Cats win 3-1. Ladies come out smoking to dominate set 1 but the other 3 were challenging and too close for comfort. In set 4, they came back from a 9-3 deficit to close out the match. Big numbers for:

Gilleland-11 kills, 15 digs, 40 assists
Lamberti- 13 kills, 16 digs
Kosiorek- 13 kills
Ashy- 25 digs

Ohio, now 8-4 travel to Central Michigan for a Saturday eve match.

GO OHIO

I enjoyed watching Kelly and Jaime serve, quite athletic, and I believe Aubree also had a nice run serving. Wow, with Chelsea back, the team could have four all Mac players on the court at once. Chelsea seemed to be a bit rusty at first, but looked great by the end of the game.

Central Michigan is a long bus ride away, and they are getting better. After losing there first five, they have since won their last six of seven. I believe they have a couple of freshman in the line up, which may account for their improvement as they gain experience. I hope we bring our A game.

"(Ohio) is a completely different opponent," Olson said. "It's going to be power volleyball Saturday night. They have a big block, a solid libero and two returning All-Americans. But we match up well with what they do. They have a lot of jump-top serves, so we're going to get more comfortable with that in Friday's practice."