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Baldwin Wallace University

01-31-26 Gundrum Serve
Photo Courtesy of Bobby Johnston '29
Ethan Gundrum
0
St. Norbert SNC 1-1,0-0 NACC
3
Winner Baldwin Wallace BW 6-0,0-0 MCVL
St. Norbert SNC
1-1,0-0 NACC
0
Final
3
Baldwin Wallace BW
6-0,0-0 MCVL
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
St. Norbert SNC 14 16 25 (0)
Baldwin Wallace BW 25 25 27 (3)
2
UC Santa Cruz UCSC 6-1,0-0 DIII Independent
3
Winner Baldwin Wallace BW 7-0,0-0 MCVL
UC Santa Cruz UCSC
6-1,0-0 DIII Independent
2
Final
3
Baldwin Wallace BW
7-0,0-0 MCVL
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
UC Santa Cruz UCSC 25 28 30 21 21 (2)
Baldwin Wallace BW 22 26 32 25 23 (3)
0
Misericordia Mis 3-6,0-0 Middle Atlantic
3
Winner Baldwin Wallace BW 8-0,0-0 MCVL
Misericordia Mis
3-6,0-0 Middle Atlantic
0
Final
3
Baldwin Wallace BW
8-0,0-0 MCVL
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Misericordia Mis 20 17 18 (0)
Baldwin Wallace BW 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball |

No. 15 Men’s Volleyball Earns Three Impressive Victories to Win Yellow Jacket Invitational

Written by Athletic Communications Student Assistant Morgan Massey '26

BEREA, Ohio – The No. 15 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University men's volleyball team hosted the Yellow Jacket Invitational at Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Recreation Center. The Yellow Jackets earned three victories in the three matches they competed in on Saturday and Sunday.

BW (8-0) swept St. Norbert in their first match of the tournament by scores of 25-14, 25-16 and 27-25, then completed a reverse sweep of No. 7 UC Santa Cruz by scores of 22-25, 26-28, 32-30, 25-21 and 23-21 for their second win of the day. On Sunday, the Yellow Jackets swept Misericordia (Pa.) by scores of 25-20, 25-17 and 25-18 to remain undefeated and extend their season win streak to eight matches. 
 
(W, 3-0) vs. St. Norbert (Wis.)
  • First-year outside hitter Tyler Schunk (Eden, N.Y.) led the squad with two aces
  • First-year setter Ethan Gundrum (Cincinnati / McNicholas) and junior Academic All-MCVL middle hitter Michael Mihalov (North Huntingdon, Pa / Norwin) each set a new career high in blocks with four 
  • Gundrum led the Yellow Jackets with 35 assists 
  • Junior libero Jack Sullenberger (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) contributed a team-high 14 digs 

(W, 3-2) vs. No. 7 UC Santa Cruz
  • Junior Academic All-Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League right-side hitter Jacob Esteves (Wickliffe / St. Edward) set a new career-high while leading the Yellow Jackets with 29 kills 
  • Senior All-MCVL Second-Team middle hitter Colby Whiteside (Powell / Olentangy Liberty) led the Brown and Gold in blocks with three and service aces with four 
  • Gundrum gave out a new career-high 66 assists 
  • Schunk led the team in digs with 13 

(W, 3-0) vs. Misericordia
  • Schunk and Gundrum each added a team-leading five digs 
  • Gundrum led the Yellow Jackets with 32 assists 
  • Junior MCVL Offensive Player of the Week Owen Huynh (Loveland) contributed four service aces 
  • Esteves led the team in kills with 12

Up Next 
  • The Yellow Jackets are back in action next weekend as they travel to Pittsburgh, Pa. for the Chatham Tri-Match hosted by Chatham University (Pa.) where they will take on Chatham at 1:00 p.m. and Juniata (Pa.) at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 3.
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