Score: BYU 3, Ohio 1 (25-19, 23-25, 17-25, 24-26)
Location: Provo, Utah (Smith Fieldhouse)
Record: Ohio 25-8, BYU 27-3
Short Story: The Ohio volleyball team (25-8)  hit a game-high .306 but dropped a 3-1 decision in the opening round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament to host No. 13 Brigham Young (27-3).

THE BASICS
• The Bobcats outhit and out blocked the No. 13-ranked Cougars including 15-11, but dropped a 3-1 decision winning the first set 25-19, but dropping the following sets 23-25, 17-25 and 24-26, respectively.
• Junior outside hitter Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) led Ohio with 21 kills, nine digs and two block assists.
• Sophomore outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) recorded 15 kills and two block assists.
• Senior setter Abby Gilleland (Bull Valley, Ill.) had nine kills, 53 assists and seven digs, she also had one solo block and a block assist.
• Senior middle blocker Karin Bull (Bloomington, Minn.) had eight kills, two digs and six block assists.
• Freshman libero Erica Walker (Wheaton, Ill.) had nine digs in the outing.
• Senior middle blocker Shelby Walker (Bradenton, Fla.) had four kills, a dig and a block assist.
• Senior libero Meredith Ashy (Louisville, Ky.) had 20 digs int he contest.
• Sophomore middle blocker Ali Lake (Liberty Township, Ohio) had seven kills and two block assists in the contest. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ohio got behind in the first set by two-points but hit at a .571 clip to take a 25-19 win in the opening set.
• Salis had seven kills in the opening set while Bull had three blocks.
• As a team, Ohio had 20 kills in the opening set.
• After keeping it close in the ten points, BYU went on a 5-0 run to take a 15-10 advantage, the Bobcats came out of a timeout with a 4-0 run which cut the BYU lead to 15-14.
• BYU hit .250 in the second set to take a 25-23 win over Ohio. The Bobcats hit .262 in the second set and had two service errors while BYU had three service aces.
• In the third set, BYU picked up three service aces, while Ohio had three serving errors. The Cougars took the third set, 25-17.
• Salis had 16 attacks in the third set, with three kills.
• In the fourth set, Ohio went toe-to-toe with BYU and held the set within two points, taking its larges lead of the set, 15-12 on a attacking error by BYU’s Alexa Gray.
• Ohio tied the score at 22, 23 and 24 points before BYU closed it out with a kill by Lacy Haddock and an attack error by Salis.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Bull had six block assists, which was the 10th time this season she has recorded five or more.
• Gilleland has posted double-digit assists 33 times this season and 122 times in her career.
• Ashy has recorded double-digit digs 29 times in 2015 and 113 times in her career.
• Ohio went 1-1 against ranked opponents this season.
• Ohio is now 5-10 in the NCAA Tournament

QUOTABLE
Second-Year Head Coach Deane Webb on loss to BYU
“I thought it was a competitive match, the challenge tonight was BYU did a great job winning the close ones. All the credit to their team, they were very poised late in the sets. We won one by six, they won one by eight and then won the close sets. It was a great competitive match and a great environment.I am very proud of our team tonight.”

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