Antelopes Fall At No. 14 Ohio State

Saturday, February 22

Columbus, OH

5 p.m.

Grand Canyon

6-9, 0-6

Ohio State

7-6, 4-2

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Grand Canyon	18	21	20	0
Ohio State	25	25	25	3

Tanner Maxwell had six kills in his first match as an outside hitter.

Photo by: Darryl Webb

2/22/2014 8:38:00 PM | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

For the second straight night, Grand Canyon dropped a 3-0 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association match to No. 14 Ohio State at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio Saturday.

GCU (6-9, 0-6) lost by set scores of 25-18, 25-21, 25-20. Ohio State improved to 7-6 and 4-2.

"Their middles were the difference," said GCU coach Jeremy Price, noting the 19 combined kills from the Buckeyes middle hitters. "Most of the night, we didn't serve tough enough to take their middles out of it."

There were nine ties and five lead changes in the third set. GCU's best hitting set was the second. It had 10 kills and only two errors in 24 attempts for a .333 percentage. The Antelopes had more blocks, 6-5.

Playing his first match as an outside hitter, sophomore Tanner Maxwell normally a setter, had six kills, a service ace, solo block and two digs. Sophomore middle blocker Christian Ward returned to the lineup for the first time since the third match of the season, and had a kill in one set of play.

Middle blocker Keaton Berry hit an efficient .429 with four kills on seven swings. He also had a team-best five block assists.Ben Ponnet and Gerrard Lipscombe had seven kills apiece. Libero Jared Morrison had eight digs. Lipscombe added seven. Senior setter Keith Smith had 27 assists.

GCU is back in action with non-conference matches in California next week. The Antelopes travel to UC San Diego Friday and to Fullerton to take on Hope International on Saturday.

OSU 3, GCU 0