BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University women's volleyball team had their first Ohio Athletic Conference matchup at home and fell to the University of Mount Union Purple Raiders 1-3 (17-25, 28-26, 21-25, 14-25) inside Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center to drop to 14-4 and 1-1 in OAC play.
Game Recap
Set 1 (UMU, 25-17): Shortly after the BW offense seemed to find its footing to take a 9-8 lead, Mount Union went on a 7-1 scoring run and piled on points the rest of the way. Mount Union took advantage of four BW attack errors and four service errors to take the opening set.
Set 2 (BW, 28-26): The Yellow Jackets earned a match-high 15 kills in a set that went the distance. Junior outside hitter
Lyla Nash earned five of those kills to lead the offense. She had a kill to set up set point at 24-20. Then, Mount Union went on a 5-0 run to led to set point at 25-24. Nash saved the Yellow Jackets with a kill to tie it at 25 apiece. Another kill by Nash set up set point at 27-26. Finally, freshman outside hitter
Ruby Suter came up with a monster solo block to seal the set victory.
Set 3 (UMU, 25-21): The third set was very back-and-forth until Mount Union went on a 7-2 run to take a 19-15 lead. During that stretch, the Yellow Jackets gave up points based on two attack errors, one set error, and two reception errors. Mount Union maintained the lead the rest of the way to secure the set.
Set 4 (UMU, 25-14): BW started the set in a 0-4 deficit with every point coming off errors. The Brown and Gold found some hope by cutting the Mount Union lead to 15-14. Then, the Purple Raiders scored 10 unanswered points to win the match. Mount Union hit for a match-high .407 hitting efficiency while BW was held to a match-low -.040 efficiency with just five kills and six attack errors.
The Matchup
Since 2008, BW has been 5-19 against Mount Union. The Yellow Jackets have lost six of their last seven matches against the Purple Raiders. Last season, BW swept Mount Union 3-0 inside Ursprung Gymnasium.
Looking Ahead
The Yellow Jackets will play host to the Ohio Northern University Polar Bears in the Alumni Recognition Match on Saturday, October 10 at 12:00 p.m. inside Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center.
