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Lady Toppers make history, sweep buckeye invitational

The Lady Topper volleyball team picked up three crucial wins and made a little history doing so this weekend as they swept a three-match slate in the Buckeye Invitational at Ohio State University.

The opening day of the tournament was highlighted by WKU’s 3-0 win over the host No. 25 Ohio State, which marked the first sweep of a Top 25 opponent in program history.

In the first match, the Lady Toppers (13-2) blistered the Buckeyes with 45 kills on a .506 hitting clip as a team. Rachel Anderson had 12 of those kills while Alyssa Cavanaugh added 11, both hitting at a .