University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
18-12, 8-11
Ohio State
20-11, 11-8
Gophers Fall in Five to No. 20 OSU
11/26/2014 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
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The University of Minnesota volleyball team fell in five sets to No. 20 Ohio State, tonight, in Columbus. Ohio. The Golden Gophers fell 21-25, 26-28, 29-27, 25-13 and 8-15. With the loss, the Gophers drop to 18-12 overall and 8-11 in the Big Ten. Ohio State improves to 20-11 overall and 11-8 in Big Ten play.
Paige Tapp hit .385 and had 10 kills and had a match-high eight total blocks. Hannah Tapp hit .353 and had eight kills. Daly Santana had a team-high 15 kills, followed by Alyssa Goehner with 11. Molly Lohman had seven kills in 14 swings, while Sarah Wilhite had eight. Dalianliz Rosado had a match-high 18 digs, followed by Katie Schau with 10. She also had 29 assists for a double double. Erica Handley added 21 assists.
Set 1: OSU opened with a 25-21 first set win as it hit .414 in the set to Minnesota's .278. The two teams exchanged points until Ohio State used a two-point advantage for a 15-13 lead. As the OSU lead went to 20-17, Minnesota called a timeout. Alyssa Goehner and Lohman had a block to cut the lead to 20-18, but OSU pushed the score to 22-18 as Minnesota used another timeout. The Gophers, however, had kills from Hannah Tapp and Daly Santana to cut the OSU lead to 23-21 as the Buckeyes called a timeout. The Buckeyes, however, closed out the set on a block and a Gopher attack error to take a 1-0 lead.
Set 2: Ohio State came back from a 24-21 deficit to tie up the set at 24 and win the set on a 28-26 win. Minnesota held a 19-14 lead and a 24-21 lead on a kill from Paige Tapp. The Buckeyes, however, had three-straight kills from Luisa Schirmer to tie the set at 24-24. The two teams exchanged points until OSU earned a kill from Sandbothe, while Santana added an attack error for the 28-26 finish. Minnesota hit .324 on the set to OSU's .286.
Set 3: The Gophers cut the deficit to 2-1 on a 29-27 third set win. Minnesota trailed 13-10 and went on a 5-0 run for a 15-13 lead. OSU tied it up at 15 with a kill and an ace. The Gophers would go up three at 20-17 on two Gopher blocks and an OSU attack error. The Buckeyes would come back and tie the set at 23-23 on a kill. In a race to a two-point lead, the Gophers had two chances before they closed out the set on a Santana kill and an OSU attack error. Minnesota hit just .073 in the set to OSU's .173, but the Gophers added 6.5 blocks for the set win.
Set 4: Minnesota rolled to a 25-13 fourth set win to send the match to the fifth set. The Gophers hit .364 to Ohio State's -.032 and added two blocks in the set. The Gophers opened the fourth set with a 4-1 run, capped off by a kill from Hannah Tapp. Minnesota pushed the lead to 8-4 as OSU called a timeout. Minnesota, however, pushed the lead to 12-7 on a Goehner ace and 15-8 on a Paige Tapp ace. Sarah Wilhite put the set at 19-12 on a kill. Goehner earned a kill for set point and OSU committed an attack error as the two teams played to five.
Set 5: Ohio State took the match with a 15-8 fifth-set win. As the two teams tied through 5-5, OSU used two points to maintain the lead throughout the rest of the set. Paige Tapp pushed the score to a 9-7 deficit, while Hannah Tapp had a kill for a 12-8 score, but OSU finished off the set with a Gopher service error, an ace and a Gopher ballhandling error for a 15-8 final.
