APRIL 10, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: RUDY YOVICH, SID
260-481-6646

Ohio State wins in Five

Columbus, OH - #14 Ohio State held off #13 IPFW in an exciting five set match Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio.

The Buckeyes (18-8, 11-3) won by the scores of 23-30, 32-30, 30-24, 27-30, and 15-7.

The Mastodons (13-9, 11-4) wasted a career night from freshman left-side Josh Collins (Bancroft, ON, Canada). Collins registered 20 kills and seven digs.

Matt Zbyszewski (Sr/RS/Toronto, ON, Canada) also registered 20 kills to go along with nine digs. Zbyszewski also had an up-and-down serving night with six aces, and eight service errors.

Mitch Dreisbach (Jr/OH/Mishawaka, IN) also registered double-figure kills with thirteen.

Ohio State also had three players in double-figure kills, led by sophomore outside hitter Andy Cole with 20 kills and 11 digs.

IPFW was out-hit in the match .255 to .201, but actually scored more points than the Buckeyes (93.0 to 81.0).

IPFW will take to the road next weekend to play their final two regular season matches. The 'Dons take on Penn State on Friday the 16th in a non-conference match, then travel to Erie, PA to face Mercyhurst on Saturday the 17th, in their final MIVA match.

~Dons~