Ohio State Women's Volleyball: Regular Season Review

The Ohio State Women's Volleyball team has wrapped up their season, and what a year it was.  The Buckeye women wrapped up regular season play with a 22-10 overall record, they went 13-7 in the conference.  This included a 7-6 record at home and an 11-2 mark on the road.

To review the season's exploits we can start with the season opening Sports Imports DC Koehl Classic at St. John Arena.  The Buckeyes opened play vs. Houston, winning 3-0, the next day Ohio State played twice, beating Toledo 3-0 before dropping the tournament championship to Oregon, 2-3.

The next week, the Buckeyes traveled to College Park for the Maryland Invitational.  They opened up tournament play with a 3-0 victory against Binghamton.  On the first of September Ohio State captured the tournament victory two wins, a sweep of Seton Hall and a 3-2 win against Maryland in the finale.

After College Park the team looked towards Bowling Green, KY for the WKU Tournament.  Ohio State got another title as they won all three of their matches.  Opening the tournament the Buckeye Women picked up a big 3-2 win against then #10 Dayton.  OSU then beat IUPUI 3-1 before closing out Western Kentucky with another 3-1 win.

Ohio State's last pre-season tournament was the Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup in Houston, Texas.  The Buckeyes picked up two losses at this tournament but still won their last game.  Geoff Carlston and his team opened play with a 0-3 loss to Pepperdine before falling to Florida State 1-3.  The Buckeyes closed the tournament on a high note with a 3-1 victory against Houston.

From their Big Ten play finally got under way with the Buckeyes opening their regular season in dominating fashion, beating Iowa 3-0 at home.  After that the Buckeyes fell to Nebraska (1-3) at home before traveling to Minnesota and dropping their second straight (0-3).  The Women took a four game winning streak into the Purdue game after wins over Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern, and Indiana.  The Buckeyes again dropped two straight, both at home, with a 1-3 loss to Purdue and an 0-3 loss to Penn State.  The Buckeyes won their next four games, over Michigan State, Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin, then lost to Minnesota yet again.  That loss marked a short blip before another four game winning streak, the Buckeye Women then closed their season with two straight losses, one at Penn State before dropping the season finale at home against That Team Up North.