MAC Volleyball Tournament Central
MAC Volleyball Tournament Bracket
No. 3 Ohio 3, No. 6 Toledo 0
Box Score
Video: Ohio Senior Brooke Coleman
Video: Ohio Senior Mallory Salis
DEKALB, Illinois - The No. 3-seeded Ohio (16-13) volleyball team picked a win in the second round of the Mid-American Conference Volleyball Championship winning in straight sets over No. 6-seed Toledo (16-14) Friday night at Victor E. Court in DeKalb, Ill.
THE BASICS
• The Bobcats hit .286 (44 kills-10 errors-119 total attacks) while holding the Rockets to a .169 (42 kills-21 errors-124 total attacks) hitting percentage. Ohio led the match in assists (42-41), total blocks (10-6) and service aces (6-2) while the Rockets took the advantage in digs (57-54)
• Junior Outside Hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) led the way for the Bobcats with a match-high 14 kills and hit .333 for the match. Kosiorek also had 11 digs, a solo block and two block assists.
• Senior outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis(Oak Lawn, Ill.) added 12 kills and two service aces while logging 12 digs and hitting .195.
• Redshirt junior middle blocker Ali Lake(Liberty Township, Ohio) added seven kills with two block assists for the Bobcats.
• Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Katie Nelson (Regina, Saskatchewan) notched five kills, two block assists (one solo, two assisted) and two digs for Ohio.
• Sophomore setter/outside hitter Stephanie Olman(Maumee, Ohio) had 37 assists and five blocks (one solo, four assists) while also logging three kills and six digs.
• Sophomore libero Erica Walker(Wheaton, Ill.) compiled a match-high 15 digs for Ohio in addition to a service ace.
• Sophomore outside hitter Simone Miller (Kalamzoo, Mich.) five block assists while also logging two kills.
• Senior libero Brooke Coleman(Plano, Texas) tallied 11 digs, a service ace and eight assists for the Bobcats.
• Annie Beasley led Toledo with 11 kills and hit .261 for the match including three block assists.
• Saige Thomas was second on the Rockets squad with 10 kills and tallied three blocks (one solo, two assisted).
• Mary O’Connor had nine kills for Toledo with two digs and a block assist while Rachel Vidourek had seven kills and six digs.
• Carly Townsend led the Rockets with 37 assists while logging seven digs and a service ace.
• Maurissa Leonard had a team-high 11 digs with two assists for Toledo.
• Lauren Bakaitis had nine digs with a service ace and two assists for the Rockets.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Ohio advanced to the semifinals of the MAC Championships for the second straight year and four out of the last five seasons.
• Ohio remained undefeated against Toledo in MAC Championship play moving to 6-0 in sets won.
• The Bobcats improved to 34-6 in their last 16 MAC Championship appearances.
• Salis has now posted double-digit kills 20 times this year and 35 times in her career.
• Kosiorek has now finished with double-digit kills 17 times this year and 50 times in her career.
• Miller has now finished with at least five total blocks in six of the last 10 matches -- including four in a row.
• Walker has now tallied double-digit digs 17 times this year -- including each of the last 15 matches -- and 27 times in her career.
UP NEXT
Ohio will face No. 2-seeded Northern Illinois (23-5, 15-1 MAC) on Saturday (Oct. 19) at 8:30 p.m. ET at Victor E. Court in DeKalb, Ill.
Ohio dropped the only regular season meeting to the Huskies, 3-2 (25-20, 25-23, 18-25, 17-25, 15-9) on Oct. 21 in Athens.
