Feb. 1, 2007

Box Score

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 11th-ranked Ohio State (7-1) men's volleyball dropped a 3-1 (30-32, 31-29, 30-27, 30-26) decision to No. 7 Penn State (3-2) Thursday night in Rec Hall. Ohio State's Dan Meske (Sr., Willow Springs, Ill.) had a team/career-high 20 points in the match while Penn State's Alex Gutor had a match-high 27.5. Meske had a career-high 17 kills (.406), two ace serves and two assist blocks while Gutor recorded 27 kills (353), and an assist block.

After a 1-1 tie in game one, a Penn State error, a Meske kill and a John Albertson (Jr./So., Ballwin, Mo.) - Sam Stevens (5th/Sr., Miami, Fla.) block made it 4-1, Ohio State. At 11-8, Penn State tied the game at 11 with an OSU error and two Gutor kills. Tied at 14, a Nittany Lion block by Max Lipsitz and Matt Anderson and an Anderson kill gave Penn State a 16-14 lead. The Nittany Lions built the lead to 24-18. With Penn State leading 27-22, a Meske kill, a Robbie Klein (Jr./So., Cincinnati, Ohio) ace serve, a Stevens - Layne Dreven (5th/Sr., Pittsburgh, Pa.) block and a Penn State error cut the lead to one at 27-26. At 28-27, a Holt kill set game point for Penn State at 29-27. An Albertson kill and a Meske ace serve stopped two game points to tie the game at 29. Ohio State took a 30-29 lead with an Albertson kill. A Holt kill tied the game at 30. A Meske kill gave OSU a 31-30 lead and a Penn State error ended the game, 32-30, for the Buckeyes. Penn State hit .314 for the game to .290 for Ohio State.

Penn State took a 3-1 lead in game two with a Holt kill and an OSU error from a 1-1 tie. At 7-5, a Dreven kill and a Meske ace serve tied the game at seven. At eight-all, a Klein ace serve and a kill from Stevens gave Ohio State a 10-8 lead. Trailing 11-9, an OSU error and a Jay Stauffer kill tied the game at 11. Tied at 12, Penn State, with a Gutor kill and an OSU error regained the lead at 14-12. At 17-15, two Penn State errors tied the game at 17. Tied at 26, an Aaron Smith-Max Lipsitz block and a Buckeye error gave the Nittany Lions a 28-26. OSU, with a Dreven kill and a Klein ace serve tied the game at 28. Penn State, with a Smith-Lipsitz-Anderson block, took a 29-28 lead and was serving game point. A kill by Dreven tied the game at 29. Gutor, with a kill, gave Penn State a 30-29 lead. Penn State, with a Smith kill, won the game, 31-29, to tie the match. The Nittany Lions hit .400 to .161 for Ohio State.

Penn State broke a 1-1 tie in game three with an OSU error, a Smith-Holt block and a Gutor kill to lead 4-1. The Nittany Lions built an eight-point lead at 23-15. Ohio State then used a six-point run to cut the lead to 23-21. Two ace serves by Daniel Mathews (Jr., Shorewood, Wis.) and a Dreven kill made it 23-18. An Penn State error, a Klein-Dreven block and a Meske kill completed the run. At 25-23, Penn State, two kills from Meske tied the game at 25. The Nittany Lions then scored four straight points to reach game point at 29-25. The run began with an OSU error. An Anderson kill, a Buckeye error and a Holt kill set game point. The Buckeyes stopped the game point with an Albertson kill at 29-26. A Meske ace serve stopped the second game point at 29-27. A Buckeye error ended the game at 30-27 for Penn State to give the Nittany Lions a 2-1 lead. Penn State hit .410 for the game to .286 for the Buckeyes.

Game four saw 10 early ties to reach 12-all. Penn State kills from Anderson and Luke Murray put the Nittany Lions ahead, 14-12. Penn State expanded the lead to five at 27-22. An Albertson kill and a Penn State error cut the lead to 27-24. A Buckeye error and a Smith kill set match point at 29-24. The Buckeyes stopped two match points with kills from Mathews and Dreven to cut the lead to 29-26. Penn State won the game, 30-26, with an Ohio State error, to take the match 3-1. The Nittany Lions hit .481 in the game to .414 for Ohio State.

For the match, Penn State hit .397 to .286 for Ohio State. The Nittany Lions had a 73-60 advantage while Ohio State had a 12 to six margin in ace serves with Buckeye Mathews recording a match-high four. The Buckeyes gave up 19 service error to 16 for the Nittany Lions. Defensively, Penn State had a 45-30 advantage in digs. PSU's Smith recorded a match-high nine digs with OSU's Meske and Stevens collecting seven each. At the net, the Nittany Lions had a 9.5 to nine edge in team blocks. Penn State's Holt and Ohio State's Dreven shared match-high honors with five assist blocks each. Nittany Lion Murray posted a match-high 56 assists while OSU's Mathews had 55.

The Buckeyes continue the road trip Friday when they play at the Red Flash of St. Francis (4-2)

                              Volleyball Box Score
                          Ohio State Men's Volleyball
     #11 Ohio State vs #7 Penn State (Feb 01, 2007 at University Park, Pa.)

    Ohio State             |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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 1  Meske, Dan..........  4| 17   4  32  .406|  0|  2   3|  0|  7| 0  2  0|  0|  20.0
 4  Mathews, Daniel.....  4|  2   3   7 -.143| 55|  4   2|  0|  3| 1  3  1|  1|   8.5
 5  Albertson, John.....  4|  9   1  20  .400|  0|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  3  0|  0|  10.5
 9  Stevens, Sam........  4| 10   3  22  .318|  1|  1   1|  1|  7| 0  2  0|  0|  12.0
 13 Klein, Robbie.......  4| 10  10  29  .000|  1|  3   4|  1|  5| 0  1  1|  0|  13.5
 14 Dreven, Layne.......  4| 12   1  23  .478|  0|  2   6|  0|  1| 0  5  1|  0|  16.5
 6  Versen, Brett.......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 15 Martin, Conor.......  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  4|  5| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 16 Hankey, Matthew.....  2|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 17 Kues, Brian.........  4|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 18 Schoenfeldt, Ted....  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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    Totals..............  4| 60  22 133  .286| 57| 12  19|  6| 30| 1 16  3|  1|  81.0

 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  14  5  31  .290   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  4  TEAM RECORDS
   2  13  8  31  .161   Ohio State.......... (1) 32 29 27 26  7-1
   3  17  5  42  .286   Penn State.......... (3) 30 31 30 30  3-2
   4  16  4  29  .414

    Penn State             |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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 8  Smith, Aaron........  4|  4   3  11  .091|  6|  0   1|  5|  9| 0  3  0|  0|   5.5
 9  Lipsitz, Max........  4|  4   0   6  .667|  0|  2   5|  1|  3| 0  3  1|  0|   7.5
 10 Gutor, Alex.........  4| 27   9  51  .353|  1|  0   2|  2|  6| 0  1  0|  0|  27.5
 12 Holt, Max...........  4| 13   2  19  .579|  0|  1   5|  0|  1| 0  5  0|  0|  16.5
 14 Anderson, Matt......  4| 20   5  36  .417|  1|  2   3|  0|  7| 0  2  0|  0|  23.0
 16 Murray, Luke........  4|  4   1   5  .600| 56|  0   0|  1|  8| 1  3  1|  3|   6.5
 2  Foltz, Travis.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  1   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
 6  Walthall, Ryan......  4|  0   0   0  .000|  3|  0   0|  2|  8| 0  0  0|  1|   0.0
 13 Sweitzer, Ryan......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 15 Stauffer, Jay.......  1|  1   1   3  .000|  0|  0   0|  1|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
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    Totals..............  4| 73  21 131  .397| 68|  6  16| 12| 45| 1 17  2|  4|  88.5

 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.5
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  20  9  35  .314   Site: University Park, Pa. (Recreation Building)
   2  17  5  30  .400   Date: Feb 01, 2007   Attend: 619   Time: 2:16
   3  19  3  39  .410   Referees: Joel Reinford, William Stevens
   4  17  4  27  .481   ID-499160

                                         1   2   3   4 Total
                        Tie scores       7  14   2  10    33
                        Lead changes     2   4   0   2     8