Post by weaver on Mar 22, 2006 23:00:17 GMT -5
No. 11 Ohio State Men's Volleyball Drops 3-1 Decision at No. 9 Penn State
Buckeye Sam Stevens records a team-high 14.5 points against the Nittany Lions
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 11th-ranked Ohio State (15-7 overall) men's volleyball team dropped a 3-1 (25-30, 30-25, 30-20, 30-24) decision at ninth-ranked Penn State (13-6) Wednesday night in Rec Hall. OSU's Sam Stevens (Sr./Jr., Miami, Fla.) had a team-high 14.5 points in the match with 12 kills, two solo blocks and one assist block. Buckeye Stuart Katz (5th/Sr., Port Washington, N.Y.) added 14 points with 13 kills and two assist blocks. Penn State's Matt Proper had a match-high 29.5 points with 24 kills, two ace serves, two solo blocks and three assist blocks. Kevin Wentzel added 14.5 points for the Nittany Lions with 14 kills and an assist block.
From a 4-4 tie in game one, Ohio State used three Nittany Lion errors and an Andy Cole (Sr., Glendale, Wis.) ace serve to open an eight to four lead. With Penn State trailing 11-7, a Matt Anderson kill, a block by Proper and Max Holt and a solo block by Proper cut the OSU lead to one at 11-10. At 12-11, a John Albertson (So./Fr., Manchester, Mo.) kill and a Penn State error gave OSU a 14-11 lead. The Buckeyes held the lead and reached game point at 29-24 with a triple block by Katz, Daniel Mathews (So., Shorewood, Wis.) and Albertson. A Penn State block by Proper, Alex Gutor and Holt made it 29-25. OSU closed out the game with an Albertson kill at 30-25. The Buckeyes hit .121 for the game to .088 for Penn State.
Ohio State trailed, 14-11, in game two when kills by Stevens, Cole and Katz tied the game at 14. Penn State took the lead with a Gutor kill at 15-14. A Gutor-Nate Meerstein block and a Gutor kill opened a 17-14 Penn State lead. Trailing, 20-17, a Penn State error and a Stevens' kill cut the Nittany Lion lead to one at 20-19. Two kills by Proper, one from Kevin Wentzel and an OSU error gave Penn State a 24-19 lead. A Proper solo block closed out the game at 30-25 for Penn State. The Nittany Lions hit .485 in the game to .387 for the Buckeyes.
With game three tied at 14, the Nittany Lions scored six consecutive points to open a 20-14 lead. The run had three OSU errors, two ace serves by Proper and a Meerstein kill. Penn State won the game on a Buckeye service error at 30-20. The Nittany Lions hit .350 to OSU's .103.
Game four saw Penn State break a 1-1 tie with a Proper kill and three consecutive blocks to open a 5-1 lead. The blocking blitz began with a Holt solo block. Assist blocks by Wentzel-Holt and Holt-Proper completed the run. OSU trailed the rest of the game with the game ending with a Gutor kill at 30-24. Penn State hit .361 in the game to .094 for Ohio State.
For the match, Penn State hit .317 to OSU's .176. The Nittany Lions had a 63-54 advantage in kills and a five to four edge in ace serves. The Nittany Lions gave up 16 service errors to 15 for the Buckeyes. Defensively, Penn State had a 36-29 margin in digs. PSU's Gutor had a match-high 10 digs. At the net, the Nittany Lions enjoyed an 18.5 to 11.5 margin in team blocks. Penn State's Luke Murray and Holt shared match-high honors with seven blocks each with two solos and five assist blocks. Murray posted a match-high 60 assists while OSU's Mathews had 51.
Ohio State returns home Saturday to face MIVA opponent Lewis (7-12) at 7 p.m. in St. John Arena.
Volleyball Box Score
2006 Ohio State Men's Volleyball
#11 Ohio State vs #9 Penn State (Mar 22, 2006 at University Park, Pa.)
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........ 4| 13 7 31 .194| 0| 0 3| 1| 4| 0 2 1| 0| 14.0
4 Mathews, Daniel..... 4| 0 1 4 -.250| 51| 1 3| 0| 5| 1 4 3| 0| 4.0
5 Albertson, John..... 4| 10 3 16 .438| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 3 1| 0| 12.5
9 Stevens, Sam........ 4| 12 5 27 .259| 0| 0 1| 0| 5| 2 1 0| 0| 14.5
12 Cole, Andy.......... 4| 10 7 22 .136| 0| 2 3| 0| 4| 0 1 0| 0| 12.5
14 Dreven, Layne....... 4| 5 4 12 .083| 0| 0 2| 0| 2| 0 4 1| 0| 7.0
1 Meske, Dan.......... 4| 1 0 1 1.000| 0| 0 0| 3| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0
6 Versen, Brett....... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
13 Klein, Robbie....... 3| 3 5 12 -.167| 0| 1 2| 1| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 4.0
16 Hankey, Matthew..... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
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Totals.............. 4| 54 32 125 .176| 51| 4 15| 5| 29| 4 15 6| 0| 69.5
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 13 9 33 .121 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS
2 18 6 31 .387 Ohio State.......... (1) 30 25 20 24 15-7
3 12 9 29 .103 Penn State.......... (3) 25 30 30 30 13-6
4 11 8 32 .094
Penn 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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4 Proper, Matt........ 4| 24 6 39 .462| 0| 2 4| 0| 1| 2 3 1| 0| 29.5
7 Wentzel, Kevin...... 4| 14 7 29 .241| 0| 0 2| 1| 6| 0 1 3| 0| 14.5
11 Meerstein, Nate..... 4| 8 3 14 .357| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 5 0| 0| 10.5
12 Holt, Max........... 4| 5 2 11 .273| 0| 1 4| 0| 4| 2 5 0| 0| 10.5
14 Anderson, Matt...... 2| 2 2 7 .000| 0| 0 0| 1| 0| 1 1 2| 0| 3.5
16 Murray, Luke........ 4| 0 3 4 -.750| 60| 1 0| 0| 5| 2 5 3| 0| 5.5
6 Walthall, Ryan...... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 2| 9| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
9 Price, Andrew....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 2| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
10 Gutor, Alex......... 4| 10 1 19 .474| 0| 1 2| 0| 10| 0 3 0| 0| 12.5
13 Sweitzer, Ryan...... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
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Totals.............. 4| 63 24 123 .317| 60| 5 16| 4| 36| 7 23 9| 0| 86.5
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 18.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 13 10 34 .088 Site: University Park, Pa. (Recreation Building)
2 21 5 33 .485 Date: Mar 22, 2006 Attend: 429 Time: 1:54
3 10 3 20 .350 Referees: Kurt Fulmer, Scott Atkinson
4 19 6 36 .361
1 2 3 4 Total
Tie scores 1 7 3 1 12
Lead changes 0 1 1 0 2
Buckeye Sam Stevens records a team-high 14.5 points against the Nittany Lions
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 11th-ranked Ohio State (15-7 overall) men's volleyball team dropped a 3-1 (25-30, 30-25, 30-20, 30-24) decision at ninth-ranked Penn State (13-6) Wednesday night in Rec Hall. OSU's Sam Stevens (Sr./Jr., Miami, Fla.) had a team-high 14.5 points in the match with 12 kills, two solo blocks and one assist block. Buckeye Stuart Katz (5th/Sr., Port Washington, N.Y.) added 14 points with 13 kills and two assist blocks. Penn State's Matt Proper had a match-high 29.5 points with 24 kills, two ace serves, two solo blocks and three assist blocks. Kevin Wentzel added 14.5 points for the Nittany Lions with 14 kills and an assist block.
From a 4-4 tie in game one, Ohio State used three Nittany Lion errors and an Andy Cole (Sr., Glendale, Wis.) ace serve to open an eight to four lead. With Penn State trailing 11-7, a Matt Anderson kill, a block by Proper and Max Holt and a solo block by Proper cut the OSU lead to one at 11-10. At 12-11, a John Albertson (So./Fr., Manchester, Mo.) kill and a Penn State error gave OSU a 14-11 lead. The Buckeyes held the lead and reached game point at 29-24 with a triple block by Katz, Daniel Mathews (So., Shorewood, Wis.) and Albertson. A Penn State block by Proper, Alex Gutor and Holt made it 29-25. OSU closed out the game with an Albertson kill at 30-25. The Buckeyes hit .121 for the game to .088 for Penn State.
Ohio State trailed, 14-11, in game two when kills by Stevens, Cole and Katz tied the game at 14. Penn State took the lead with a Gutor kill at 15-14. A Gutor-Nate Meerstein block and a Gutor kill opened a 17-14 Penn State lead. Trailing, 20-17, a Penn State error and a Stevens' kill cut the Nittany Lion lead to one at 20-19. Two kills by Proper, one from Kevin Wentzel and an OSU error gave Penn State a 24-19 lead. A Proper solo block closed out the game at 30-25 for Penn State. The Nittany Lions hit .485 in the game to .387 for the Buckeyes.
With game three tied at 14, the Nittany Lions scored six consecutive points to open a 20-14 lead. The run had three OSU errors, two ace serves by Proper and a Meerstein kill. Penn State won the game on a Buckeye service error at 30-20. The Nittany Lions hit .350 to OSU's .103.
Game four saw Penn State break a 1-1 tie with a Proper kill and three consecutive blocks to open a 5-1 lead. The blocking blitz began with a Holt solo block. Assist blocks by Wentzel-Holt and Holt-Proper completed the run. OSU trailed the rest of the game with the game ending with a Gutor kill at 30-24. Penn State hit .361 in the game to .094 for Ohio State.
For the match, Penn State hit .317 to OSU's .176. The Nittany Lions had a 63-54 advantage in kills and a five to four edge in ace serves. The Nittany Lions gave up 16 service errors to 15 for the Buckeyes. Defensively, Penn State had a 36-29 margin in digs. PSU's Gutor had a match-high 10 digs. At the net, the Nittany Lions enjoyed an 18.5 to 11.5 margin in team blocks. Penn State's Luke Murray and Holt shared match-high honors with seven blocks each with two solos and five assist blocks. Murray posted a match-high 60 assists while OSU's Mathews had 51.
Ohio State returns home Saturday to face MIVA opponent Lewis (7-12) at 7 p.m. in St. John Arena.
Volleyball Box Score
2006 Ohio State Men's Volleyball
#11 Ohio State vs #9 Penn State (Mar 22, 2006 at University Park, Pa.)
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........ 4| 13 7 31 .194| 0| 0 3| 1| 4| 0 2 1| 0| 14.0
4 Mathews, Daniel..... 4| 0 1 4 -.250| 51| 1 3| 0| 5| 1 4 3| 0| 4.0
5 Albertson, John..... 4| 10 3 16 .438| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 3 1| 0| 12.5
9 Stevens, Sam........ 4| 12 5 27 .259| 0| 0 1| 0| 5| 2 1 0| 0| 14.5
12 Cole, Andy.......... 4| 10 7 22 .136| 0| 2 3| 0| 4| 0 1 0| 0| 12.5
14 Dreven, Layne....... 4| 5 4 12 .083| 0| 0 2| 0| 2| 0 4 1| 0| 7.0
1 Meske, Dan.......... 4| 1 0 1 1.000| 0| 0 0| 3| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0
6 Versen, Brett....... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
13 Klein, Robbie....... 3| 3 5 12 -.167| 0| 1 2| 1| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 4.0
16 Hankey, Matthew..... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
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Totals.............. 4| 54 32 125 .176| 51| 4 15| 5| 29| 4 15 6| 0| 69.5
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 13 9 33 .121 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS
2 18 6 31 .387 Ohio State.......... (1) 30 25 20 24 15-7
3 12 9 29 .103 Penn State.......... (3) 25 30 30 30 13-6
4 11 8 32 .094
Penn 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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4 Proper, Matt........ 4| 24 6 39 .462| 0| 2 4| 0| 1| 2 3 1| 0| 29.5
7 Wentzel, Kevin...... 4| 14 7 29 .241| 0| 0 2| 1| 6| 0 1 3| 0| 14.5
11 Meerstein, Nate..... 4| 8 3 14 .357| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 5 0| 0| 10.5
12 Holt, Max........... 4| 5 2 11 .273| 0| 1 4| 0| 4| 2 5 0| 0| 10.5
14 Anderson, Matt...... 2| 2 2 7 .000| 0| 0 0| 1| 0| 1 1 2| 0| 3.5
16 Murray, Luke........ 4| 0 3 4 -.750| 60| 1 0| 0| 5| 2 5 3| 0| 5.5
6 Walthall, Ryan...... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 2| 9| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
9 Price, Andrew....... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 2| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
10 Gutor, Alex......... 4| 10 1 19 .474| 0| 1 2| 0| 10| 0 3 0| 0| 12.5
13 Sweitzer, Ryan...... 4| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
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Totals.............. 4| 63 24 123 .317| 60| 5 16| 4| 36| 7 23 9| 0| 86.5
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 18.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 13 10 34 .088 Site: University Park, Pa. (Recreation Building)
2 21 5 33 .485 Date: Mar 22, 2006 Attend: 429 Time: 1:54
3 10 3 20 .350 Referees: Kurt Fulmer, Scott Atkinson
4 19 6 36 .361
1 2 3 4 Total
Tie scores 1 7 3 1 12
Lead changes 0 1 1 0 2