After an impressive Tournament opening sweep of Notre Dame, Ohio State matched up against Kentucky in the second round. That is especially unfortunate considering that Kentucky was hosting in Lexington, giving them a home court advantage.
Even still, the Buckeyes came out firing as they picked up a 25-18 first set win. Unfortunately it was all downhill from there. The Buckeyes fought to a 24-26 loss in set two before being demolished for the next two sets, 15-25 and 18-25. This match brought their season to an end but it was still an impressive run for the squad.
In the last match of her Ohio State career Mari Hole did what she could, picking up 18 kills but also making a few mistakes with 9 errors. Kaitlyn Leary continued her late season surge with 14 kills while Mariah Booth added 9. Emily Danks wasn't as effective as normal, she only had 6 kills on a measly 22 attempts, although she did add 2 service aces.
Amanda Peterson had 40 assists, but they came on 99 total attempts. Mari Hole also picked up 12 digs while Davi Disalvatore led the D with 16 digs.
For the Wildcats, Lauren O'Conner led the way with 16 kills. Alexandra Morgan and Whitney Billings chipped in with 10 kills each. Kentucky came up with only 15 hitting errors for the match which may have been the difference maker. Ohio State had 23.
The service line was another measuring stick of how this match progressed. Ohio State had only 4 aces compared to 8 service errors while Kentucky picked up a whopping 10 aces to go with 9 errors.
The Buckeyes finished their season with a 23-11 overall record after going 13-7 in the Big Ten Conference.
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