Senior players, Kaitlyn Leary and Sarah Mignin of OSU and Caitlin Cox, Mary Chaudoin and Lindsay Enterline of IU, were recognized for their years of experience on the court.
In the first set, what could only be described as a Buckeye blow out, Ohio State quickly put 9 points on the board before Indiana's Morgan Leach earned her team a point with a kill. Two Hoosier errors and a block by OSU's Mariah Booth and Emily Danks put the set at 2-13. Another Leach kill was followed up by two more errors and another Booth-Danks block making it 3-16, forcing Indiana to take its second time out. After a word from their coaching staff and senior players, Indiana scored three points with Samantha Thrower, who had a block and a kill, and a Kelci Marschall kill. The Hoosiers wouldn't score again until the Buckeyes were at set point. Kills by Danks, Leary, and Kelli Barhorst, with help from several Hoosier errors, put them Ohio State in position to take the set. Thrower was able to capitalized on one more kill before Chaudoin's attack error gave OSU the set at 7-25.
The second set brought a more focused Indiana team. They were able to keep the lead until late in the set thanks to seven OSU errors. Two blocks and a kill from Leach and the entry of Ivie Obeime into the set, who quickly made two kills of her own, brought the game to 7-3. A crucial block by Whitney Grenado of IU forced a time out from Ohio State. Kills from Leary and Barhorst, with three Indiana errors, made it 11-8. A block by Barhorst and Amanda Peterson tied the game at 12, but Indiana held onto the lead. At 15 a piece, the Bucks took their first lead of the second set, but easy points due to errors tied the game again at 17. Finally, Ohio State pulled ahead late in the set with blocks from Leary, Booth and Danks, a Leary kill, and a service ace from Mari Hole. At 17-24, Indiana scored one more time with a block from Thrower. Ohio State then sealed the set with a kill from Leary making it 18-25.
In the third and final set, Indiana took an early lead again. When the set tied at 6, two Danks-Barhorst blocks and a Hole kill gave OSU the edge it needed. Two service aces followed in the nest couple of plays, one by Danks and one by Thrower. Kills from Hole, Booth and Leary, and a Barhorst attack error, put the set at 10-14. A Marschall kill, followed by two Hole kills, two Danks kills, and a Booth attack error made the score 12-18. Thrower answered with her own kill and Booth got her first ace of the day. A Leary kill made the board read 15-22. Indiana, who wasn't ready to give up just yet, quickly put up four points, one of which was a service ace by Whitney Grenado. A wild serve by Obeime put Ohio State at set point. With her team's fifth service ace of the night, Amanda Peterson ended the match 19-25.
The Buckeyes will host no.9 Penn State (21-7, 14-4) on Wednesday night. The Nittany Lions swept OSU earlier in the season in University Park. The Hoosiers will host Purdue (25-4, 13-4) also on Wednesday. The Ohio State women's volleyball team will play its last regular season game on Friday in Ann Arbor when they take on the Michigan Wolverines.
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