11 Service Aces Increase No. 14 ‘U’ to Sweep Over OSU

MINNEAPOLIS — The No. 14 Minnesota volleyball workforce took down the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday afternoon in straight units. The set scores have been 25-22, 25-21, 25-14. The Gophers at the moment are 9-1 at dwelling this season.

Minnesota posted a season-best 11 service aces, getting eight of them from its freshman class. Kelly Kinney posted 4 of them, a career-best.

“I just listen to what my coaches tell me in practice and that helps me implement it in games,” stated freshman outdoors Kelly Kinney. “It helped me become much more consistent than when I was coming into college. The energy from my teammates really helped me every time.”

Julia Hanson led Minnesota with 16 kills whereas Jordan Taylor paced the protection with six blocks. Carly Gilk tallied eight kills and 10 digs.

The Gophers (14-3, 4-2 Big Ten) outhit Buckeyes (3-11, 0-6 Big Ten) .283 to .181 and led in kills (39 to 34). OSU led in blocks (7 to six) and digs (35 to 33). Minnesota had extra aces (11 to five).

Hannah Jones led Ohio State with 12 kills whereas Kaia Castle had seven.

How It Happened

SET 1 | Minnesota began sturdy, gettting kills on its first 5 swings to go up 6-4 early. Ohio State would reply with a 7-1 run, nonetheless, taking an 11-7 lead. Coach Cook then referred to as timeout to reset his workforce. The Gophers would combat again, scoring 4 straight to tie it up at 11. Both groups went backwards and forwards all through the center of the set with no workforce main by greater than two. Tied at 18-18, Minnesota scored three straight, together with two blocks from Jordan Taylor, to go up 21-18 and pressure a Buckeyes timeout. After the break, Minnesota scored the subsequent three to take a 24-18 lead, getting a kill from Taylor and an ace from Swenson. OSU would combat again, tallying 4 straight, together with two aces, to make it 24-22. The Gophers then referred to as their final timeout. A kill from Kinney helped the Gophers seal set one, 25-22.

SET 2 | The Gophers got here out scorching once more in set two, scoring 5 of the primary six earlier than OSU took a timeout. The Gophers would lengthen their result in six at 11-5 after a pair kills from Hanson and an ace from Georgia Lee. The Buckeyes would battle again, chopping the deficit to a few once more at 13-10 after a pair of blocks and kills. Minnesota would go up 5 once more at 17-12 earlier than three straight Buckeyes factors made it 17-15, resulting in a Minnesota timeout. OSU would race again to tie it at 20-20, the primary tie of the body since 1-1. Two kills from Hanson and an attacking error from OSU gave Minnesota a 23-20 lead, inflicting a timeout from the guests. The Gophers would go on to shut out the body, 25-21.

SET 3 | The Gophers scored seven of the primary 11, getting two aces from Kinney to start out, adopted by aces from Gilk and Hanson. OSU would get no nearer after that as Minnesota scored eight of the subsequent 13 to take a 15-9 lead heading into the media timeout. The Gophers saved up their momentum, bringing the lead as much as seven at 19-12 after kills from Hanson and Myers. OSU burned their final timeout at that time. The guests would get no nearer as Minnesota accelerated to the end line to win, 25-14.

Game Notes

» Minnesota now leads the all-time sequence in opposition to Ohio State, 52-37. Minnesota has received 5 straight within the sequence.

» The Gophers went for 11 aces, their second time this season with 10-or-more. It was a season-best.

» Julia Hanson went for 16 kills, her thirteenth time this season with 10+.

» Kelly Kinney had a career-best 4 service aces. Her prior greatest was two.

» Carly Gilk went for eight kills and 10 digs. She’s had 10+ digs in each matches this week, which is her career-best.

» McKenna Garr tallied a career-best two aces.

» Georgia Lee tallied two aces, her sixth match this yr with a number of.

» Jordan Taylor went for six blocks, her sixth time this season with five-or-more.

Up Next

Minnesota travels to Oregon (11-4, 2-3 Big Ten) for a match on Friday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. CT on B1G+.