Buckeyes take 3-1 decision over Purdue
Source: OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Posted: Friday, October 23, 2009 10:40:00 PM EST
Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 10:41:15 PM EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State (16-6 overall, 4-5 Big Ten) women's volleyball team, behind double-figure kills from Katie Dull (15), Kristen Dozier (11) and Emily Danks (10), won a 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 26-24, 25-18) victory over Purdue (11-9, 3-6) Friday night in St. John Arena. OSU's Dull posted a co-match-high 17.5 points with 15 kills, one ace serve, one solo block and one block assist. Purdue's Tiffany Fisher shared match-high honors recording 16 kills and three assist blocks.

Set one was close early with seven ties and five lead changes. Purdue opened the set with a Kristen Arthurs - Anna Drewry block and an Arthurs kill for a 2-0 lead. OSU tied the set at two with a Kelli Barhorst kill and a Dull ace serve. A Purdue error gave OSU a 3-2 lead. A kill from Arthurs tied the set at three. An OSU error and a Fisher-Drewry block gave the Boilermakers a 5-3 lead. At 8-6 Purdue, three Purdue errors gave OSU a 9-8 lead. A Buckeye error tied the set at nine. At 12-all, two Purdue errors gave Ohio State a 14-12 lead. A Drewry kill cut the margin to one at 14-13. Kills from Anna Szerszen and Dozier gave OSU a 16-13 lead. The Buckeyes held the lead to reach set point at 24-18 with a Chelsea Noble ace serve. An Ariel Turner kill stopped the set point at 24-19. A kill from Dozier gave Ohio State a 25-19 set win and a 1-0 lead in the match. The Buckeyes hit .308 for the set to .121 for Purdue.

OSU opened set two with a Dull solo block and a kill for a 2-0 lead. Lisa Pierce, with a kill, cut the lead to 2-1. Two kills from Danks gave Ohio State a 4-1 lead. Two kills from Jaclyn Hart, one each from Fisher and Pierce tied the set at five. Tied at eight, two OSU errors gave Purdue a 10-8 lead. At 19-17, kills from Carrie Gurnell and Pierce made it 21-17 Purdue. A kill from Dull made it 21-18. Buckeye kills from Dull and Szerszen and Purdue kills from Arthurs and Fisher moved the score to 23-20 Boilermakers. A Purdue error and a kill from Szerszen cut the lead to 23-22. Fisher gave Purdue set point at 24-22 with a kill. A Danks kill stop the set point at 24-23. Purdue won the set, 25-23 with a kill from Gurnell to tie the match at one set each. The Boilermakers hit .333 for the set to .263 for Ohio State.

In a tight set three, the squads shared 17 ties and had nine lead changes. At 11-all, two kills from Fisher gave Purdue a 13-11 lead. At 17-15, an Ashley Hughes kill and a Purdue error tied the set at 17. OSU kills from Barhorst and Dull gave OSU a 19-17 lead. Trailing, 20-18, two OSU errors tied the set at 20. Purdue took a 21-20 lead off an OSU error. Two Szerszen kills and one from Fisher tied the set at 22. An OSU error gave Purdue a 23-22 lead. Dozier tied the set at 23 with a kill. A Purdue error gave OSU set point at 24-23. Gurnell stopped the set point with a kill to tie the set at 24. The Buckeye had a second set point at 25-24 off a Dozier kill. A Dull kill ended the set, 26-24 for Ohio State to give the Buckeyes a 2-1 lead in the match. Purdue outhit Ohio State, .346 to .316 in the set.

Tied at two in set four, a kill from Dull and two Purdue error gave the Buckeyes a 5-2 lead. Purdue responded with kills from Fisher and Hart to cut the lead to one at 5-4. Buckeye kills from Szerszen and Danks and two Purdue errors opened a 9-4 OSU lead as Purdue called time out. At 11-6, a kill and an ace serve by Danks made the Buckeye lead six at 13-6. Leading 21-16, an OSU error and an Emily Ehlers-Fisher block cut the OSU lead to three at 21-18 forcing a Buckeye time out. Ohio State kills from Dozier and Barhorst and a Purdue error set match point at 24-18. The Buckeyes won the set, 25-18 with a kill from Hughes to win the match, 3-1. Ohio State hit .364 for the set to .097 for the Boilermakers

For the match, Ohio State hit .306 to .222 for Purdue. The Buckeyes had a 58-53 advantage in kills and a five to one margin in ace serves. Noble posted a match-high two for Ohio State. The Buckeyes gave up 11 service errors to seven for Purdue. Defensively, Purdue had a 41-39 edge in digs with OSU's Dull posting a match-high 12. At the net, Purdue had a 6-5 edge in team blocks. Arthurs, Fisher and Drewry shared match-high honors with three assist blocks each for Purdue. At setter, OSU's Hughes posted 48 assists in the contest to Hart's 38 for Purdue.
 
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