Princeton men’s volleyball team loses to Ohio State University on Saturday – Volleyball news
Ohio State University had a match against Princeton men’s volleyball team on Friday.
The Buckeyes took the first two sets of the match quite comfortably and were all set to take the third and make a clean sweep.
However, Princeton had other plans. Princeton responded by taking the third set of the game as well as the fourth and made things interesting. Before the situation could get out of hand, Ohio State sealed the deal by claiming the fifth set and winning the
day.
Princeton had a chance to redeem themselves on Saturday, as both the teams were up against each other once again. However, the only redeeming that was done got done by Ohio State who got their wish of making a clean sweep over Princeton.
As competitive as the first match of the weekend went, Saturday’s match saw an equally uncompetitive display of skills from Princeton. Ohio State not only won the match by winning three back to back sets, they did so by a significant number of points. When
the night was out, the final set scores stood at 25-18, 25-20 and 25-12.
The confidence at making a spectacular win on Friday made the Buckeyes start the first set of the match in spectacular fashion. Ohio was able to take the lead early on kept the pressure on Princeton all through the game. The Buckeyes kept hammering down
relentless kills on Princeton who could not muster a suitable defence to deflect Ohio’s attacks. As a result, Ohio State was able to take down Princeton by bagging the first set of the game at 25-18.
The second set commenced and unfolded much the same way as the first. Princeton showed some spark of life as they tried to step up their game but the effort seemed half hearted at best. Princeton was not able to rejuvenate itself and Ohio State kept marching
on towards another win. It was only a matter of time that Ohio State was able to take the second set of the game as well at 25-20.
With their momentum built after winning the first two sets of the game, Ohio State was all set to make another win. The Buckeyes started off the final set of the match with a winner’s attitude while Princeton could just catch their breath.
What became the final set of the game finished off fairly quickly than the opening two. Ohio State was able to seal the deal on Princeton by successfully winning the set at 25-12.
The third set win enabled Ohio to make a clean sweep over Princeton not only in Saturday’s match but also in the weekend series.
Up next for Ohio State is a match against George Mason.
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