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Score: Toledo 3, Ohio 1 (25-23, 25-20, 22-25, 25-14)
Location: Toledo, Ohio (Savage Arena)
Record: Ohio 9-10 (5-2 MAC), Toledo 11-8 (4-3 MAC)
Short Story: Senior outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) racked up a career-high 23 kills to lead the match, but the Ohio volleyball team (9-10, 5-2 MAC) was undone by 19 service errors in a 3-1 (25-23, 25-20, 22-25, 25-14) setback to Mid-American Conference West Division foe Toledo (11-8, 4-3 MAC) on Friday (Oct. 14) at Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio. The loss snapped a three-match winning streak for the Bobcats.

THE BASICS
• The Bobcats led the match in kills (58-50) and assists (54-47), but the Rockets held the advantage in total team blocks (8.0-4.0) and digs (64-54).
• Salis hit .360 (23 kills-five errors-50 total attacks) and also added a service ace, a solo block and five digs for Ohio.
• Junior outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) logged 15 kills, a team-high two service aces and five digs for the Bobcats.
• Redshirt junior middle blocker Ali Lake (Liberty Township, Ohio) compiled nine kills, a team-high two assisted blocks and a dig for Ohio.
• Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Katie Nelson (Regina, Saskatchewan) finished with seven kills and attacked at a .389 (seven kills-no errors-18 total attacks) rate. She also added a solo block for the Bobcats.
• Sophomore setter/outside hitter Stephanie Olman (Maumee, Ohio) distributed a match-high 47 assists to lead the match. She achieved a double-double for Ohio with 11 digs to tie for the team lead and also tallied a service aces.
• Freshman libero Meredith Howe (Grand Rapids, Mich.) tied Olman for the team lead with 11 digs and also had two assists for the Bobcats.
• Sophomore libero Erica Walker (Wheaton, Ill.) finished with 10 digs and three assists for Ohio.
• Junior outside hitter Saige Thomas led Toledo with 11 kills. She also had three assisted blocks (one solo, two assisted) and two digs.
• Junior middle hitter/outside hitter Annie Beasley attacked at a .529 (10 kills-one error-17 total attacks) percentage and had three assisted blocks for the Rockets.
• Junior middle hitter Rachel Vidourek recorded a .304 (10 kills-three errors-23 total attacks) attack percentage and also compiled three assisted blocks, a service ace and three digs for Toledo.
• Sophomore setter/right side Carly Townsend totaled a match-high five assisted blocks and led the Rockets with 43 assists. She also had four kills and five digs.
• Sophomore libero/defensive specialist Maurissa Leonard led Toledo with two service aces and 19 digs.
• Sophomore libero/defensive specialist Andrea Stephenson, senior libero/defensive specialist Maggie Johnston and junior libero/defensive specialist Lauren Bakaitas all posted double-digit digs for the Rockets. Stephenson had 12 digs and a service ace, Johnston had 11 digs and two assists and Bakaitas had 10 digs and two assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Bobcats dropped the opening set despite 10 kills from Salis. Toledo grabbed a 12-8 lead thanks to three kills by Vidourek, kills by Beasley, Thomas, senior right side Mary O'Connor and sophomore outside hitter/middle hitter Gracey Tuifua and a double block by Beasley and Thomas. Ohio answered by scoring three-straight points after a kill by Salis and back-to-back kills by Kosiorek to cut the Rockets' lead down to one at 12-11. Toledo retaliated with an 6-2 run that included two Ohio service errors, back-to-back double blocks by Beasley and Townsend and a pair of kills by Beasley, making it an 18-13 lead for the Rockets. The Bobcats made it a one-point set once again at 18-17 after two kills and a double block by Salis helped force Toledo to call timeout. The Rockets then scored six of the next 10 points to grab set point at 24-21, utilizing kills by Beasley, O'Connor, Tuifua, Thomas and Vidourek. Kills by Kosiorek and Salis helped Ohio hold off defeat, but a Bobcat service error ended the set and gave Toledo a 1-0 match lead.
• Ohio used four kills by Salis, three by Lake and two by Kosiorek to help make it a one-point second at 15-14 in favor of Toledo in the second set. The Rockets earned the 2-0 match lead, though, by closing out the second set on a 10-6 run. Double blocks by Vidourek and Townsend and O'Connor and Townsend and kills by Vidourek, Thomas and O'Connor highlighted the stretch for Toledo.
• The Bobcats came out firing in the third set to take a 16-12 lead thanks to four kills by Nelson, two apiece from Lake and Kosiorek, a service ace by Olman and a double block by Lake and redshirt freshman middle blocker Natalie Burcheksy (Canonsburg, Pa.). Toledo answered with a 10-6 run to even the set score at 22-all courtesy of two kills apiece by Thomas, Townsend and Beasley and a double block by Townsend and Vidourek. That's as close as Ohio let the Rockets get to completing the sweep, though, as two kills by Salis bookended a service ace by Kosiorek and forced a fourth set.
• It appeared as though Ohio might be on its way to forcing a fifth set as four kills by Kosiorek and three apiece by Lake and Salis helped the Bobcats keep within three points of the Rockets at 17-14. Unfortunately for Ohio, Toledo scored the final eight points of the match -- five of which came off Bobcat errors -- to seal the victory.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Ohio is now 33-17 (.660) all-time against Toledo.
• Salis has now posted double-digit kills 10 times this year and 25 times in her career. She has tallied at least 22 kills in each of the last three matches.
• Kosiorek has now notched double-digit kills nine times this season and 42 times in her career.
• Olman has now distributed at least 40 assists seven times this year and has posted double-digit digs four times this season. She has now achieved four double-doubles -- including each of the last three matches.
• Howe has now finished with double-digit digs three times this season.
• Walker has now tallied double-digit digs seven times this year -- including each of the last five matches -- and 17 times in her career.

QUOTABLE
Third-year head coach Deane Webb on the team's serving struggles at Toledo
"Like I told the team, about the first set and a half, every one of those misses I take. That's on me. I chose to give the team off all week to get our legs back to carry us for the last month of the season. You know when you make that decision, your first match back serve and pass is probably not going to be good. First set and a half, that's on me. After that, we probably should've been a little bit better there. I think tonight was really just quite a few poor decisions by attackers, a lot of unforced errors. We had more kills than our opponent, but we also had significantly more unforced errors. That's something that needs to be addressed, and it needs to be addressed quickly because Ball State's a good team."

Webb on Salis' performance
"She's a really smart hitter. At the start of the season, she just wanted to hit the ball as hard as she could. She's just scoring everywhere and playing at a really high level. I think it's a great inspiration for our team. Happy for her. She's as good of a kid as you want to be around, works incredibly hard and just love what she does every day, and glad to see her get that success."

UP NEXT
The Bobcats look to bounce back on Saturday (Oct. 15) when they take on MAC West Division foe Ball State (8-13, 4-3 MAC) in a 7 p.m. ET matchup at Worthen Arena in Muncie, Ind. The contest will be streamed live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app.

The Cardinals suffered a 3-2 (25-18, 25-23, 16-25, 23-25, 15-6) loss to MAC East Division foe Kent State on Friday.

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