Score: Ohio 3, Toledo 1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-19, 25-10)
Location: Athens, Ohio (Convocation Center)
Record: Ohio 18-3 (8-0 MAC), Toledo 3-18 (0-8 MAC)
Short Story: The Ohio volleyball team (18-3, 8-0 MAC) tallied its 11th consecutive win with a 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-19, 25-10) victory over Mid-American Conference West Division foe Toledo (3-18, 0-8 MAC) on Saturday (Oct. 17) at the Convocation Center.

THE BASICS
• Ohio attacked at a .247 pace while limiting Toledo to a .117 hitting percentage.
• Junior outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) recorded a match-high 15 kills and earned
a double-double with 11 digs.
• Sophomore outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) contributed 11 kills to go along with 11 digs to record a double-double. She also tallied a service ace and an assisted block.
• Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Ali Lake (Liberty Township, Ohio) added 10 kills while recording two assisted blocks. She also had three digs.
• Senior middle blocker/outside hitter Shelby Walker (Bradenton, Fla.) ended the night with nine kills and three digs.
• Senior middle blocker Karin Bull (Bloomington, Minn.) added seven kills while having a match-high six total blocks (one solo, five assisted).
• Senior setter Abby Gilleland (Bull Valley, Ill.) had a match-high 52 assists in addition to 13 digs and four kills. She also recorded a service ace and two assisted blocks.
• Senior libero Meredith Ashy (Louisville, Ky.) had a team-high 16 digs to go along with three assists and two service aces.
• Sophomore outside hitter Saige Thomas led Toledo with 14 kills and tallied a dig, an assist, and an assisted block.
• Junior right side hitter Mary O'Connor added eight kills with three digs and three assisted blocks for the Rockets.
• Sophomore middle blocker Rachel Vidourek notched six kills and a team-high five total blocks (one solo, four assisted blocks) for Toledo
• Freshman setter/right side hitter Carly Townsend led Toledo with 36 assists and chipped in six digs. She also tallied a service ace, a kill and two block assisted blocks.
• Freshman defensive specialist/libero Maurissa Leonard compiled a match-high 22 assists for the Rockets and also chipped in a kill and a service ace.
• Senior defensive specialist Maddie Strall added 12 digs for Toledo.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The first set saw Ohio and Toledo trade points up until the 19-all mark. The Bobcats pulled away in the end though, closing the opening set victory out on a 6-2 run that was highlighted by Lake, Salis, Kosiorek and Bull. Ohio took advantage of four kills by Lake and three apiece from Bull, Kosiorek and Salis to take the 1-0 lead.
• The Bobcats picked up where they left off at the start of the second set, jumping out to a 12-8 lead thanks to kills by Walker, Kosiorek, Lake, Salis and Gilleland. The Rockets quickly flipped the script, though, using a 12-8 run of their own to snatch a 20-16 advantage. Back-to-back kills by Kosiorek, a double block by Bull and Lake and a Toledo attack error allowed Ohio to even the set score at 20-all. Two straight Bobcat attack errors gave the Rockets a 22-20 lead, but the Bobcats cut it back down to one courtesy of a kill by Lake. Unfortunately for Ohio, Toledo evened the match by closing out the second set with a 3-2 run.
• Ohio halted Toledo's momentum in the third set by racing out to a 17-7 lead thanks to five kills by Salis, kills by Kosiorek, Lake and redshirt freshman middle blocker Katie Nelson (Regina, Saskatchewan), a solo block by Bull and a double block by Gilleland and Bull. The Rockets refused to go quietly, though, putting together a 12-5 run to cut Ohio's lead down to three at 22-19. The Bobcats allowed Toledo to get no closer, though, closing out the third set with two kills by Bull to take a 2-1 match lead.
• The fourth set was all Bobcats, as Ohio hit an impressive .652 with 15 kills and no attack errors in 23 total attacks en route to a decisive 15-point set win. Salis racked up four more kills and Gilleland, Bull, Walker, Kosiorek and Lake all chipped in two to help the Bobcats wrap up a four-set victory.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Ohio's 18-3 start to the 2015 season marks the program's best opening to a season since starting 18-3 in 2006.
• Ohio has won 11 straight and 13 of its last 14.
• The Bobcats begin MAC play 8-0 for the second straight season and sixth time since 2003. The Green & White have won 32 straight league regular season matches.
• Salis notched her fourth double-double of the season and sixth of her career. She finished with double-digit kills for the fifth time this year and eighth time in her career while totaling double-digit digs for the 11th time this year and 27th time in her career. 
• Kosiorek achieved her eighth double-double of the season. She finished with double-digit kills for the 14th time this season and 28th time in her career while posting double-digit digs for the ninth time this year.
• Lake posted double-digit kills for the second time in her career.
• Bull recorded five or more total blocks for the eighth time this year and 35th time in her career.
• Gilleland achieved her 10th double-double of the year and 35th of her career. She recorded double-digit assists for the 21st time this season and 113th time in her career -- including tallying 50 or more for the second match in a row, fourth time this season and 13th time in her career. Gilleland notched double-digit digs for the 12th time this season and 40th time in her career.
• Ashy totaled double-digit digs for the 19th time this year and 103rd time in her career.

QUOTABLE
"I think, we, as an attacking team, we just got better as the match went on. Early on, our vision wasn't particularly good. Hit into some single blocks that we shouldn't have. As the match went on, our attack vision got better, and, as that happened, of course, hitting percentage went up, particularly at the end. The last set, we had 15 kills, 23 attempts, no errors. That's a great set. You're not going to have very many of those, but it's nice when it happens. The serving was obviously much better tonight, particularly toward the end. The beginning, we were doing what teams do after bad serving nights. We were getting the ball in play very, very safely. As the match went on, we kept the ball in play, but we served more aggressively, which is what we want. We want to be aggressive but consistent at the same time. By the end, we were doing that. Particularly, I was impressed with Jaime's serving tonight. She was serving a very good ball while serving accurately, and that's not always easy to do, but she found a way to get it done." - Second-year head coach Deane Webb on the win

WHAT'S NEXT
Ohio takes to the road again for two key matches against MAC West Division foes. The Bobcats visit Kalamazoo, Mich., next Friday (Oct. 23) for a 7 p.m. ET match at Western Michigan, then heads to DeKalb, Ill., for an 8 p.m. ET contest at Northern Illinois on Saturday (Oct. 24).

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