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Minnesota Wins 11 Straight After Sweeping OSU
11/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
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The No. 5 University of Minnesota volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 sweep (25-22, 25-22,25-19) over Ohio State in front of a sold out crowd. The Gophers improve to 23-2 overall and 12-2 in the Big Ten and have now won 11-straight matches.
As a team, Minnesota hit .353 to Ohio State's .259 and had 51 kills. Stephanie Samedy had a double-double in tonight's match with 11 digs and a team-leading 13 kills. Alexis Hart hit .435 with 12 kills, while Molly Lohman and Regan Pittman each had nine. Dalianliz Rosado led the Gophers with 16 digs in the win.
Two Gophers reached career milestones tonight, Lohman reached over 500 career blocks and Samantha Seliger-Swenson amassed over 4,000 career assists. Lohman's four blocks in the match put her at 502 and Seliger-Swenson's 39 assists put her at a total of 4,028.
The Gophers travel to West Lafayette, Ind., November 11 to take on Purdue. First serve is set for 4:30 p.m.
Set Breakdown:
First Set: The Gophers hit .316 in the opening set to win, 25-22. Minnesota trailed 2-5 before it came back and tied the set at 5-5. After the teams traded points, Ohio State took a three-point lead at 15-12 as the Gophers called a timeout. Minnesota tied up the set at 16-16 off an OSU attack error and took a 17-16 lead after another OSU attack error as the Buckeyes called a timeout. Minnesota took a 21-19 lead off a Hart kill, which led to OSU's second timeout. The Gophers later closed out the set on back-to-back Samedy kills for a 1-0 lead.
Second Set: Minnesota had 38 kills and hit .474 en route to another 25-22 set win. Lohman added a kill for an 8-5 lead, while Martin later pushed the Gophers lead to 13-10 off a kill. OSU tied up the set at 17-17 on a block and later took the 18-17 lead off a kill as Minnesota called a timeout. The two teams tied through 22 before Minnesota took a two-point lead off a Hart kill, while Samedy and Lohman combined for a block as the Gophers took a 2-0 lead.
Third Set: The Gophers finished off the sweep with a 25-19 set win. After the two teams tied it at 3-3, Minnesota controlled the set for the remainder of the set. Lohman added her 500th career block at the 2-1 Gopher lead. A kill by Rosado put the Gophers up, 6-3, while Minnesota took a 10-5 lead as Ohio State called a timeout. The Gophers continued to build the lead as Ohio State called its second timeout at a 17-10 lead. A Lohman ace later put the Gophers up, 21-14. Pittman provided back-to-back kills for a match point, while Hart added the final blow for the 3-0 win.
