Women's Volleyball v. Purdue

In an exciting three set match, the no.8 Purdue Boilermakers swept the Ohio State women's volleyball team Friday night in front of a crowd of 1786. The Bucks left the game with a record of 17-13 (7-10 Big Ten) and Purdue came away with a 24-4 (13-3) record.

In set 1, the Buckeyes started off strong and quickly put five points on the board thanks to three Purdue errors and kills by Mariah Booth and Kaitlyn Leary. Kills by Boilermakers Tiffany Fisher, Rachel Davis and Val Nichol early in the set tied both teams at seven. Purdue began to pull ahead, but Ohio State was able to keep it very close until the end. More errors from both teams gave easy points to their opponents including attack and service errors by Purdue's Ariel Turner and Catherine Rebarchak and attack errors from OSU's Emily Danks, Mariah Booth and Leary. At 17 a piece, Purdue went on a four point streak before Ohio State was forced to call two time outs. Three Buckeye errors from Mari Hole, one from Booth, and a service ace from Purdue's Emily Ehlers contributed to the run. After recollecting themselves, the Bucks scored four points of their own with two Booth kills, a Booth service ace and a Davis ball handling error. A Boilermaker time out at 21-22 gave Purdue the chance slow down and end the set with two Turner kills and a service ace by Amanda Miller, 21-25.

Set 2 brought five quick Purdue points due to attack errors from Danks and Hole and kills by Rebarchak, Turner and Fisher. Buckeyes Booth and Kelli Barhorst were able to keep Ohio State alive with kills of their own. Purdue began to create a lead, but the Bucks never gave up. At 7-10, kills by Barhorst, Booth, Hole and Turner, and a Rebarchak error, tied the teams at 11. Two Turner kills, a Blair Bashen service ace and a Rebarchak attack forced another time out from Ohio State. Kills by Booth, Leary, Fisher and Turner balanced each other late in the second set. With OSU trailing by four at 18-22, kills from Hole and Leary, in addition to a Turner error, put the team back in the game. But it would be Purdue's set again as a ball handling error from Buckeye Amanda Peterson and two kills from Boilermaker Kierra Jones sealed the deal, 21-25.

In what would turn out to be a long, exciting third set, both teams kept it even with three Buckeye errors and kills from Turner, Leary, Hole and Danks. At 5 all, Ohio State began its largest lead of the night. Three Hole kills, two Barhorst kills, one from Leary and two service aces put the Bucks at 13-7. Purdue was able to tie the game at 16 with a long scoring drive with kills from Ehlers, Davis, Fisher and Turner. Buckeye errors helped the Boilermakers along with two each from Booth and Danks. Tied at 20, errors by Hole and Leary added to Purdue's score, as did kills from Jones and Turner. Ohio State tied the score at 23 and found themselves at set point after an attack error by Turner. Turner was able to tie it up again at 24. After a Leary kill, OSU was in position to take the set again, but two Purdue kills put them at set point. Hole, not finished just yet, tied the score at 26. The Boilermakers needed two points to end the match and they came from a Nichol kill and a Hole attack error, 26-28. The score tied 17 times in this set.

The Buckeyes went on to sweep Indiana on Sunday afternoon and Purdue fell to no.12 Penn State on Saturday.