WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Baldwin Wallace University women's volleyball team defeated Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) College by a final score of 3-1 in a non-conference matchup in the Salvitti Family Gymnasium at the Henry Memorial Center.

BW (9-5) got back in the win column with a four-set victory over W&J (9-8) by hitting .266 and limiting the Presidents to a hitting percentage of .080 to open Brown and Gold weekend.

BW Leaders

• Junior Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference outside hitter Gabby Schlecht (Naperville, Ill./North) led the team with 13 kills hitting .367 on 30 attempts
• Senior All-OAC libero Lauren Gardner (Avon/St. Joseph Academy) had a game-high 28 digs to pick up her 250th of the season and moved to sixth on BW's all-time digs list
• Senior outside hitter Brinn MacLellan (Novelty/Gilmour Academy) finished with a statline of 10 kills, six digs, and three block assists
• Junior Academic All-OAC setter Katarina Blazetic (DeLand, Fla.) collected her 500th assist of the season and led all players with 42
• Freshman middle hitter Josie Lynn (Wabash, Ind./Northfield) tallied 10 kills and three block assists
• Senior outside hitter Sydney Simonson (Sullivan/Black River) had four total blocks for the third time this season and added six kills
• Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference outside hitter Sam Rueda (Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley) was the fourth Yellow Jacket to reach 10 kills and added three block assists

• Senior setter Adrianna Sacramento had a team-best 20 assists
• Junior libero Piper McFarland tallied 19 digs
• Sophomore outside hitter Rian Benz led the team with 10 kills

First Set (BW 25-13)

• BW led 14-8 in kills
• Yellow Jackets hit .414
• Presidents hit .000

Second Set (W&J 25-21)

• BW led 14-12 in kills
• Yellow Jackets hit .075
• Presidents hit .205

Third Set (BW 25-12)

• BW led 13-9 in kills
• Yellow Jackets hit .407
• Presidents hit .029

Fourth Set (BW 25-16)

• BW led 14-10 in kills
• Yellow Jackets hit .324
• Presidents hit .056

The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Tuesday, October 1 when they travel to Meadville, Pennsylvania for a non-conference matchup against Allegheny (Pa.) College at 7 p.m. in Performance Arena inside the David V. Wise Center.