By: Athletic Communications Student Assistant Janiyah McAllister '27

BEREA, Ohio - The Baldwin Wallace University Women's Volleyball team hosted its final home match facing Heidelberg University. The Yellow Jackets were overtaken by Heidelberg's Student Princes by a final score of 3-1 in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup in the Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center.

BW (13-13, 2-6 OAC) headed into the game in an attempt to bounce back after their fall to No.11 Marietta College. This motivation fired them up into a flurry of attacks leading with 179 against Heidelberg's (12-13, 3-5 OAC) 169, but taking a turn and concluding in a defeat with a .123 hitting percentage versus the Student Princes' .219.

BW Leaders

• Freshman middle hitter Josie Lynn (Wabash, Ind./Northfield) accomplished five block assists while Gabby Wolfe & Riley Tople led the Student Princes with three blocks each
• Senior outside hitter Brinn MacLellan (Novelty/Gilmour Academy) handed out 18 kills, topping Heidelberg's Rylee Ritzhaupt's 12 kills 
• Junior Academic All-OAC setter Katarina Blazetic (Deland, Fla./Deland) accomplished an exciting 38 assists overcoming Heidelberg's Maddie Reed's team-best 29 assists
• Senior All-OAC libero Lauren Gardner (Avon/Saint Joseph's Academy) led with 17 digs, while Heidelberg's Grace Dohanyos brought the heat with 18 digs including the 1,000th of her career

First Set (Berg 25-22)

• Heidelberg led in kills 18-14
• Student Princes hit 0.289
• Yellow Jackets hit 0.239

• Heidelberg led in kills 13-12
• Yellow Jackets hit .039
• Student Princes hit .021

• Heidelberg led in kills 16-15
• Student Princes hit 0.263
• Yellow Jackets hit 0.136

• Heidelberg led in kills 14-11
• Student Princes hit 0.297
• Yellow Jackets hit .057

The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Saturday, November 2 as they travel to New Concord to take on Muskingum University in the final Ohio Athletic Conference match of the season. The match will begin at 1 p.m. on Performance Court inside the Anne C. Steele Center.