BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University volleyball team fell to Ohio Athletic Conference-rival Marietta College, 3-2, today (Saturday, October 27, 2012) in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center. The scores of the matches were 22-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-23 and 16-14.
With the loss, the Yellow Jackets end their regular season with a 12-17 overall record and a 4-5 mark in the OAC. BW will enter next weeks OAC Tournament as the No. 6 seed and will travel to Ada, Ohio on Tuesday October 30 to take on No. 3 seed Ohio Northern. With the win, the Pioneers finish their regular season with a 17-11 overall record and a 5-4 mark in the OAC. Marietta will be the No. 5 seed in the OAC Tournament and will travel to Tiffin, Ohio, as they will face No. 4 seed Heidelberg on Tuesday.
The Yellow Jackets were led offensively by senior right side hitter Karianne Sifferlin (Wooster) with a match high, 16 kills. In addition, senior middle hitter Rachel Switalski (North Royalton/Holy Name) contributed 14 kills. Junior setter Emily Nagle (Columbia Station/Columbia) set up the offense and had 41 set assists.
Defensively, BW was led by senior libero
Natalie Emmons (Ashland) with 36 digs. In addition,
Nagle had 16.
The Pioneers were led by freshman right side hitter Keri Horton with 15 kills. Sophomore setter Laura Mauer set up the offense with a match high, 47 set assists. Defensively, the Pioneers were led by senior defensive specialist Jen Braun who totaled 38 digs, which was the match high.
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