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Score: Ohio 3, Central Michigan 0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-20)
Location: Athens, Ohio (Convocation Center)
Record: Ohio 21-6 (10-3 MAC), Central Michigan 11-16 (6-8 MAC)
Short Story: The Ohio volleyball team (21-6, 11-3 MAC) recorded a 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-20) sweep of Mid-American Conference West Division foe Central Michigan (11-16, 6-8 MAC) on Saturday (Nov. 7) at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio.

THE BASICS
• The Bobcats hit .333 (45 kills-nine errors-108 total attacks) while holding Central Michigan to a .187 (37 kills-17 errors-107 total attacks) clip.
• Junior outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) logged a match-high 15 kills to go along with 10 digs. She also accounted for an assisted block, a service ace and two assists.
• Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Ali Lake (Liberty Township, Ohio) added nine kills, four assisted blocks and four digs for the Bobcats.
• Senior middle blocker Karin Bull (Bloomington, Minn.) recorded eight kills, a match-high six total blocks (one solo, five assisted) and a dig for Ohio.
• Senior setter Abby Gilleland (Bull Valley, Ill.) achieved a double-double with a match-high 40 assists in addition to 10 digs for the Bobcats. She also notched four kills and two assisted blocks.
• Senior libero Meredith Ashy (Louisville, Ky.) posted 10 digs and two assists for Ohio.
• Sophomore outside hitter Jordan Bueter posted a double-double for Central Michigan with a team-high 12 kills to go along with 10 digs. She also tallied a match-high two service aces in addition to a solo block.
• Sophomore outside hitter Taylor Robertson added 11 kills and an assisted block for the Chippewas.
• Junior setter Kathia Sanchez also notched a double-double for Central Michigan with a team-high 30 assists to go along with 10 digs. She also logged two kills.
• Freshman defensive specialist Jamison Wolffis compiled a match-high 17 digs in addition to five assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ohio set the tone with a seven-point victory in the opening set, attacking at a .312 (14 kills-four errors-32 total attacks) clip and limiting the Chippewas to a .069 (10 kills-eight errors-29 total attacks) percentage. The Bobcats used two kills apiece from Bull and Salis to help build a 10-4 lead. Ohio's lead swelled to 10 points at 20-10 thanks in large part to three kills by Lake and double blocks by Lake and senior middle blocker/outside hitter Shelby Walker (Bradenton, Fla.) and Lake and Bull. Central Michigan cut Ohio's lead down to six at 22-16, but the Bobcats closed out the opening set victory with kills by Salis and sophomore outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).
• The Bobcats hit .400 (15 kills-one error-35 total attacks) in the second set, but the Chippewas countered with a .282 (15 kills-four errors-39 total attacks) attack. Central Michigan jumped out to a 12-7 lead in the early going, but Ohio answered with four-straight points on three kills by Salis and a service ace by redshirt junior setter/defensive specialist Aubree Hord (Loveland, Ohio). Central Michigan scored eight of the next 15 points to seize a 20-19 edge, but Ohio responded with a 6-3 stretch to win the set and take a 2-0 match lead.
• Ohio utilized three kills by Bull and two apiece from Walker, Salis and Gilleland to grab a 18-11 lead. Central Michigan rattled off a 7-2 run to shave Ohio's lead down to two at 20-18 and force the Bobcats to burn a timeout. The Green & White regrouped, though, thanks in large part to three kills by Salis to take the third set by five points and win the match.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• The Bobcats have taken the last three meetings from the Chippewas.
• Salis notched her fifth double-double of the season and seventh of her career. She has recorded double-digit kills six times this season and nine times in her career and posted double-digit digs for the fourth-straight match, 15th time this season and 31st time in her career.
• Bull recorded five or more total blocks for the ninth time this year and 36th time in her career.
• Gilleland posted her fourth-straight double-double, 15th of the year and 40th of her career. She recorded double-digit assists for the 27th time this season and 119th time in her career while posting double-digit digs for the 17th time this year and 45th time in her career.
• Ashy has achieved double-digit digs 23 times in 2015. She has notched double-digit digs 107 times in her career.

QUOTABLE
"We won. That's good. We like winning. I just think tonight we were in system a lot and we passed really, really well tonight. Obviously, Mal did a great job on the outside. You just can't say enough when you're in system, when you're passing well, more people get good swings -- not just swings, but good swings, swings against single blocks. I just think there were several places that we scored at a high level. We knew with this lineup we were not going to be quite as good defensively, but we felt we would be better offensively." - Second-Year Head Coach Deane Webb

"Obviously, we came off a tough loss on Thursday. Tonight, it was all about focusing on ourselves. That was the big talk going into Friday's practice and even the speech before our game tonight. It was playing for each other, focusing on ourselves and what Ohio does best. I think going off that, tonight we were just Ohio and Ohio volleyball, and we played like we normally play. When we're on, we're on, and we're good." - Junior Outside Hitter/Libero Mallory Salis

WHAT'S NEXT
Ohio closes the MAC regular season schedule by hosting a pair of MAC East Division rivals next weekend at the Convocation Center. The Bobcats welcome Buffalo on Friday (Nov. 13) and Akron on Saturday (Nov. 14). Both matches are set to get underway at 7 p.m. ET. Friday's match against the Bulls has been designated as a Rufus Kids Club Party as well as Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day. The team will hold a post-game autograph session following the match. Saturday's match against the Zips is Senior Day, with the Bobcats set to honor the careers of Ashy, Bull, Gilleland, Hord and Walker.

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