TIFFIN, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University women's volleyball team dropped a road Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) match to Heidelberg University by a score of 1-3 (25-21, 20-25, 19-25, 21-25) inside Seiberling Gymnasium to fall to 16-7 overall and 3-4 in the conference.
Match Recap
Set 1 (BW, 25-21): The Yellow Jackets went ahead 4-3 and applied the pressure for the rest of the set. They never let Heidelberg have a lead after that point. Senior right side hitter
Lexi Smith led the BW offense with five out of the 10 kills in the opening set. Both teams had almost as many attack errors as they did kills with the Yellow Jackets' .071 hitting percentage beating the Student Princes' .023.
Set 2 (HEID, 25-20): The Student Princes flipped the script in the second set by establishing an offensive rhythm early on. BW gained a lead at 14-13, but Heidelberg proceeded to go on a 7-0 run. Although the Yellow Jackets fought back to make the score 19-21, Heidelberg prevailed to even the match at 1-1.
Set 3 (HEID, 25-19): The two sides had a close battle with eight ties and 15 kills each. However, the Student Princes pulled away after the latest tie of 12-12 and maintained a steady lead the rest of the way. Junior outside hitter
Lyla Nash led the offense with five kills in the best set so far for the offense with a .244 hitting percentage.
Set 4 (HEID, 25-21): In another close set, the Yellow Jackets held the lead for the majority of the time. Smith added on to her impressive night with five more kills to end with 15. The Yellow Jackets' quality play could not overcome the Student Princes that had a .424 hitting percentage with 15 kills, only one attack error, and four blocks in the final set. OAC Defensive Player of the Week
Libby Hubert continued her productive week defensively with a team leading 22 digs.
The Matchup
BW is 8-16 against Heidelberg since 2008 while being 2-3 in their last five matches. The most recent matchup was a sweep by the Yellow Jackets in Tiffin almost a year ago to the day on October 29, 2025.
Looking Ahead
The Brown and Gold will compete in their OAC regular season finale against Marietta on Saturday, October 31 at 1:00 p.m. inside Ban Johnson Arena in Marietta, Ohio.
