Sept. 10, 2016
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Score: Texas San Antonio 3, Ohio 1 (25-27, 28-26, 25-20, 25-19)
Location: Norman, Okla. (McCasland Field House)
Record: Ohio 3-7, Texas-San Antonio 6-3
Short Story: The Ohio volleyball team (3-7) lost a 3-1 (25-27, 28-26, 25-20, 25-19) decision to Texas-San Antonio (6-3) on Saturday (Sept. 10) in its final match of the NIKE Invitational at McCasland Field House in Norman, Okla. The Bobcats lost despite holding a 1-0 match lead and a 24-20 lead in the second set. Ohio received a season-high 21 kills from junior outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), who represented the Bobcats on the All-NIKE Invitational Team.
The Bobcats finished 1-2 at the NIKE Invitational. Ohio swept Lamar, 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-21), on Friday (Sept. 9) morning, then fell to host Oklahoma, 3-0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-18), on Friday evening.
THE BASICS
• Ohio lost despite hitting .269 (54 kills-18 errors-134 total attacks). Texas-San Antonio attacked at a .356 (67 kills-19 errors-135 total attacks) clip. The Roadrunners edged the Bobcats in total team blocks (10.0-8.0), assists (62-53) and digs (54-48).
• In addition to posting a new season-high for kills, Kosiorek two total blocks (one solo, one assisted) for Ohio.
• Redshirt junior middle blocker Ali Lake (Liberty Township, Ohio) recorded 11 kills for the Bobcats and also added an assisted block and a dig.
• Senior outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) achieved a double-double for Ohio with 10 kills and 10 digs. She also had two assisted blocks and four assists.
• Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Katie Nelson (Regina, Saskatchewan) notched eight kills, three total blocks (one solo, two assisted) and one dig for the Bobcats.
• Freshman middle blocker/outside hitter Sara Januszewski (Oak Creek, Wis.) led Ohio with four total blocks (one solo, three assisted) and also chipped in two kills and two digs.
• Sophomore setter/outside hitter Stephanie Olman (Maumee, Ohio) totaled a career-high 47 assists for the Bobcats to lead the match. She also contributed two kills, a service ace, an assisted block and eight digs.
• Senior libero Brooke Coleman (Plano, Texas) led Ohio with 13 digs and also tallied two assists.
• Junior outside hitter Marijeta Runjic led the match with 23 kills for Texas-San Antonio. She also totaled one service ace, an assisted block and four digs.
• Senior outside hitter Dajana Boskovic recorded a double-double for the Roadrunners with 20 kills and 11 digs. She also added four total blocks (one solo, three assisted) and an assist.
• Senior middle hitter Tessa Dahnert finished with nine kills and a match-high five assisted blocks for Texas-San Antonio.
• Senior setter Jessica Waldrip totaled a team-high 43 assists as well as four kills, four assisted blocks, a service ace and five digs for the Roadrunners.
• Sophomore setter Amanda Gonzales tallied 13 assists and two digs for Texas-San Antonio.
• Sophomore defensive specialist Shelby Williams logged a match-high 16 digs for the Roadrunners. She also had an assist.
• Freshman defensive specialist Emily Ramirez posted 10 digs and two assists for Texas-San Antonio.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ohio hit .324 (15 kills-four errors-34 total attacks) en route to a two-point victory in the opening set. The Bobcats jumped out to a 12-6 lead thanks to three kills by Kosiorek, kills by Lake, Salis and Nelson and a service ace by freshman libero Meredith Howe (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Texas-San Antonio countered with an 18-11 stretch to make it set point at 24-23. The Roadrunners were powered by four kills by Dahnert, three by Runjic and two by Boskovic. Salis came up with a kill to keep Ohio alive. The Bobcats took a 25-24 lead on a Texas-San Antonio attack error, but Boskovic evened the score for the Roadrunners with a kill. A bad set by Texas-San Antonio gave Ohio a 26-25 edge, then Kosiorek gave Ohio a first-set win with a kill.
• The Bobcats and the Roadrunners traded points throughout much of the second set, building to a 17-all tie. Ohio grabbed control and reached set point with a 7-3 run, utilizing a double block by Januszewski and Lake and solo blocks by Januszewski and Nelson as well as two kills by Salis and another by Lake. The Roadrunners climbed out of the hole with three kills by Runjic, a double block by Waldrip and Dahnert and a ball handling error by Ohio, giving Texas-San Antonio and 25-24 lead. Two kills by Kosiorek sandwiched a kill by Boskovic, leaving the set tied at 26-all. Kills by Runjic and Boskovic gave the Roadrunners a come-from-behind win in the second set and tied the match at one-all.
• Ohio opened the fourth set with a 13-10 run, taking advantage of two kills apiece by Kosiorek and Nelson and double blocks by Nelson and Salis, Kosiorek and Januszewski and Olman and Januszewski to gain control. The Roadrunners responded by rattling off seven-straight points to take a 17-13 lead, highlighted by a pair of double blocks by Boskovic and Dahnert. Two kills by Boskovic, a kill by sophomore outside hitter Antonela Jularic and a double block by Jularic and junior middle hitter Megan Slan made it a 21-15 set in favor of Texas-San Antonio. Three more kills by Kosiorek were not enough to keep Ohio alive as the Roadrunners closed out the victory courtesy of one last kill by Runjic.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Ohio dropped to 2-1 (.667) all-time against Texas-San Antonio.
• Kosiorek finished with double-digit kills for the fourth time this year and 37 times in her career.
• Lake totaled double-digit kills for the fourth time this season and seventh time in her career.
• Salis achieved her fourth double-double of the season and 14th of her career and recorded double-digit kills for the sixth time this year and 21st time in her career and double-digit digs for the third time this season and 37th time in her career.
• Olman notched at least 40 assists for the second time this year.
• Coleman logged double-digit digs for the fifth-straight match, eighth time this season and 37th time in her career.
QUOTABLE
Third-year head coach Deane Webb on the match
"It was a good match overall, particularly offensively. We played well. I think at times we didn't line up the block the way that we needed to, but a lot of good things happened today. Jaime and Ali both played at a high level. We're seeing those two emerge and probably go to a different level. It's exciting. They're just becoming go-to, dominant players. That's probably my biggest takeaway from this weekend. I think we missed a real opportunity at the end of the second set. We were up, then passed five balls in a row out of system. If we pass a couple of those in system, then we're probably going to get a kill. That's probably my regret."
Junior outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek on raising her game to match that of Texas-San Antonio junior outside hitter Marijeta Runjic and senior outside hitter Dajana Boskovic
"I'm wired that way. I like to kind of have a little competition with the people across the net. They're completely different players. They're a lot more phyiscal than I am, but I like to make it a challenge and help my team the best way I can."
Sophomore setter/outside hitter Stephanie Olman on the team's performance
"I thought we started out really strong and then had some ups and downs throughout the middle of the game and toward the end, but I'm happy with our performance. I think we're going on an uphill motion. There's a lot of things we can work on, but, overall, I'm happy with how much we've improved from the beginning of the season."
UP NEXT
The Bobcats wrap up their non-conference tournament tour with a drive to Blacksburg, Va., to participate in the Hokie Invitational next Friday (Sept. 16). Ohio will battle Radford at 11 a.m. ET, then clash with host Virginia Tech at 8 p.m. ET.
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