Written by BW Athletic Communications Student Assistant Nate Schweinberg '27

BEREA, Ohio -  The No. 12 Baldwin Wallace University men's volleyball team swept Spalding (Ky.) by scores of 25-15, 25-22, and 25-17 in Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Recreation Center.

BW (13-4, 2-0 MCVL) won in a three-set thriller. The Brown and Gold hit .432 as a team, while the Golden Eagles hit .211. BW had to come back in the third set from a 4-1 deficit, which featured one lead change, along with four ties. 

BW Leaders

• Junior First-Team All-MCVL outside hitter Daniel Latham (Westerville/Westerville Central) tallied a team-high 10 kills and also contributed five digs
• Senior Second-Team All-MCVL middle hitter Colby Whiteside (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) tallied eight kills and a team-high three service aces 
• Senior middle hitter Josh Steinitz (Towson, Md./ Friends School of Baltimore) finished with a team-high four block assists while adding eight kills and two digs
• First-year setter Ethan Gundrum (Cincinnati/ McNicholas) had a match-high 36 assists while contributing three digs and two block assists 

Spalding (Ky.) Leaders

• Max Atherton led the Golden Eagles with a team-high 10 kills while also adding two digs 
• Tye-Anthony Curtis finished with a team-high four block assists while adding nine kills and three digs
• Brayden Overberg distributed a team-high 22 assists while also contributing four kills and four digs

First Set (BW 25- 15)

• BW led in kills 12-7
• Yellow Jackets hit .429
• Golden Eagles hit .043

Second Set (BW 25- 22)

• BW led in kills 16-13
• Yellow Jackets hit .379
• Golden Eagles hit .360

Third Set (BW 25- 17)

• BW led in kills 14- 9
• Yellow Jackets hit .500
• Golden Eagles hit .217

Up Next

• No. 12 men's volleyball is back in action at home tomorrow afternoon against Wabash (Ind.) in a Block Out Cancer Match starting at 1:00 p.m. inside Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center. Fans can click here to stream the game.