Michigan
3-3
Oregon State
7-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 17 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 2 |
| Oregon State | 25 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 3 |
Career Highs, Double-Doubles Abound in Five-Set Loss at Oregon State
9/12/2014 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Site: Corvallis, Ore. (Gill Coliseum)
Event: Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge
Score: Oregon State 3, Michigan 2 (25-17, 21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-13)
Records: U-M (3-3), OSU (7-0)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Sept. 13 -- at Oregon - Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge (Eugene, Ore.), 7:30 p.m. PDT
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Three players recorded double-doubles, and three players set or tied career highs in kills for the University of Michigan volleyball team, which fell to Oregon State in five sets on day one of the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge Friday afternoon (Sept. 12) inside Gill Coliseum. Set scores were 25-17, 21-25, 25-22, 22-25 and 15-13.
Caroline Knop
Junior Ally Davis (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) and freshman Katherine Mahlke (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) had 21 and 20 kills, respectively, to lead the Michigan attack. Both players had career highs along with freshman Caroline Knop (Pasadena, Calif./LaSalle), who tied her high with 14 kills. Sophomore Abby Cole (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven) was Michigan's fourth player in double figures in kills with 10. Junior Carly Warner (Naperville, Ill./St. Francis) had a double-double with a career-high 56 assists and 16 digs, joining Knop (14 kills, 14 digs) and Mahlke (20 kills, 10 digs) with double-doubles. Junior Tiffany Morales (Hermosa Beach, Calif./Redondo Union) had a match-high 24 digs, while junior Lindsey Lerg (Farmington Hills, Mich./Mercy) added 21. Cole led all players with eight blocks on the night.
Michigan hit just .029 in the first set as Oregon State picked up the 25-17 win. Davis' termination gave Michigan an early 3-2 lead and Lambert's termination tied it at 7-7. OSU's Mary Kate Marshall put the Beavers up 14-11 as the Maize and Blue called timeout. Oregon State extended its lead to 19-14 on a Michigan attack error. Mahlke had five first-set kills, including ones at 21-16 and 22-17, but at 23-17, an OSU ace and kill gave the first set to the Beavers.
The Wolverines evened up the match in the second set, hitting .292 with 18 kills for the 25-21 win. Warner's kill put U-M up early at 4-3. A Davis termination gave Michigan an 11-9 lead and Mahlke and Cole combined on a block for a 14-10 advantage. Knop had a termination at 19-14 and Davis put away her swing at 22-17. Another block for Mahlke and Cole gave the Maize and Blue a 23-19 lead. Cole ended the set with a kill off an overpass as the teams went to the locker room tied at one set apiece.
The Maize and Blue went up 6-5 in set three on a Cole kill and 10-7 after a Knop termination. Michigan was up 14-11 after Mahlke's kill, but OSU scored the next five points and never looked back in the set. A Wolverine error put the Beavers up 20-17 and an OSU ace made it 22-18. Mahlke and Davis had two straight kills to make it 24-23 but Oregon State scored the final two points to take the set. Michigan hit .304 in the set.
The fourth set was a back-and-forth affair at the beginning as junior Krystalyn Goode's (River Hills, Wis./Nicolet) kill and block gave the Maize and Blue a 7-6 lead. Oregon State took a 14-12 lead, but the Wolverines rallied, going up 16-15 on Davis' termination. The Maize and Blue took over late as back-to-back blocks from Warner and Cole made it 23-20 Wolverines. Knop's kill gave Michigan set point, where Warner pushed the match to a fifth set. The Wolverines hit .308 in that set while holding the Beavers to a .212 hitting percentage.
Michigan tied the fifth set at five on Cole's kill, but the Beavers scored the next three points at the media timeout. It was 9-6 on a Beaver kill, but Michigan cut that lead to 9-8 on an OSU ball-handling error. Knop and Goode combined on a block to tie the set at nine. With the set tied at 10, Oregon State scored the next two points on a kill and Michigan attack error. The two teams then traded points until Marshall ended the match on a kill in the 15-13 win.
The Wolverines hit .249 on the night and had 80 digs and 10 blocks.
Michigan makes the hour bus ride to Eugene, Ore., to face the University of Oregon on Saturday night (Sept. 13). First serve between the Wolverines and the 18th-ranked Ducks is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
NOTES
• Michigan falls to 1-2 in five-set matches this season.
• Michigan is now 3-2 all-time against Oregon State.
• Junior Ally Davis set a career high with 21 kills. Her previous career high was 13 in a win over Iowa on Oct. 12, 2013.
• Freshman Katherine Mahlke set a career high with 20 kills . Her previous high was 12 in the win over Stephen F. Austin on Aug. 29. Mahlke also recorded her second career double-double with 20 kills and 10 digs.
• Freshman Caroline Knop tied a career high with 14 kills and made it a double-double with 14 digs.
• Junior Carly Warner had a career high 56 assists and 16 digs. Warner also recorded her fourth straight double-double.
• Sophomore Abby Cole set a season high and was one off a career high with eight blocks. Cole added 10 kills.
