BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University women's volleyball team, led by Head Coach
Kate Latkovic, celebrated the seniors by earning a win over Denison University by a score of 3-2 (25-22, 25-19, 18-25, 22-25, 15-11) inside Ursprung Gymnasium to improve to 18-7 overall as they look ahead to the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament.
BW recognized defensive specialist
Maddi Crea, right-side hitter
Lexi Smith, setter
Madison Kaylor, and middle hitter
Elysia Zehner tonight for their outstanding athletic careers as members of the women's volleyball program.
Game Recap
Set 1 (BW, 26-24): The Yellow Jackets allowed the Big Red to have an early 5-0 scoring run to get ahead 8-5. BW was fortunate to regain the lead right away after Denison lost the next four points to attack errors. They were also fortunate to have freshman middle hitter
Morgan Petrecca on their squad as she collected three kills in a 7-1 scoring run to cement BW's lead.
Set 2 (BW, 25-20): Denison had a meager .056 hitting efficiency, partially due to the five blocks that BW made in the second set. Petrecca was responsible for three of them. Sophomore middle hitter
Emily Mendelson had three kills to lead the offense and help put BW up 2-0.
Set 3 (DEN, 25-22): The Big Red did not roll over, as this set was a back-and-forth battle with 12 ties and six lead changes. BW started to pull away with a 5-1 scoring run that put them ahead 19-15. Denison responded by scoring the next five and stealing the momentum. The Yellow Jackets only hit a .079 hitting efficiency with 12 kills and nine attack errors.
Set 4 (DEN, 25-22): BW started with a 5-1 lead, but the Big Red fought back to tie the score at 11-11. Denison then clicked into an offensive rhythm as they put together 18 kills with only four attack errors for a .304 team hitting percentage. The Big Red forced a fifth set.
Set 5 (BW, 15-12): The Yellow Jackets had the lead the entire set after starting out 4-1 and continuing to apply offensive pressure. The Brown and Gold offense had their best set of the night with a .350 hitting percentage.
Lexi Smith collected three of the nine BW kills with assists from
Madison Kaylor on all three. The duo connected for a big swing by Smith that sealed the victory on seniors' night.
The Matchup
The Yellow Jackets are 4-0 against Denison since 2008 with their most recent match resulting in a 3-0 victory on the road. The last time these teams met was the 2025 regular season finale.
Looking Ahead
BW will travel to New Concord, Ohio to face the Muskingum University Fighting Muskies on Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m. on Performance Court in the OAC tournament quarterfinals.
