Ohio State Women's Volleyball (Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup Recap)

On September 14th and 15th the Buckeye Women's Volleyball team played in the Flo Hyman Collegiate cup in Houston, Texas.  The team had a tough showing, going 1-2 in the tournament with losses to Pepperdine and Florida State before beating Houston in their tournament finale.

Starting out on the 14th, Ohio State faced off against then No. 18 Pepperdine.  The Buckeyes played solid, but couldn't quite put it all together as they ended up getting swept (0-3).  This match moved Pepperdine to 8-3 overall and the Buckeyes dropped to 8-2.

For Ohio State, Emily Danks and Mari Hole led the way, nothing unusual about that.  Danks finished with 10 kills and 2 aces while Hole tallied 11 kills and an ace but also came up with 6 hitting errors and one service error.  Kaitlyn Leary chipped in with 8 kills and Amanda Peterson finished with 21 assists.  Davi DiSalvatore, the team's libero, only played two sets and tallied only 8 digs.  For the Waves, Jazmine Orozco and Katie Messing tied for the team lead with 13 kills each, Victoria Adelhelm added 10 while setter Kellie Woolever had 5 to go along with 40 assists.

The following day Ohio State fell 1-3 against Florida State.  The set scores were as follows: Ohio State 18-25, 25-22, 13-25, 13-25.

Florida State was ranked No. 11 at the time.

The lone bright spot was the second set as the Buckeye women were demolished in the other three.  Mari Hole (15), Mariah Booth (11), and Emily Danks (10) all got into double digits in the kills column. Danks added 3 aces and senior setter Amanda Peterson picked up 33 assists.  Davi DiSalvatore led the team with 11 digs and Booth was also in on 5 blocks.

Later on that day, Ohio State took on the host Houston Cougars and finally got a win in the tournament.  This victory marked their second triumph over the Cougars this season, the Buckeyes opened up their year with a 3-0 sweep over Houston on August 24th.

The Buckeyes may not have swept this match, but they still dominated for the most part.  The set scores were: Ohio State 25-19, 25-16, 19-25, 25-13.

Mariah Booth had a spectacular game, tallying 17 kills on 19 attempts with 0 (!) errors.  This came out to a .895 attack rate.  Hole added 10 kills but had 9 errors while Danks did her part with 11 kills and 4 aces.  DiSalvatore led the team with 24 digs and Peterson had 47 assists on the match.