team-high 11 kills and an assist block while Klein had six kills, two ace serves, a solo block and three assists. Rob Koehler for Carthage had a match-high 15 points with T.J. Bellei adding 10.5. Koehler had 12 kills, an ace serve, a solo block and two assists while Bellei recorded 10 kills and an assist block.
Game one saw Ohio State with a 4-3 lead before an Albertson kill, two Carthage errors and a kill by Stuart Katz (5th/Sr., Port Washington, N.Y.) open an 8-3 lead. OSU held a 10-7 lead when three Carthage errors made the lead 13-7. The Buckeyes built a 10-point lead at 25-15. At 28-18, a Red Men block by Bellei and Matt Ulmer cut the lead to 28-19. An Albertson kill set game point at 29-19 and a Klein kill ended the game at 30-19. The Buckeyes' hit .417 for the game to .276 for Carthage.
Ohio State held a 4-1 lead in game two before a kill and ace serve by Koehler and an OSU error tied the game at four. Two Red Men errors made it 6-4, OSU. A Bellei kill and two OSU errors put Carthage ahead, 7-6. Trailing 12-10, the Buckeyes with an Andy Cole (Sr., Glendale, Wis.) kill and an ace serve from Klein tied the game at 12. At 16-all, a Koehler kill put Carthage ahead, 17-16. A Klein kill tied the game at 17. A Klein-Spurlock block and a Red Men error gave OSU a 19-17 lead. At 20-18, a Koehler kill and an OSU error tied the game at 20. Eight ties later, the game stood at 28-all. A Koehler kill made it 29-28 Carthage, with the Red Men serving game point. Cole responded with a kill to tie the game at 29. Shane Olson, with a kill, gave the Red Men a 30-29 lead, and Carthage was serving their second game point. An Albertson kill tied the game at 30. A Matthew Hankey (Jr./So., Naperville, Ill.) kill made the score, 31-30, Ohio State, with the Buckeyes serving game point. A Carthage error ended the game, 32-30, giving OSU a 2-0 lead in the match. The Red Men hit .262 for the game to .222 for the Buckeyes.
Ohio State opened game three with a Spurlock kill and a Klein ace serve for a 2-0 lead. After an OSU error (2-1), a Spurlock kill and a Carthage error made it 4-1. At 5-3, two Albertson kills and a Red Men error opened an 8-3 OSU lead. A Buckeye error and a Koehler kill cut the lead to 8-5. At 9-6, two Brett Versen (Jr./So., Centerville, Ohio) kills and a Versen-Spurlock block opened a 12-6 lead. From 16-10, kills by Hankey and Versen with a Red Men error opened a 19-10 Buckeye lead. Carthage, at 22-13, with a Bellei kill, a Shane Olson solo block and a Buckeye error closed the lead to six at 22-16. Ohio State followed with a six-point run, beginning with a Klein kill. A Spurlock-Versen block and a Versen kill made it 25-16. A Carthage error and kills from Versen and Spurlock took the lead to 28-16. A Buckeye service error stopped the run at 28-17. A Hankey kill set match point at 29-17. Ohio State won the game when the serve by Spurlock caught the top of the net and fell in for the winner at 30-17, giving the Buckeyes a 3-0 win. Ohio State hit .548 for the game to .069 for Carthage.
The Buckeyes hit .385 for the match to .210 for Carthage. OSU had a 51-39 advantage in kills and a three-to-one margin in ace serves. Carthage gave up 12 service errors to nine for the Buckeyes. Defensively, Ohio State had a 30-20 edge in digs with OSU's Conor Martin (So., Avon Lake, Ohio) recording a match-high nine. At the net, Buckeye Daniel Mathews (So., Shorewood, Wis.) posted 40 assists in the match while Ulmer had 36 for Carthage. Spurlock for Ohio State hit .900 in the match with nine kills in 10 attempts which ties for seventh in OSU match records.
Ohio State completes the two-week home-stand next Friday, March 10 when they host Mercyhurst at 7 p.m. in St. John Arena.
Volleyball Box Score
2006 Ohio State Men's Volleyball
Carthage vs #11 Ohio State (Mar 5, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)
Carthage | 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 Bellei, T.J......... 3| 10 1 20 .450| 0| 0 3| 0| 0| 0 1 1| 0| 10.5
7 Ulmer, Matt......... 3| 3 1 7 .286| 36| 0 3| 0| 1| 0 1 0| 0| 3.5
9 Russo, Allen........ 3| 4 3 15 .067| 0| 0 0| 1| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 4.0
12 Olson, Shane........ 3| 6 8 30 -.067| 0| 0 1| 0| 4| 1 1 0| 0| 7.5
13 Lothman, John....... 3| 4 3 10 .100| 0| 0 1| 0| 2| 1 1 0| 0| 5.5
16 Koehler, Rob........ 3| 12 2 18 .556| 1| 1 4| 0| 2| 1 2 0| 0| 15.0
2 Baumgartner, Ryan... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
3 Madson, Curtis...... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
TEAM................ | | | | 2| | | | 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 39 18 100 .210| 38| 1 12| 3| 20| 3 6 1| 0| 46.0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 13 5 29 .276 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 18 7 42 .262 Carthage............ (0) 19 30 17 8-9
3 8 6 29 .069 Ohio State.......... (3) 30 32 30 14-4
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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2 Katz, Stuart........ 2| 4 1 6 .500| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 4.0
4 Mathews, Daniel..... 3| 3 0 3 1.000| 40| 0 1| 0| 2| 0 1 0| 0| 3.5
5 Albertson, John..... 3| 11 2 13 .692| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 1 1| 0| 11.5
13 Klein, Robbie....... 3| 6 5 21 .048| 2| 2 2| 0| 7| 1 3 0| 0| 10.5
14 Dreven, Layne....... 1| 1 1 3 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0
16 Hankey, Matthew..... 3| 8 3 16 .312| 1| 0 2| 0| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 8.0
1 Meske, Dan.......... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
3 Morales, Joerel..... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 3| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
6 Versen, Brett....... 1| 7 0 8 .875| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 0| 8.0
7 Spurlock, Ben....... 2| 9 0 10 .900| 1| 1 1| 0| 1| 0 5 0| 0| 12.5
12 Cole, Andy.......... 1| 2 4 11 -.182| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0| 2.5
15 Martin, Conor....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 9| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
TEAM................ | | | | 1| | | | 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 51 16 91 .385| 47| 3 9| 1| 30| 1 13 1| 0| 61.5
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 14 4 24 .417 Site: Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena)
2 17 9 36 .222 Date: Mar 5, 2006 Attend: 241 Time: 1:05
3 20 3 31 .548 Referees: Jimmy McKinzie, Patty Salvatore
