Women’s Volleyball: No. 5 Buckeyes winning streak ends, splits weekend with Tennessee, No. 12 Pitt during Pitt Classic

The ultimate non-conference weekend for the No. 5 Ohio State girls’s volleyball group befell in Pittsburgh dealing with Tennessee and No. 12 Pitt in one other bout of hard-fought volleyball. 

Ohio State (4-3) break up its weekend matches, sweeping Tennessee (6-6) on Saturday and falling to Pitt (9-2) Sunday, ending the Buckeyes’ four-game successful streak. 

Tennessee

Ohio State’s offense was working, with a match-hitting proportion of .398 in a sweep towards Tennessee.

Junior outdoors hitter Emily Londot bought the Buckeyes on the board first along with her first of 11 match kills. The set tied 14 occasions and adjusted leads six occasions, however Ohio State outlasted Tennessee 25-23.

The second set was a variety of back-and-forth motion with 11 ties and 7 lead adjustments. Ohio State took management of the set and the sport with a 4-1 run to provide the Buckeyes a 19-16 lead earlier than successful the set 25-21. 

Londot started set three with a primary ball kill, and the Buckeyes would lead wire to wire. The Volunteersgot inside 4 factors at 18-14 after a 4-0 run however popping out of an Ohio State timeout the Buckeyes closed the door, successful 25-15.

Ohio State outscored Tennessee 55-44 in whole factors. The Volunteers hit simply .152 within the match and .042 within the closing set. 

Senior outdoors hitters Jenaisya Moore and Gabby Gonzales mixed for 23 of Ohio States’ 55 match factors. Londot chipped in 12.5 factors of her personal and handed 800-career kills. 

Pitt 

Ohio State’s win streak ended at 4 video games by the use of a sweep by the hands of Pitt. 

The opening set started with a fast Pitt lead and tied six occasions earlier than an Ohio State service error led to three-straight Panther factors, making the rating 15-12. That margin can be an excessive amount of for the Buckeyes to beat, and the set resulted in favor of the Panthers 25-23.

The primary set within the twenty third all-time assembly between the 2 faculties got here right down to how properly the Panthers hit the ball. Pitt out-hit the Buckeyes .316 to .219 within the set.

The Buckeyes went on a four-point run and took a 12-10 lead. Nonetheless, Pitt’s defensive play led to a 10-point run to shut out and win the second set 25-15.

The Buckeye protection allowed 17 kills in every set heading into the third however may solely muster 12 kills within the first and simply 9 within the second. 

The third, and in the end closing, set had a complete of 11 ties and got here proper right down to the wire. A Londot kill was overturned resulting in a match level, and as soon as the final ball dropped Ohio State misplaced the match 25-23.

Ohio State’s offense struggled with only a .154 hitting proportion for the match. 

Londot was the lone Buckeye to have greater than six kills, ending with a match-high 16. She continued her season-long streak of a minimum of 10 kills in each match. 

Ohio State will start convention play subsequent weekend, touring to Iowa Friday and Nebraska Saturday.