Zips Fall to Ohio in Four Sets - University of Akron Athletics

Saturday, September 23

Akron, OH

5 p.m.

University of Akron

7-9, 1-1MAC

Ohio

5-9, 1-1MAC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
OHIO	25	18	25	25	3
Akron	15	25	23	23	1

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September 23 | Women's Volleyball

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Zips Fall to Ohio in Four Sets

AKRON,Ohio- The Akron Zips volleyball team fell in four sets (15-25, 25-18, 23-25, 23-25) to Ohio on Saturday night at the James A. Rhodes Arena in Akron, Ohio.

Akron dropped to 5-9 overall and 1-1 in Mid-American Conference play, while Ohio improved to 7-9 on the season and 1-1 in MAC action.

Junior left side hitter Kayla Gwozdz (Temperance, Mich.) led the Zips' offense with 13 kills, followed by sophomore Elya Karsner (Frankfort, Ky.) with 11 kills. Sophomore Ashley Richardson (Doylestown, Ohio) and senior Jessica Kloehn (Milwaukee, Wisc.) recorded a match-high five blocks apiece.

In the first set, the two teams went back-and-fourth early in the set with the score being tied at four all. Ohio's offense sparked when it went on a 5-1 run that put it in the lead, 10-5. A Bobcat attack error gave the Zips the ball back with a chance to cut the lead, but Ohio used another scoring run which made the score 14-7. Three back-to-back kills for Ohio gave the Bobcats a 25-15 set one victory.

The Zips answered back in the second set as they got off to an early 4-1 lead. An attack error on Ohio sparked a Zips' 6-1 scoring run that gave Akron an 11-6 lead. The Bobcat's threatened to take their first lead of the set with a 4-2 run, but the Zips 18-13 lead was too far much to touch. Akron won the 25-18 second set with the help of Gwozdz, who recorded four kills, and Karsner, who completed three.

Ohio was able to start the third set off with a 3-0 lead before three errors and a service ace from Taylor Kuruzovich (Port Matilda, Pa.) tied the set at four all. With the teams battling back-and-fourth with three tied scores, an Ohio attack error gave the Zips their first lead of the set, 13-12. With the set tied at 22 all, the Bobcats recorded two straight kills that put them at set point. A kill from Ohio's Lizzie Stephens gave the Bobcats the third set victory, 25-23.

With eight ties in the fourth set and three lead changes, the Bobcats broke out to an 18-12 lead with a 5-1 scoring run. Akron was able to halt Ohio's scoring with the use of a 4-1 run of its own sparked by three errors on Ohio, which made the score 24-23 in the Bobcat's favor. Ohio was able to secure the match victory on a Tia Jimerson's final kill.

Ohio edged Akron's hitting percentage slightly, hitting .237 to the Zips, .202. The Zips led the match with seven aces compared to Ohio's four.

Akron is on the road for two matches next week as it takes on Buffalo Thursday, Sept. 28 in Buffalo, N.Y., and Toledo on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. in Toledo, Ohio.