After going 2-1 with a loss to Oregon in the Championship Match of the DC Koehl Classic back in August, Ohio State made their way out to College Park for the Maryland Invitational.
On August 31st the Buckeyes opened up the tournament with a 3-0 shellacking of Binghamton. In dominating fashion the Buckeyes were relentless winning 25-11, 25-20, 25-11. Emily danks had a solid match for the Buckeyes with 7 kills on 16 attacks, Mari Hole had 13 kills and only 3 errors on 26 attacks. After that the Ohio State offensive attack was spread around with Mariah Booth and Kaitlyn Leary recording 5 kills apiece while Erin Sekinger and senior setter Amanda Peterson each tallied 4.
Alex Roland led the way for Binghamton with eight kills, her team was plagued by 19 attacking errors while Ohio State only had 7.
On the first of September the Buckeye Women won their second match of the tournament against Seton Hall in another sweep. The scores of each set were as follows 25-22, 25-21, 25-14.
While it was not quite the dominating performance that Ohio State put up against Binghamton, it was still another solid outing. Mari Hole had a monster match with 25 (!) kills on 43 attacks. This was the time of match many have come to expect out of Hole. Emily Danks added 12 kills on 28 attempts but also had 5 errors and Mariah Booth chipped in with another 8 kills.
Seton Hall really spread the ball around on offense with Simona Sekulova recording a team high 7 kills on 10 attempts. Stacy Manthorpe really struggled against the Buckeyes, managing only 2 kills on 21 attacks.
Later on the same day it was Danks' turn to shine, she turned in 24 kills on 50 (!) attacks in Ohio State's 3-2 victory over Maryland. Ohio State ended up winning 14-25, 22-25, 25-13, 25-22, 15-5.
The Buckeyes did an amazing job digging themselves out of a 0-2 hole to win a tough match. Hole also had a decent outing with 13 kills, although she also had 6 errors on 44 attacks leading to a .159 hitting average. Mariah booth added 9 kills and freshman Katie Mitchell tallied 7.
Three Maryland players Remy McBain (10), Ashleigh Crutcher (19), and Adreene Elliott (13) recorded double digit kills.
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