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Score: Ohio 2, Michigan 3 (25-17, 22-25, 15-25, 25-22,7-15)
Location: Athens, Ohio
Record: Ohio (5-2), Michigan (6-0)
THE BASICS
- The Ohio volleyball team (5-2) dropped a five set battle to Michigan (6-0) 3-2 (25-17, 22-25, 15-25, 25-22, 7-15) to close out the Bobcat Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 5) afternoon.
- Senior setter Abby Gilleland (Bull Valley, Ill.) tallied a season-high 58 assists along with 18 digs for her third double-double of the year.
- Senior Meredith Ashy (Louisville, Ky.) compiled an Ohio-high 22 digs along with three assists on the night.
- Sophomore outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and senior middle blocker Shelby Walker lead the Bobcats with 14 kills. Kosiorek piled up a career-high 19 digs.
- Senior middle blocker Karin Bull (Bloomington, Minn.) racked in 11 kills and carried a team-high .391 clip for the match.
- Redshirt sophomore Ali Lake put together a career-high 10 kills along with two blocks (one solo, one assisted).
- Junior captain and outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) stacked a season-high 9 kills and 13 digs along with a .304 attack percentage.
- Michigan junior outside hitter Abby Cole had a match-high 15 kills and .400 clip. Senior setter Carly Warner finished with a team-high 36 assists along with 20 digs for a double-double. Senior libero Tiffany Morales led Michigan with 24 digs.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Ohio jumped on the Wolverines early 10-5, but Michigan put together a 4-2 run and inched closer to Ohio 12-9. The Bobcats closed the first set on a 12-9 run to gain the upper hand on Michigan 25-17. The Bobcats held the Wolverines to a -.048 attack percentage in the opening set.
- Down 9-8 in the second set, Ohio saw two kills from Bull and a kill from Gilleland to take their first lead of the set 11-9. Michigan’s offensive spark and Ohio’s mistakes led to a Wolverine 11-6 run and an Ohio timeout. Down four 24-20, Ohio cut Michigan’s lead to 24-22 off of back-to-back service aces by Gilleland, but an Ohio error gave Michigan the set 25-22.
- The third set saw Michigan take a five point 7-2 lead right away. Ohio faced a 13-11 Michigan lead in the set, but the Wolverines put together a 6-2 run to own a 19-13 advantage and force Ohio into a timeout. Michigan finished the third set 25-15 after a 6-1 run and took a 2-1 match lead.
- Ohio and Michigan battled to an 8-8 tie before an attack error by the Wolverines gave Ohio a 9-8 lead in the fourth set. The Green and White gained a four point edge making Michigan take a timeout. Michigan stuck close to Ohio and eventually tied the score at 15. Ohio’s Lake, Bull, Kosiorek and Salis rallied off kills to take a 19-16 lead. Even after a Michigan attack error put Ohio up 21-18, a service error by the Bobcats and a kill from Michigan’s Cole forced Ohio to take a timeout with a 21-20 lead. The Bobcats closed the set 25-22 on a 4-2 run highlighted by kills from Shelby Walker and freshman setter/outside hitter Stephanie Olman (Maumee, Ohio).
- Trading point for point in the fifth set, Michigan eventually pulled away from the Bobcats after being tied 6-6. The Wolverines sparked a 9-1 run to close out the match, and take the Bobcat Invitational crown.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
All-Bobcat Invitational Team:
Michigan So. OH #2 Caroline Knop (MVP)
Michigan So. OPP #13 Katherine Mahlke
Michigan Jr. MB #17 Abby Cole
Ohio Sr. MB #4 Karin Bull
Ohio Sr. L #7 Meredith Ashy
LSU Sr. OH/RS #24 Kristen Massa
Xavier OH #14 Kristen Massa
QUOTABLE
“It was a really great week for us, last Tuesday (at Kentucky) was a great win for us, and the win against Xavier was a good character win for us. Today stings, to have a Big Ten team right there and not get the win certainly hurts, but I’m happy we had a really great week and I’m proud of our kids for that.†â€" second-year head coach Deane Webb
WHAT’S NEXT
Ohio will travel to Louisville, Kentucky and compete in the Active Ankle Challenge at the University of Louisville next weekend. The Bobcats will face the Seton Hall on Friday Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m. ET and will see Utah and host Louisville on Saturday Sept. 12 at noon and 7:30 p.m. ET. A free live audio stream will be provided for all fans right here on OhioBobcats.com.
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