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Score: Ohio 3, Buffalo 0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-15)
Location: Athens, Ohio (Convocation Center)
Record: Ohio 22-6 (12-3 MAC), Buffalo 7-20 (6-9 MAC)
Short Story: The Ohio volleyball team (22-6, 12-3 MAC) rolled to a decisive 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-15) sweep of Mid-American Conference East Division rival Buffalo (7-20, 6-9 MAC) on Friday (Nov. 13) at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio.

THE BASICS
• The Bobcats put together their most efficient offensive match of the 2015 season, hitting at a season-best .415 clip (46 kills-seven errors-94 total attacks). Ohio limited Buffalo to a .126 attack percentage (28 kills-17 errors-87 total attacks).
• Sophomore outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) led the charge for Ohio, finishing with a match-high 12 kills to go along with a solo block and two digs. She hit .455 for the match.
• Junior outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) added 11 kills and a match-high three service aces in addition to five digs for the Bobcats.
• Senior middle blocker/outside hitter Shelby Walker (Bradenton, Fla.) attacked at a .727 pace with eight kills and no errors for Ohio. She also chipped in an assisted block.
• Senior setter Abby Gilleland (Bull Valley, Ill.) distributed a match-high 35 assists to go along with six kills, a service ace and an assisted block for Ohio. She also tallied seven digs. Gilleland attacked at an .857 clip with no errors.
• Senior libero Meredith Ashy (Louisville, Ky.) logged a match-high 15 digs to go along with three service aces and two assists for the Bobcats..
• Senior outside hitter Megan Lipski led Buffalo with nine kills and a service ace to go along with five digs.
• Senior middle blocker Akeila Lain and sophomore middle blocker Cassie Shado tied for the match lead with two assisted blocks apiece for the Bulls. Lain also added six kills while Shado pitched in four.
• Freshman setter Madison Clark posted a team-high 25 assists for Buffalo and also logged four digs.
• Sophomore defensive specialist/libero Niki Bozinoski led the Bulls with nine digs and also added an assist.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ohio cruised to a 10-point win in the opening set. The Bobcats used kills by senior middle blocker Karin Bull (Bloomington, Minn.), Kosiorek, Gilleland, Walker, Salis and redshirt sophomore middle blocker Ali Lake (Liberty Township, Ohio) and service aces by Salis and Ashy to build up a quick 11-5 lead. Ohio never led by less than six the rest of the set. Salis finished the first set with five kills while Gilleland and Bull each added three.
• The Bobcats and the Bulls traded points in the early going of the second set, building up to a seven-all tie. Ohio took command from there, though, rattling off a 9-5 run to grab a 16-12 lead and force the Bulls to call a timeout. Ohio's lead swelled to 21-12 thanks to two more kills by Kosiorek and kills by Walker and Salis. The Bulls scored two of the next three points, but the Bobcats closed out the second set and a 2-0 match lead with a kill by Lake and back-to-back Buffalo attack errors. Kosiorek dominated the second frame with seven kills.
• The third set saw Ohio race ahead to a 14-4 lead with kills by Kosiorek, Walker, Salis and Gilleland, two service aces by Salis and service aces by Gilleland and redshirt junior setter/defensive specialist Aubree Hord (Loveland, Ohio). Buffalo answered with a 10-4 run that shaved Ohio's lead down to 18-14 and forced the Bobcats to burn a timeout. That's as close as the Bulls got, though, as Ohio closed out the match with a 7-1 run powered by two kills by Salis and kills by Lake and redshirt freshman middle blocker Katie Nelson (Regina, Saskatchewan).

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• The Bobcats are now 35-2 (.946) all-time against Buffalo and have taken the last 10 meetings from the Bulls.
• Kosiorek has finished with double-digit kills 16 times this season. She's achieved the feat 30 times in her career.
• Salis has recorded double-digit kills seven times this season and 10 times in her career.
• Gilleland recorded double-digit assists for the 28th time this season and 120th time in her career.
• Ashy has achieved double-digit digs 24 times in 2015. She has notched double-digit digs 108 times in her career. Her program-record 2,117 career digs rank 10th in MAC history.

QUOTABLE
"Good win overall. We really focused on quite a few things offensively the last couple weeks to speed up our offense quite a bit and make some changes to our lineup. I was pleased with how it went tonight. First set, it was all offense, both sides. We didn't defend very well. Second set was our best set of the night. We had that great balance of high-level offense but still defended at a good level. Third set, I thought we lost some focus. Had some unforced attack errors we didn't need to have but defended at a great level. It was a good step forward for us. This was really what we needed to see from some of the changes that we made. They all played at a high level. Shelby went back in the middle and hit for a huge number. Mal scored quite a bit on the outside. Jaime may have benefited the most of anybody on our team with running our offense a little faster, and she obviously hit for a big number today." - Second-Year Head Coach Deane Webb

WHAT'S NEXT
Ohio wraps up its MAC regular season schedule with a Senior Day showdown against MAC East Division rival Akron on Saturday (Nov. 14) at the Convo. The match is scheduled to get underway at 7 p.m. ET. The Zips (8-20, 2-13 MAC) have now lost five in a row after suffering a 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-19) sweep at the hands of archrival Kent State on Friday at the M.A.C. Center in Kent, Ohio.

The Bobcats will honor the careers of Ashy, Bull, Gilleland, Hord and Walker prior to the match.

Seeding in the upcoming 2015 MAC Championship will also be on the line for the Bobcats. Ohio can clinch the No. 2 seed with a victory.

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