Ohio State Sweeps USC to Advance to Third-Straight NCAA Regionals

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 3 seeded Ohio State Buckeyes (21-9, 15-5 B1G) swept (25-21, 25-17, 25-16) six-seeded USC (22-11, 13-7 Pac-12) on Saturday night within the second spherical of the NCAA Match inside Covelli.

The primary set was tied 11 occasions earlier than Ohio State completed robust to earn the 25-21 set win. The Buckeyes used a pair of 4-0 runs to drag away to a 25-17 win within the second set. Ohio State took management of the third set early and earned the 25-16 set win.

The way it Occurred

Adria Powell and Emily Londot opened scoring with a block because the groups traded pairs of factors. USC had its first lead at 5-4. The rating was tied six extra occasions earlier than the media timeout with the Trojans holding the 15-13 benefit. Ohio State’s deficit was 17-14, however the Buckeyes scored three-straight to tie the set at 17 and took the 21-20 lead on a 4-1 run, forcing a USC timeout. OSU scored the ultimate three factors amidst a second Trojans’ timeout to assert a 25-21 set win on an ace from Gabby Gonzales.

Ohio State once more scored the primary two factors of the set earlier than every group had three-unanswered factors. The Buckeyes used a 4-0 run to construct an 11-6 lead amidst a USC timeout. The Trojans referred to as their second timeout of the set after a 3-0 Buckeye run prolonged the OSU result in 16-10. Ohio State used a 4-0 run and scored the ultimate two factors to cap a 25-17 set win with Londot’s 10^th kill of the match.

The Buckeyes have been robust early, taking an 8-3 result in drive a USC timeout. Ohio State scored two extra factors out of the timeout to increase its run to six-unanswered factors. Again-to-back OSU factors gave the Buckeyes the 13-5 benefit, prompting the Trojans’ second timeout of the set. Ohio State stretched its result in as massive as 13 factors at 22-9. USC received back-to-back challenges on OSU match level earlier than a kill from Gonzales sealed the 25-16 set win.

Highlights

S1: Set point

S2: Set point

S3: Match point

Match Notes

• Ohio State advances to its third-straight NCAA regional semifinal, making its 19^th regional look as a program.
• That is the Buckeyes’ 11^th sweep of the season.
• OSU’s 9 service aces was the a lot of the season in three-set matches.
• Emily Londot was the primary within the match to achieve 10 kills, doing so for the 27^th time this season. She totaled 13 kills tonight.
• Kylie Murr was the primary within the match to 10 digs, recording 10+ for the 27^th time this season. Murr completed with 14 digs.
• Sarah Sue Morbitzer (4) and Rylee Rader (3) every tied their career-high in aces.
• Jenaisya Moore had her 22^nd match of the season with 10 or extra kills.
• Gabby Gonzales moved as much as 19^th on the Buckeyes’ all-time profession kills listing as she now has 1,191 kills.
• Adria Powell recorded her 400^th profession kill and 200^th profession block.
• S1: Ohio State hit .417 through the set.
• S2: The Buckeyes didn’t path after tying the set at three.
• S3: OSU hit .464 within the set and restricted USC to hitting .184.

What They Stated

• Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg: “Now it’s time to place our schedule to the check. I believe these battles early on within the season and all through the Huge Ten actually ready us. I don’t know that there’s some other group that’s extra ready. I’m excited for the conversations we simply had within the locker room. Final yr, it was a second of reduction after which it was ‘let’s go deal with Georgia Tech’. Now it’s ‘let’s deal with us and we’re going to be nice’. There’s a special vibe and I find it irresistible.”
• Senior libero Kylie Murr: “My final sport in Covelli – there’s no different method I’d wish to exit of right here. It was a extremely good feeling to see everybody doing their jobs. Everybody had a smile on their face. It was simply actually enjoyable. It was fulfilling, each second of it.”
• Senior outdoors Gabby Gonzales: “What does this program not imply to me? This place has been my residence for the previous 4 years. Yeah, excited about it makes me a bit unhappy, but additionally comfortable on the similar time that we went out on such an excellent sport. I actually simply proud to be right here with all these women, workers, everybody right here – it’s superior. The atmosphere we created right here. It wasn’t like that my freshman yr and now coming in, it’s a tough place to play. I’m actually happy with how far it’s come.”

Up Subsequent

Ohio State will journey to the Texas regional website and face the winner of No. 2 Minnesota and UNI on Thursday.

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