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AUSTIN, Texas – The No. 3 seeded Ohio State Buckeyes (22-10, 15-5 B1G) fell to top-seeded Texas (26-1, 15-1 Big 12) in four sets (18-25, 25-21, 13-25, 21-25) on Saturday evening in the NCAA Regional Finals.
The first set was close early before an 8-1 run by Texas midway through the set propelled the Longhorns to a 25-18 set win. Ohio State scored eight of the final nine points of the second set to earn a 25-21 set win and even the match at one. Texas gained the advantage in the match with a 25-13 win in the third set. The Longhorns claimed a 25-21 win in a back-and-forth fourth set.
How it Happened
Emily Londot opened the match with a kill before Texas scored back-to-back to take its first lead at 2-1. The Longhorns used a 3-0 run to take an early lead but the Buckeyes did the same to tie the set at eight. The set was tied at 13 before an unsuccessful OSU challenge gave Texas the 15-13 advantage at the media timeout. The Longhorns scored four-unanswered points to force a Buckeye timeout trailing 19-14. Texas scored the final two points to earn the 25-18 set win.
The Longhorns opened scoring in the second set and jumped out to an early 5-1 lead. The Buckeyes got within two at 6-4 before calling timeout down 8-4. Texas stretched its lead to as many as six points at 14-8 before three-unanswered OSU points forced a Longhorns timeout. The Buckeyes used another 3-0 run to get within two at 19-17, prompting a second Texas timeout. Ohio State used a 5-0 run to take a 22-20 lead and scored the final three points of the set to even the match with a 25-21 set win on a kill from Gabby Gonzales.
Texas claimed an early 6-2 lead to force an Ohio State timeout, extending it to 8-2 with seven-straight points. The Buckeyes cut the deficit to 9-6 following a pair of OSU blocks. The Longhorns stretched their lead to 16-9 to prompt a second Buckeye timeout. Texas scored the final three points to take the advantage in the match with a 25-13 set win.
The Longhorns scored first in the fourth set before the Buckeyes gained the 4-2 advantage. Texas used a 6-0 run to take an 8-4 lead, forcing an Ohio State timeout. The Buckeyes scored three of the next four points to get within two at 9-7 and got within one at 11-10. OSU took a 15-13 lead on the back of a 4-0 run to force a Texas timeout. The Longhorns scored six of the next seven points out of the timeout to take a 19-16 lead and force a Buckeye timeout. Ohio State got back…
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