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Butler Butler 3-2,0-0 Big East

Ohio Ohio 3-1,0-0 MAC

Butler Butler

3-2,0-0 Big East

Final

Sep. 01, 2023

Ohio Ohio

3-1,0-0 MAC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Butler Butler	31	25	22	18	(1)
Ohio Ohio	33	18	25	25	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 9/1/2023 7:18:00 PM | Ethan Polak

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DAYTON — The Butler volleyball team fell to Ohio in four sets (33-31, 18-25, 25-22, 25-18) on Friday afternoon at the Dayton Flyer Classic in Ohio. Despite being without middle blockers Destiny Cherry and Grace Boggess due to illness, the Bulldogs posted an impressive attack on offense in their second match of the day.

Set 1: Ohio 33-31
The Bobcats began the match with a 4-2 lead, but Butler would respond with a 7-0 spurt topped off by a serving ace from Abby Maesch to make the score 9-2. Ohio would slowly shorten the lead and eventually tie the score at 14-14 after a 5-0 run. For 18 straight points, the two teams would remain within one point before a kill by Sawyer Jones helped give the Bulldogs a 24-22 lead. The Bobcats would go on a 3-0 run to take the lead until Sawyer Jones tied it at 25 a piece. The set would turn into a marathon as the two teams battled it out at set point until Ohio eventually snuck away with the win at 33-31. Cora Taylor finished with a team-high 14 assists and a serving ace in the set.

Set 2: Butler 25-18
Ohio picked up where they left off jumping out to an early 4-1 lead. The Bulldogs would quickly erase that deficit tying the game at 9-9 after kills from Jones and Taylor. The teams would then fall into a dead heat with no team taking a significant lead until Butler caught fire going on a 9-0 run to close out the second set. Taylor, Jones, and Maesch each totaled two kills while Mariah Grunze led the team with five kills and a block in the set.

Set 3: Ohio 25-22
The start of the third set was headlined by Jones after she had consecutive blocks followed by a kill to give Butler an early 5-1 lead. The Bobcats came right back on a 7-0 spurt to take the lead 10-8. Jaeda Lockhart helped shift the momentum after her kill and block highlighted a 4-0 run to help Butler lead 12-10. Ohio stormed back to tie the game 12-12 and the two teams would remain within two points until the Bobcats pulled away to win the set 25-22. Maesch had a team-high four kills, an assist, and a block in the set.

Set 4: Ohio 25-18
Kills by Jones and Maesch helped Butler fly out to an early 4-2 lead. The Bobcats quickly regained the lead until consecutive kills by Maesch helped tie it up at 9-9. A 4-0 spurt to make the score 13-9 then helped Ohio take an insurmountable lead to close out the match. Maesch's six kills led both sides while Taylor tallied nine assists.

Stat of the Match
All six Bulldog hitters were very accurate after they each finished the match with a positive hitting percentage. Cora Taylor had a game-high .583 percent on a new career-high seven kills while not committing any attacking errors.

Inside the Box Score

Taylor padded the stat sheet with a career-high seven kills to go with 41 assists, six digs, and two serving aces.
Maesch led the team with 15 kills along with 10 digs to earn her second double-double of the season.
Grunze also earned another double-double after tallying 12 kills and 15 digs.
Jones tied her career-high with 11 kills and four blocks
Jaymeson Kinley totaled a game-high 23 digs and five assists.
Elise Ward accumulated five kills and six digs
Rylie Tam tied her career-high with two serving aces