No. 13 Buckeyes Travel to Lewis, McKendree This Week

No. 13 Ohio State at Lewis, McKendree

Dates: March 30/April 1
Instances: 8/6 p.m. (ET) 
Venue:Neil Carey Area/Melvin Worth CC
Watch:glvcsn.com/lewis/ and glvcsn.com/mckendree/
Reside Stats: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Recreation Notes: Ohio State | Lewis | McKendree | MIVA
Rosters: Ohio State | Lewis | McKendree
Season Stats: Ohio State | Lewis | McKendree | MIVA | NCAA

COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 13 Ohio State (15-9, 7-3) takes its four-match win streak on the street this week for a pair of Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Affiliation contests at Lewis (14-10, 5-5) Thursday and at McKendree (6-11, 1-9) Saturday. First serve towards the Flyers is ready for 8 p.m. (ET) and will probably be streamed HERE from Neil Carey Area. The Bearcats and Buckeyes begin at 6 p.m. (ET) with streaming originating HERE from the Melvin Worth Convocation Middle.

• Ohio swept a pair of league matches final week at residence vs. Lindenwood (3-1) and Quincy (3-0) to enhance to 15-9 general and 7-3 within the MIVA.
• Junior Jacob Pasteur was named the AVCA Nationwide MVB Participant of the Week Tuesday. He and classmate Thomas Poole swept the MIVA weekly offensive and defensive participant of the week awards, respectively, as nicely after the Buckeyes went 3-0 final week. Pasteur had 46 kills and hit .521 for the week whereas Poole recorded a career-best 11-digs within the win at No. 1 Penn State.
• The No. 15 Buckeyes traveled to No. 1 Penn State and got here away with a 3-2 win in State Faculty. Freshman Shane Wetzel, who was named the MIVA Offensive Participant of the Week earlier within the day (March 21), led Ohio State with 15 kills and three aces.
• The final time Ohio State defeated a No. 1 workforce additionally occurred in State Faculty when the No. 2 Buckeyes swept No. 1 BYU for the 2016 NCAA Title.
• The Buckeyes break up matches with Ball State, falling on the street (0-3) and profitable on the Covelli Middle final Saturday (3-2). Wetzel led the Buckeyes with 36 kills within the break up, averaging 4.5 kills per set. He added eight aces with a team-best 46.0 factors. The win began Ohio State’s present four-match win streak.
• Jacob Pasteur owns the No. 18 spot all-time at Ohio State with 954 profession kills. He has 328 this yr in 23 matches. Mike Terpstra (958/1990-93) is up subsequent at No. 17 on the profession kills record. Senior Samuel Clark is twentieth all-time with 813 kills. Former teammate Martin Lallemand is nineteenth with 819,
• At No. 8 BYU, Pasteur led the Buckeyes with 38 kills, 16 digs and 44 factors in a pair of down-to-the-wire setbacks to the Cougars (1-3, 2-3) earlier in March.
• Pasteur was named the MIVA Offensive Participant of the Week after he added 28 kills to his season complete in a 3-1 win at Purdue Fort Wayne and at No. 13 Loyola Chicago (L, 0-3). He additionally added 16 digs, two aces and 6 blocks. In a 3-2 loss to Lindenwood, Pasteur had a career-high 25 kills to go together with a career-best 17 digs.
• The then-No. 10 Buckeyes spit matches on the street at Purdue Fort Wayne (W, 3-1) and at No. 13 Loyola Chicago (L, 3-0). Ohio State continued with matches away from residence at Quincy (W, 3-0) and at Lindenwood (L, 2-3). Ohio State is in a stretch of seven-of-eight video games away from residence.
• No. 11 Ohio State opened MIVA play with a 2-0 document after knocking off McKendree, 3-1, and Lewis, 3-0, in Columbus. Samuel Clark led the Buckeyes with 35 kills within the wins. Noah Platfoot added 81 assists and 23 digs.
• Clark and Platfoot swept the MIVA offensive and defensive, respectively, gamers of the week for the efforts vs. the Bearcats and Flyers.
  The No 13 Buckeyes break up a pair of matches on the 2023 Massive Ten/Pac 12 Problem at Penn State. Ohio State opened with a 3-1 loss to No. 2 UCLA earlier than rebounding to knock off No. 10 USC, 3-1.
• No. 13 Ohio State swept Princeton in back-to-back matches earlier than heading to State Faculty. The Buckeyes battled the Tigers in Columbus to 3-1 and 3-2 wins. Ohio State is 7-1 at residence this yr.
• Pasteur led Ohio State with 31 kills within the two matches vs. UCLA and USC. He hit .290 with three aces, 22 digs, 4 blocks and 37 factors.
  Freshman Shane Wetzel, enjoying in his first two matches, led the Buckeyes with 23 kills, six aces, 10 digs for a team-best 31.5 factors in wins over Maryville and Missouri S&T.
• Ohio State break up its matches on the 2023 Patriot Invitational vs. No. 9 Grand Canyon (L, 2-3) and vs. George Mason (W, 3-1) Jan. 14-15 in Fairfax, Virginia. Jacob Pasteur lead with 33 kills to go together with 35 factors. Samuel Clark was subsequent with 30 kills and a workforce greatest 39.5 factors.
• Samuel Clark was named the primary Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Affiliation Offensive Participant of the Week after main the Buckeyes with 26 kills within the opening two video games of the season. He hit .400 for the weekend and led with 31.5 factors.
• Clark and junior Jacob Pasteur had been named to the 2023 Preseason All-MIVA squad. Pasteur led Ohio State a yr in the past in units performed (104), kills (417), complete assaults (808) and aces (38). He was second in complete blocks with 59.
• Clark performed in 103 units in 2022 with 377 kills, 796 assaults, 35 aces and 42 blocks.
• Ohio State is 32-33 all-time vs. Lewis after profitable 3-0 in Columbus earlier this season. The Buckeyes are 14-6 within the collection vs. McKendree. Ohio State took the MIVA opener 3-1 vs. the Bearcats Feb. 9 on the Covelli Middle.

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