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Photo by: Brad Rempel
Gophers Win Five-Set Thriller Over Ohio State
10/30/2019 9:43:00 PM | Volleyball
Trailing, 2-1, the No. 6 University of Minnesota volleyball team came back to defeat Ohio State in five sets, tonight at Maturi Pavilion. Minnesota won the first set, 25-19, fell in the second and third, 19-25, 22-25, but came back and won the fourth 25-10, and the fifth, 17-15. With the win, Minnesota improved to 16-3 overall and 10-1 in the Big Ten. Ohio State fell to 11-12 overall and 4-7 in conference play.
Stephanie Samedy led the Gophers with 18 kills. She also had 14 digs to complete the double-double and seven blocks. Alexis Hart offered up 15 kills, hit .371, had two digs and one block. Adanna Rollins had 12 kills and 11 digs. Airi Miyabe had a season-best eight kills, and hit .438. She also had three blocks and one dig. Regan Pittman offered up nine blocks for the Gophers as well as five kills, two digs and one ace. Ellie Husemann posted a season-best eight blocks. Bayley McMenimen had 27 assists, 13 digs, two blocks and one ace. Tamara Dolonga tallied a season-best 14 assists, as well as two digs for the Gophers. CC McGraw tied a match-best 22 digs and three aces.
As a team, Minnesota had 63 kills, 76 digs, 17 blocks and hit .253. Ohio State had 62 kills, 78 digs, nine blocks and hit .160.
Notable
Minnesota accomplished a season-best 17 blocks in the match tonight. It also marked Minnesota's second five-set match of the season.
Quotable
"Every match in the B1G is a battle," head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "Not that we were expected anything less from Ohio State they area a young physical team. Lessons learned were more about resilency and our ability to hang in there. I thought down the stretch, we were able to make some big plays".
Up Next
Minnesota travels to No. 16 Purdue, Sunday, Nov. 3. Match time is slated for 12 p.m. CT, and will be televised on ESPN2.
How they won the set
First Set: Minnesota limited Ohio State to just 12 kills in 43 attempts for a .047 hitting clip. The Gophers, however, opened the set with a 7-2 lead en route to a 25-19 set win. Samedy had six kills in the first set alone in 16 attempts.
Second Set: OSU built an 8-0 run and maintained control of the match for the remainder of the set. As OSU led, 20-10, Minnesota fought back and cut the OSU lead to 23-17, but the Buckeyes closed out the set with a kill to tie the match. 1-1.
Third Set: OSU took the third set when it hit .351 with 17 kills in 37 attempts. Like the second set, OSU built a lead on a 7-0 run to pace the Buckeyes to 25-22 win.
Fourth Set: Minnesota tied the match with a commanding 25-10 win in the fourth to force a fifth set and hit .500. Minnesota jumped out to a 12-7 lead and later a 16-9 lead. The Gophers finished off the set with back-to-back kills.
Fifth Set: After nine ties and six lead changes, the Gophers came out victorious in the fifth. Minnesota hit .321 in the set. After back and forth play, the Gophers went up, 10-7. However, OSU called a timeout and went on a 4-0 run for an 11-10 lead. The two teams then tied through to 15. Minnesota finished off the match with a kill from Miyabe and Rollins to solidify the win.
Stephanie Samedy led the Gophers with 18 kills. She also had 14 digs to complete the double-double and seven blocks. Alexis Hart offered up 15 kills, hit .371, had two digs and one block. Adanna Rollins had 12 kills and 11 digs. Airi Miyabe had a season-best eight kills, and hit .438. She also had three blocks and one dig. Regan Pittman offered up nine blocks for the Gophers as well as five kills, two digs and one ace. Ellie Husemann posted a season-best eight blocks. Bayley McMenimen had 27 assists, 13 digs, two blocks and one ace. Tamara Dolonga tallied a season-best 14 assists, as well as two digs for the Gophers. CC McGraw tied a match-best 22 digs and three aces.
As a team, Minnesota had 63 kills, 76 digs, 17 blocks and hit .253. Ohio State had 62 kills, 78 digs, nine blocks and hit .160.
Notable
Minnesota accomplished a season-best 17 blocks in the match tonight. It also marked Minnesota's second five-set match of the season.
Quotable
"Every match in the B1G is a battle," head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "Not that we were expected anything less from Ohio State they area a young physical team. Lessons learned were more about resilency and our ability to hang in there. I thought down the stretch, we were able to make some big plays".
Up Next
Minnesota travels to No. 16 Purdue, Sunday, Nov. 3. Match time is slated for 12 p.m. CT, and will be televised on ESPN2.
How they won the set
First Set: Minnesota limited Ohio State to just 12 kills in 43 attempts for a .047 hitting clip. The Gophers, however, opened the set with a 7-2 lead en route to a 25-19 set win. Samedy had six kills in the first set alone in 16 attempts.
Second Set: OSU built an 8-0 run and maintained control of the match for the remainder of the set. As OSU led, 20-10, Minnesota fought back and cut the OSU lead to 23-17, but the Buckeyes closed out the set with a kill to tie the match. 1-1.
Third Set: OSU took the third set when it hit .351 with 17 kills in 37 attempts. Like the second set, OSU built a lead on a 7-0 run to pace the Buckeyes to 25-22 win.
Fourth Set: Minnesota tied the match with a commanding 25-10 win in the fourth to force a fifth set and hit .500. Minnesota jumped out to a 12-7 lead and later a 16-9 lead. The Gophers finished off the set with back-to-back kills.
Fifth Set: After nine ties and six lead changes, the Gophers came out victorious in the fifth. Minnesota hit .321 in the set. After back and forth play, the Gophers went up, 10-7. However, OSU called a timeout and went on a 4-0 run for an 11-10 lead. The two teams then tied through to 15. Minnesota finished off the match with a kill from Miyabe and Rollins to solidify the win.
Team Stats
OSU
MINN
Kills
62
63
Errors
32
20
Attempts
187
170
Hitting %
.160
.253
Points
75.0
85.0
Assists
60
59
Aces
4
5
Blocks
9.0
17.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
18
Aces
0
Blocks
7
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
3
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