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Ohio State men’s volleyball advances to MIVA tournament final

OSU will play for a conference title on Saturday! #GoBucks

The No. 3 seed Ohio State men’s volleyball team will be playing for a Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament title after beating McKendree 3-1 Wednesday in the semifinals of the league tournament.

The Buckeyes will face No. 1 seed Ball State after the Cardinals beat No. 4 seed Lewis 3-0 in the other semifinal. OSU hasn’t been in the league championship game since 2018 when it won its third-straight conference tournament title in a row.

Ohio State won the first set to get off on the right foot after falling behind 2-0 to start things off, and eventually took control, winning 25-20. The second set went to the Bearcats mainly because of a 5-0 run to go ahead 19-14 en route to a 25-21 win to tie things at one set apiece.

The Buckeyes would then take the next two sets, with set No. 3 coming in dominating 25-9 fashion to go up 2-1 before continuing the strong run with a 25-15 fourth-set victory.

Shane Wetzel led the Buckeyes with a career-high tying 19 kills while Jacob Pasteur (16) and Jack Stevens (11) also had a bushel of kills to pace Ohio State. Senior Michael Wright finished with 48 assists to lead both teams.

Ohio State now must travel to Muncie, Indiana, Saturday to take on Ball State for a trophy.

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Ohio State men’s volleyball clinches share of MIVA regular-season title

Another conference title for the Ohio State men’s volleyball program. #GoBucks

With a 3-0 sweep of No. 10 Loyola-Chicago, the Ohio State men’s volleyball team has clinched a share of the 2023 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association regular-season title, its first since 2018.

Ohio State won a tight first set, 29-27, on a Cole Young kill to go up 1-0, then took set two, 28-26, thanks to an error by Loyola to go up 2-0 and on the verge of the upset. Set three would be close too, with the Wramblers going up 3-0 before the Buckeyes tightened things up 6-6 with a 4-1 run. Things would be close from there on out with each going on mini runs, but the Buckeyes would again take the set on a Loyola error, 25-23, to get the straight-set win.

The win was the eighth in a row for Ohio State and drew the Buckeyes even with Loyola-Chicago and Ball State at 11-3 in the conference for a three-way tie for the regular-season crown. The Buckeyes finish the regular-season 19-9 overall and will be the No. 3 seed in the upcoming MIVA conference tournament. The first-round matchup will be hosted at the Covelli Center.

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Eighteen Ohio State men’s volleyball players honored as MIVA Academic All-Conference

Eighteen of the twenty Ohio State men’s volleyball players were honored as MIVA Academic All-Conference.

The Ohio State men’s volleyball squad has twenty members on the squad. Eighteen of them were honored as MIVA Academic All-Conference. That’s flat out getting it done in the classroom. We don’t have the numbers, but according to the release from the athletic department, it’s tops in the conference. I mean, 90 percent is kind of elite.

To qualify for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.0 or better grade point average after the conclusion of the spring semester.

All eighteen of the Ohio State honorees include the following:

Tyler Alter, Samuel Clark, Reese Devilbiss, Austin Gerwig, Andrew Hillman, Justin Howard, Shawn Hughes, Martin Lallemand, Luke Lentin, Luke Meidel, Parker Mikesch, Robbie Murphy, Sean Ryan, Jack Stevens, Ethan Talley, Matt Tompkins, Jamie Wolmering and Michael Wright.

Congrats to all of these young men for getting it done in the classroom, and on the court.

 

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