Ohio State 3, Indiana 0

[weaver]

No. 18 Women's Volleyball Sweeps Indiana, 30-26, 30-20, 30-22

Ohio State's Meyer (18.5), Stevens (14.5) and Britenriker (14.5) score double-figure points against the Hoosiers

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 18th-ranked Ohio State (9-4 overall, 2-2 Big Ten) women's volleyball team defeated Indiana (8-7, 1-2), 3-0 (30-26, 30-20, 30-22) Friday night in front of 1,130 fans in St. John Arena. OSU's Danielle Meyer (So., Cincinnati, Ohio) scored a match-high 18.5 points with Ami Stevens (So., Centerburg, Ohio) and Nicole Britenriker (So., Cincinnati, Ohio) adding 14.5 each. Meyer had a match-high 14 kills (.292), adding three ace serve, a solo block and an assist block. Stevens had 12 kills, an ace serve, a solo block and an assist block while Britenriker collected 13 kills (.435) and three assist blocks. IU's Rachel Gerling had a team-high 13.5 points with Erica Short adding 11 and Mandy Eberle 10.5. Gerling had eight kills, an ace serve, a solo block and seven assist blocks in the match. Short had a team-high 11 kills and Eberle collected seven kills, a solo block and five assist blocks.

Tied at 13 in game one, two kills from Amanda Miller (Sr., Littleton, Colo.) and a solo block by Stevens opened a 16-13 Buckeye lead. OSU expanded the lead to five at 24-19, but a four-point Hoosier run with kills from Lauren Ditteon, Gerling, and Eberle and a block by Eberle and Gerling cut the Ohio State lead to 24-23. At 27-26, Buckeyes, a kill by Stevens and a solo block from Ashley Kiel (Jr., Allenton, Wis.) set game point at 29-26. A Meyer kill ended the game at 30-26. Ohio State hit .378 in the game to .267 for Indiana.

Ohio State broke a two-all tie in game two with six consecutive points to take an 8-2 lead. The run featured three kills from Meyer, two from Stevens and an Indiana error. At 16-10, a Hoosier error, two ace serves from Stevens and a Marisa Main (Jr., Louisville, Ky.) kill took the lead to 10 at 20-10. At 22-13, kills from Stevens, Britenriker and Kiel and a Stevens ace pushed the lead to 26-13. At 29-18, a from kill Short and an Annie Moddrell-Gerling block cut the margin to 29-20 but an IU service error ended the game at 30-20. For the game, Ohio State hit .281 to .276 for Indiana.

Ohio State held a 5-3 lead in game three before a Moddrell kill and blocks from Eberle-Gerling and Eberle-Gabrielle Allison gave Indiana a 6-5 lead. Errors by both teams made it 8-7, IU. OSU tied the game at eight with a Meyer kill, took a 9-8 lead with a Main kill and opened an 11-8 margin with two ace serves from Brittany Dahms (So., Byron, Ill.). With an 8-4 run, Ohio State took the lead to 19-12. At 21-14, OSU, a Buckeye error, an ace serve from Gerling and an Eberle-Allison block cut the lead to four at 21-17. At 23-19, a Miller kill and two Indiana errors made it 26-19. The Buckeyes reached match point at 29-22 with a Stevens kill and an IU error ended the game at 30-22 for a 3-0 Ohio State win in the match. The Buckeyes hit .053 for the game to -.081 for Indiana.

For the match, Ohio State hit .243 to .153 for Indiana. The Buckeyes had a 51-39 advantage in kills and a seven-to-two margin in ace serves with Meyer collecting a match-high three. The Hoosiers gave up eight service errors to four for OSU. Defensively, the Buckeyes had a 40-31 advantage in digs with OSU's Main and Meyer sharing match-high honors with eight each. At the net, Indiana had a 12 to 9.5 edge in team blocks with IU's Gerling collecting a match-high eight total blocks on a solo and seven assists. Main recorded a match-high 40 assists at setter while Laura Holm had 33 for Indiana.

The Buckeyes go on the road next week to face No. 8 Wisconsin Friday and Northwestern Saturday.


Volleyball Box Score
2005 Ohio State Women's Volleyball
Indiana vs #18 Ohio State (Sep 30, 2005 at Columbus, Ohio)

Indiana | 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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7 Holm, Laura......... 3| 1 3 4 -.500| 33| 0 0| 0| 5| 0 1 0| 0| 1.5
8 Eberle, Mandy....... 3| 7 1 17 .353| 0| 0 2| 1| 0| 1 5 1| 0| 10.5
12 Moddrell, Annie..... 3| 7 0 15 .467| 0| 0 1| 0| 0| 0 5 0| 0| 9.5
15 Short, Erica........ 3| 11 6 27 .185| 0| 0 3| 0| 4| 0 0 1| 0| 11.0
19 Ditteon, Lauren..... 3| 5 7 20 -.100| 1| 1 1| 1| 3| 0 0 0| 0| 6.0
20 Gerling, Rachel..... 3| 8 5 24 .125| 0| 1 1| 2| 6| 1 7 0| 0| 13.5
4 Ros, Hana........... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
6 Morgenstein, Kari... 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
10 Diehl, Sara......... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
16 Allison, Gabrielle.. 2| 0 0 4 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 2 0| 0| 1.0
17 Langert, Jessica.... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 0| 2| 3| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
TEAM................ | | | | 1| | | | 0.0
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Totals.............. 3| 39 22 111 .153| 34| 2 8| 7| 31| 2 20 2| 0| 53.0

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0
Game K E TA Pct
1 18 6 45 .267 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS
2 13 5 29 .276 Indiana............. (0) 26 20 22 8-7, Big Ten 1-2
3 8 11 37 -.081 Ohio State.......... (3) 30 30 30 9-4, Big Ten 2-2

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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1 Kastein, Rebecca.... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 3| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0
6 Meyer, Danielle..... 3| 14 7 24 .292| 0| 3 1| 0| 8| 1 1 0| 0| 18.5
7 Stevens, Ami........ 3| 12 7 31 .161| 0| 1 0| 0| 6| 1 1 0| 0| 14.5
9 Jones, Felicia...... 3| 0 1 4 -.250| 0| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 2 1| 0| 1.0
13 Main, Marisa........ 3| 4 1 10 .300| 40| 1 0| 0| 8| 0 2 0| 0| 6.0
15 Kiel, Ashley........ 3| 5 3 15 .133| 2| 0 3| 2| 5| 3 0 0| 0| 8.0
2 Dahms, Brittany..... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 2 0| 0| 7| 0 0 0| 0| 2.0
5 Britenriker, Nicole. 3| 13 3 23 .435| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 3 0| 0| 14.5
11 Miller, Amanda...... 2| 3 1 8 .250| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 3.0
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Totals.............. 3| 51 23 115 .243| 43| 7 4| 2| 40| 5 9 1| 0| 67.5

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.5
Game K E TA Pct
1 22 5 45 .378 Site: Columbus, Ohio (St. John Arena)
2 16 7 32 .281 Date: Sep 30, 2005 Attend: 1130 Time: 1:22
3 13 11 38 .053 Referees: Barb Strome, Ann Hutchins

[vbguru]

Good match for the Buckeyes tonight. They started to get things going with the block and they passed well. Marisa Main is doing a good job of distributing the ball and boy can she set from anywhere. I heard that OSU recently had a big committment from a middle blocker for next year. I believe she was on campus last weekend. I think she was from the east coast somewhere. Now OSU gets to rest up for their first Big Ten road trip.

[bucky415]

I hope that road trip doesn't result in a win on its first stop. Good for the Buckeyes to bounce back with a sweep against IU.

[ohiostatetad]

Yeah, G 3 was very good---something they lacked this year. The blocks were best, and errors were fewest.
Next year's class is going to outdo last year's #4 ranked. btw, Britenriker is really coming along. She gets the game ball!

[vbguru]

After looking at Rich Kern's site, it was Kristen Dozier that just recently committed to Ohio State. She is a 6'2" middle blocker from Metro American in the DC area. This is a huge pick-up for the Buckeyes.

[bucky415]

She will have to either switch positions or beat out someone if she is going to play immediately, though.

[ohiostatetad]

bucky415 said:

She will have to either switch positions or beat out someone if she is going to play immediately, though.

uh... see OSU this weekend, and resubmit that post. ;D

[bomber]

bucky415 said:

She will have to either switch positions or beat out someone if she is going to play immediately, though.

Bucky, if she can't start for the Buckeyes next year at middle blocker, she's not that great of a get. They need the height BADLY, and besides Meyer, who is a great player but questionably listed at 6'1", Britenriker is the other middle at a highly suspect 5'11". True, she can jump with the best of them, but she simply just gives away too much size to the power middles at Minnesota, Penn State, and Wisconsin.