Baldwin-Wallace Volleyball Team Stays Perfect With 3-1 Victory Over Notre Dame College
Box Score | Updated Season Statistics
SOUTH EUCLID, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College volleyball team remained perfect on the season by defeating NCAA Division II Notre Dame College of Ohio in four sets tonight (Wednesday, September 7) at the Keller Center Gymnasium. The victory was the fifth straight for B-W to start the season.
Rachel Swatalski had 13 kills and
five blocks against NDC.
With the victory, the Yellow Jackets improved to 5-0, while Notre Dame falls to 1-4.
Norte Dame outlasted B-W in a marathon first set, 29-27, before the Yellow Jackets closed out the match by winning the next three sets by scores of 25-11, 25-13 and 25-9.
B-W was led offensively by junior outside hitter Amanda Sawicki (Mentor/Lake Catholic) with 20 kills and five blocks, and junior middle hitter Rachel Switalski (North Royalton/Holy Name) with 13 kills and 5 blocks. Junior setter Jessica Stitts (Eastlake/North) led the team with 41 set assists.
Defensively, junior defensive specialist Natalie Emmons (Ashland) had 20 digs.
B-W will next compete this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9-10, when the Yellow Jackets co-host the 13th Annual Marcia French Memorial Tournament along with Case Western Reserve University. B-W opens the tournament against Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) University at 4:00 p.m. on Friday before closing out the first day of action against Denison University at 8:00 p.m. On Saturday, the Yellow Jackets will face Buffalo State (N.Y.) University and The College of Wooster at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. respectively.
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