Ohio State women’s volleyball’s first points came easily Saturday night against USC. Starting with an assisted block by Emily Londot and Adria Powell, asserting the Buckeyes’ dominance up front, Ohio State seemed to feed off the dominance of their three-set sweep of Tennessee State in the first round Friday night, taking a two-point lead with a Londot kill off an assist by Mac Podraza. Unlike Friday night, USC was able to answer quickly with a kill and a service ace by Kalyah Williams, showing Ohio State its first taste of adversity in the NCAA Tournament. It wasn’t anything the Buckeyes (21-9) couldn’t handle, recording the sweep of USC (22-11) 25-21, 25-17 and 25-16, their 11th three-set win of the season. Ohio State will advance to its third-straight Sweet 16 to play either two-seed Minnesota or UNI in Austin, Texas. Londot proved to be Ohio State’s main source up front, leading…
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