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Score: Florida Gulf Coast 3, Ohio 0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-14)
Location: Athens, Ohio (Convocation Center)
Record: Ohio 0-2, Florida Gulf Coast 1-1
Short Story: The Ohio volleyball team (0-2) suffered a 3-0 (25-11, 25-22, 25-14) sweep at the hands of Florida Gulf Coast (1-1) on Saturday (Aug. 27) at the Convocation Center in the second match of the weekend for both teams in the 2016 Bobcat Invitational presented by OMG! Rotisserie.

THE BASICS
• The Bobcats hit .078 (24 kills- 17 errors- 89 total attacks) while the Eagles hit at a .303 clip (39 kills-12 errors-89 total attacks).
• Junior outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) led the Bobcat attack with nine kills. She also had two assisted blocks, a serving ace and 11 digs.
• Freshman outside hitter Lizzie Stephens (Frisco, Texas) added six kills, a service ace and two digs for Ohio.
• Freshman middle blocker Sara Januszewski (Oak Creek, Wis.) contributed five kills and an assisted block for the Bobcats.
• Freshman setter Katelyn Burke (Oswego, Ill.) dished out 23 of Ohio's 24 assists. She also recorded an assisted block and two digs.
• Senior libero Brooke Coleman (Plano, Texas) led the match with 17 digs for the Bobcats.
• Redshirt freshman middle blocker Natalie Burchesky (Canonsburg, Pa.) logged two assisted blocks in her collegiate debut for Ohio. Redshirt freshman outside hitter Carley Remmers (Filley, Neb.) also pitched in two assisted blocks in addition to two kills and a service ace.
• Sophomore outside hitter Amanda Carroll led Florida Gulf Coast with a match-high 14 kills, six service aces and two assists and tied junior libero/defensive specialist Courtney Stephens and sophomore outside hitter Karissa Rhoades for the team lead with nine digs. Stephens also recorded two service aces and three assists while Rhoades added a service ace.
• Senior middle blocker Marlene Moeller tallied a match-high three total blocks (one solo, two assisted) and also posted six kills and a dig for the Eagles.
• Sophomore setter Maggie Rick had 32 of Florida Gulf Coast's 38 assists. She also contributed two kills, two assisted blocks, two service aces and seven digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Florida Gulf Coast jumped ahead, 11-3, at the start of the first set behind senior outside hitter Leigh Pudwill's three kills and service aces by Carroll and freshman outside hitter Ciara DeBell. The Eagles had five service aces in the first set to contribute to their 25-11 triumph.
• Ohio raced out to a 9-2 lead to start the second set thanks to two kills by Januszewski, a service ace by Kosiorek, a service ace by Remmers and a pair of kills from redshirt junior middle blocker Ali Lake (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Stephens. Unfortuantely for the Bobcats, Florida Gulf Coast countered with a 15-1 run that included three service aces and a kill by Carroll and both a pair of kills and a pair of double blocks by Rick and Moeller. The Eagles reached set point at 24-18 on a kill by Carroll, but the Bobcats stayed alive with a kill by Januszewski, a service ace by Stephens, a Florida Gulf Coast attack error and another kill by Januszewski to make it a two-point set at 24-22. That's as close as Ohio got, though, as Florida Gulf Coast took a 2-0 match lead with a 25-22 second-set win after an Ohio service error.
• Florida Gulf Coast took a commanding 12-3 lead to open the third set thanks to three kills and a service ace by Carroll and two kills by Moeller. Ohio made it a three-point set with an 8-2 run as three kills by Kosiorek and double blocks by Burke and Januszewski and Burchesky and Kosiorek sparked a Bobcat rally. That's as close as Ohio got, though, as Florida Gulf Coast closed out the sweep with an 11-3 stretch run to record a 25-14 win in the third set. Carroll totaled seven of her 14 kills in the third set.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Coleman totaled double-digit digs for the second-straight match and 31st time in her career.
• With her first service ace of the 2016 season, Kosiorek etched her spot on Ohio's top ten list for career service aces. She is now tied with Sarah Petrulis (2006-09) with 85 career service aces. She also logged double-digit digs for the 11th time in her career. 
• Ohio dropped to 2-1 (.667) all-time against Florida Gulf Coast.

UP NEXT
Ohio will play Villanova (1-1) at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday (Aug. 27) at the Convocation Center in the final final match of the 2016 Bobcat Invitational presented by OMG! Rotisserie. Villanova suffered a 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-22) sweep to No. 22 Western Kentucky (2-0) following the Bobcats' loss to the Eagles on Saturday morning. Villanova swept Florida Gulf Coast, 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-21) in the opening match of the weekend tournament on Friday (Aug. 26) at the Convo.

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