Volleyball

BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College volleyball team finished the Wittenberg Invitational with a 2-2 record and spliting a pair of games for the second straight day.

B-W came into the final day of the tournament defeating Allegheny (Pa.) College, 3-0, in the nightcap and losing to Defiance College, 3-0, earlier in the day on Friday. To start out the second day, the Yellow Yackets defeated Calvin (Mich.) College, 3-1, but were defeated by host school Wittenberg College, 3-1.

In their first game of the day, B-W defeated Calvin (30-21, 27-30, 30-23, 30-27). Leading the Yellow Jackets with kills was senior middle hitter Laura Leach (Norwalk/ Senior) wtih 19 followed by junior Emily Albanese (Mentor) with 16.  Freshman Nicole Igarashi (Eastlake/ North) led the team with 44 set assists increasing her season total to 653. Freshman Kelsey Hills (Toledo/ St. Ursela Academy) led the team in service aces recording three.  Sophomore libero Kim Stoll (Norwalk/ St.Paul) followed by two other B-W players recorded over 20 digs. Stoll led the way with 29, Albanese finished with 23 and Igarashi recorded 21.

In the nightcap, the Yellow Jackets won the first game but would lose the next three en route to the 3-1 loss (30-25, 18-30, 23-30, 15-30).  Leach led the team in kills with 13 followed by Hills and Albanese with 12 and 11 respectively.  Igarashi led the team again in set assits with 37 while Stoll and senior Kari Kuhn (Amherst/ Steele) each had a team-leading 19 kills.

For her efforts, Emily Albanese was the only B-W player to be selected to the All-Tournament team.  

The Yellow Jackets will return to action on Tuesday, Sept. 28 when they travel to Westerville for an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup against Otterbein College.  The match is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.

FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact the B-W Sports Information Office by telephone at (440) 826-2327, by FAX at (440) 826-2329 or e-mail SID Kevin Ruple at kruple@bw.edu.