Post by weaver on Mar 19, 2006 1:09:24 GMT -5
No. 11 Ohio State Men's Volleyball Drops 3-0 Decision at No. 5 Long Beach State
Buckeye Sam Stevens scores a team-high 11 points.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 11th-ranked Ohio State (15-6 overall) men's volleyball team fell, 0-3 (16-30, 26-30, 27-30) Saturday night to fifth-ranked Long Beach State (17-6) at the Active Ankle Classic hosted by Long Beach State. OSU's Sam Stevens (Sr./Jr., Miami, Fla.) scored a team-high 11 points with 10 kills and two assists for the Buckeyes. Stuart Katz (5th/Sr., Port Washington, N.Y.) and John Albertson (So./Fr., Manchester, Mo.) added 10 points each for Ohio State. Katz had six kills, two ace serves and four assist blocks while Albertson recorded seven kill and six assist blocks. 49er Duncan Budinger had a match-high 29 points for Long Beach State with 28 kills and an ace serve. Robert Tarr added 14.5 points with 14 kills and an assist block while Paul Lotman had 11 points with eight kills, two ace serves and a solo block.
Long Beach State broke a 4-4 tie in game one with a Budinger kill and an OSU error to take a 6-4 lead. The 49ers expanded the lead and won the game, 30-16, on a Kevin Cape kill. The 49ers hit .692 for the game to .061 for Ohio State.
Game two saw OSU take a 3-1 lead with kills from Albertson and Stevens. At 4-2, 49er kill by Teddy Liles and Tarr tied the game at four. After ties at five, six and seven, kills from Ben Spurlock (So./Fr., Stow, Ohio) and Brett Versen (Jr./So., Centerville, Ohio) gave OSU a 9-7 lead. OSU held the lead at 15-13 when a Tarr kill and an OSU error tied the game at 15. Tied at 17, kills from Budinger and Tarr and a Lotman ace serve opened up a 20-17 Long Beach State lead. The 49ers held the lead and won the game, 30-26 with a Tyler Hilderbrand kill to take a 2-0 lead in the match. Long Beach State hit .459 in the game to OSU's .567.
Game three saw 10 ties and six lead changes. Tied at 25, a Daniel Mathews (So., Shorewood, Wis.)-Spurlock block gave Ohio State a 26-25 lead. A Buckeye service error tied the game at 26. A solo block by Hilderbrand gave Long Beach State a 27-26 lead. The 49ers took a two-point lead at 28-26 with a Budinger kill. Ohio State cut the lead to 28-27 with a Spurlock-Katz block. Another Budinger kill set match point at 29-27. The 49ers again went to Budinger for the match-winning kill to close the game at 30-27. Long Beach State hit .353 for the game to .344 for Ohio State.
Named to the Active Ankle All-Tournament Team were OSU's Albertson, Rutgers-Newark's Eric Honsberger, Brigham Young's Ivan Perez and Russell Holmes and Tarr and Hilderbrand of Long Beach State. 49er Budinger was named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.
For the match, Long Beach State hit .485 to OSU's .284. The 49ers had a 59-44 advantage in kills and a four-to-three edge in ace serves. Each squad had 10 service errors. Long Beach State had a 28-22 edge in digs with 49er Lotman collecting a match-high nine. At the net, Ohio State had a nine to 5.5 advantage in team blocks. OSU's Albertson had a match-high six assist blocks. Long Beach State setter Hilderbrand recorded a match-high 52 assists while OSU's Mathews had 35.
Ohio State continues on the road next week for a Wednesday match at ninth-ranked Penn State. The Buckeyes return home for a Saturday, 7 p.m. Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association match against Lewis.
Volleyball Box Score
2006 Ohio State Men's Volleyball
#11 Ohio State vs #5 Long Beach State (Mar 18, 2006 at Long Beach State)
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........ 3| 6 5 16 .062| 1| 2 0| 1| 4| 0 4 1| 0| 10.0
4 Mathews, Daniel..... 3| 4 2 10 .200| 35| 0 2| 0| 4| 0 3 0| 0| 5.5
5 Albertson, John..... 3| 7 2 14 .357| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 6 1| 0| 10.0
9 Stevens, Sam........ 3| 10 1 19 .474| 1| 0 2| 0| 7| 0 2 0| 0| 11.0
13 Klein, Robbie....... 2| 1 3 8 -.250| 1| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0
14 Dreven, Layne....... 2| 0 1 1-1.000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
1 Meske, Dan.......... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 2| 3| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
6 Versen, Brett....... 3| 9 3 20 .300| 0| 0 3| 0| 1| 0 0 1| 0| 9.0
7 Spurlock, Ben....... 3| 7 0 7 1.000| 0| 1 1| 0| 1| 0 3 1| 0| 9.5
16 Hankey, Matthew..... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
TEAM................ | | | | 1| | | | 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 44 17 95 .284| 39| 3 10| 4| 22| 0 18 4| 0| 56.0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 11 9 33 .061 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 17 3 30 .467 Ohio State.......... (0) 16 26 27 15-6
3 16 5 32 .344 Long Beach State.... (3) 30 30 30 17-6
Long Beach 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 Lotman, Paul........ 3| 8 4 15 .267| 1| 2 1| 0| 9| 1 0 0| 0| 11.0
5 Hildebrand, Tyler... 3| 1 0 2 .500| 52| 1 2| 0| 3| 1 3 0| 0| 4.5
13 Liles, Teddy........ 3| 4 2 9 .222| 0| 0 2| 0| 0| 0 2 0| 0| 5.0
17 Budinger, Duncan.... 3| 28 5 39 .590| 0| 1 2| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 29.0
22 Cape, Kevin......... 3| 4 0 7 .571| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0| 4.5
24 Tarr, Robert........ 3| 14 1 25 .520| 0| 0 2| 1| 5| 0 1 0| 0| 14.5
1 Caldwell, Tyler..... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 2| 7| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
9 Hutton, Norm........ 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
15 Christensen, Gavin.. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 59 12 97 .485| 54| 4 10| 3| 28| 2 7 0| 0| 68.5
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 18 0 26 .692 Site: Long Beach State (Walter Pyramid)
2 22 5 37 .459 Date: Mar 18, 2006 Attend: 1088 Time: 1:20
3 19 7 34 .353 Referees: Larry Schwartz, Ron Stahl
Active Ankle Classic Match #4
Triple blocks: Long Beach State 1
1 2 3 Total
Tie scores 4 8 10 22
Lead changes 2 4 6 12
Buckeye Sam Stevens scores a team-high 11 points.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 11th-ranked Ohio State (15-6 overall) men's volleyball team fell, 0-3 (16-30, 26-30, 27-30) Saturday night to fifth-ranked Long Beach State (17-6) at the Active Ankle Classic hosted by Long Beach State. OSU's Sam Stevens (Sr./Jr., Miami, Fla.) scored a team-high 11 points with 10 kills and two assists for the Buckeyes. Stuart Katz (5th/Sr., Port Washington, N.Y.) and John Albertson (So./Fr., Manchester, Mo.) added 10 points each for Ohio State. Katz had six kills, two ace serves and four assist blocks while Albertson recorded seven kill and six assist blocks. 49er Duncan Budinger had a match-high 29 points for Long Beach State with 28 kills and an ace serve. Robert Tarr added 14.5 points with 14 kills and an assist block while Paul Lotman had 11 points with eight kills, two ace serves and a solo block.
Long Beach State broke a 4-4 tie in game one with a Budinger kill and an OSU error to take a 6-4 lead. The 49ers expanded the lead and won the game, 30-16, on a Kevin Cape kill. The 49ers hit .692 for the game to .061 for Ohio State.
Game two saw OSU take a 3-1 lead with kills from Albertson and Stevens. At 4-2, 49er kill by Teddy Liles and Tarr tied the game at four. After ties at five, six and seven, kills from Ben Spurlock (So./Fr., Stow, Ohio) and Brett Versen (Jr./So., Centerville, Ohio) gave OSU a 9-7 lead. OSU held the lead at 15-13 when a Tarr kill and an OSU error tied the game at 15. Tied at 17, kills from Budinger and Tarr and a Lotman ace serve opened up a 20-17 Long Beach State lead. The 49ers held the lead and won the game, 30-26 with a Tyler Hilderbrand kill to take a 2-0 lead in the match. Long Beach State hit .459 in the game to OSU's .567.
Game three saw 10 ties and six lead changes. Tied at 25, a Daniel Mathews (So., Shorewood, Wis.)-Spurlock block gave Ohio State a 26-25 lead. A Buckeye service error tied the game at 26. A solo block by Hilderbrand gave Long Beach State a 27-26 lead. The 49ers took a two-point lead at 28-26 with a Budinger kill. Ohio State cut the lead to 28-27 with a Spurlock-Katz block. Another Budinger kill set match point at 29-27. The 49ers again went to Budinger for the match-winning kill to close the game at 30-27. Long Beach State hit .353 for the game to .344 for Ohio State.
Named to the Active Ankle All-Tournament Team were OSU's Albertson, Rutgers-Newark's Eric Honsberger, Brigham Young's Ivan Perez and Russell Holmes and Tarr and Hilderbrand of Long Beach State. 49er Budinger was named the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.
For the match, Long Beach State hit .485 to OSU's .284. The 49ers had a 59-44 advantage in kills and a four-to-three edge in ace serves. Each squad had 10 service errors. Long Beach State had a 28-22 edge in digs with 49er Lotman collecting a match-high nine. At the net, Ohio State had a nine to 5.5 advantage in team blocks. OSU's Albertson had a match-high six assist blocks. Long Beach State setter Hilderbrand recorded a match-high 52 assists while OSU's Mathews had 35.
Ohio State continues on the road next week for a Wednesday match at ninth-ranked Penn State. The Buckeyes return home for a Saturday, 7 p.m. Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association match against Lewis.
Volleyball Box Score
2006 Ohio State Men's Volleyball
#11 Ohio State vs #5 Long Beach State (Mar 18, 2006 at Long Beach State)
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........ 3| 6 5 16 .062| 1| 2 0| 1| 4| 0 4 1| 0| 10.0
4 Mathews, Daniel..... 3| 4 2 10 .200| 35| 0 2| 0| 4| 0 3 0| 0| 5.5
5 Albertson, John..... 3| 7 2 14 .357| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 6 1| 0| 10.0
9 Stevens, Sam........ 3| 10 1 19 .474| 1| 0 2| 0| 7| 0 2 0| 0| 11.0
13 Klein, Robbie....... 2| 1 3 8 -.250| 1| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0
14 Dreven, Layne....... 2| 0 1 1-1.000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
1 Meske, Dan.......... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 2| 3| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
6 Versen, Brett....... 3| 9 3 20 .300| 0| 0 3| 0| 1| 0 0 1| 0| 9.0
7 Spurlock, Ben....... 3| 7 0 7 1.000| 0| 1 1| 0| 1| 0 3 1| 0| 9.5
16 Hankey, Matthew..... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
TEAM................ | | | | 1| | | | 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 44 17 95 .284| 39| 3 10| 4| 22| 0 18 4| 0| 56.0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 11 9 33 .061 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 17 3 30 .467 Ohio State.......... (0) 16 26 27 15-6
3 16 5 32 .344 Long Beach State.... (3) 30 30 30 17-6
Long Beach 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 Lotman, Paul........ 3| 8 4 15 .267| 1| 2 1| 0| 9| 1 0 0| 0| 11.0
5 Hildebrand, Tyler... 3| 1 0 2 .500| 52| 1 2| 0| 3| 1 3 0| 0| 4.5
13 Liles, Teddy........ 3| 4 2 9 .222| 0| 0 2| 0| 0| 0 2 0| 0| 5.0
17 Budinger, Duncan.... 3| 28 5 39 .590| 0| 1 2| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 29.0
22 Cape, Kevin......... 3| 4 0 7 .571| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 1 0| 0| 4.5
24 Tarr, Robert........ 3| 14 1 25 .520| 0| 0 2| 1| 5| 0 1 0| 0| 14.5
1 Caldwell, Tyler..... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 2| 7| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
9 Hutton, Norm........ 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
15 Christensen, Gavin.. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 59 12 97 .485| 54| 4 10| 3| 28| 2 7 0| 0| 68.5
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 18 0 26 .692 Site: Long Beach State (Walter Pyramid)
2 22 5 37 .459 Date: Mar 18, 2006 Attend: 1088 Time: 1:20
3 19 7 34 .353 Referees: Larry Schwartz, Ron Stahl
Active Ankle Classic Match #4
Triple blocks: Long Beach State 1
1 2 3 Total
Tie scores 4 8 10 22
Lead changes 2 4 6 12
