Volleyball

BEREA, OHIO --   The 18th-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College volleyball team improved to 22-4 overall and 4-1 in the Ohio Athletic Conference tonight with a 3-0 victory against Heidelberg College at the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea.  The scores of the match was 30-21, 30-21 and 30-18.  The victory was the sixth straight for B-W.

Leading the way for the Yellow Jacket offense was junior rightside player Emily Bowen (Tiffin/ Columbian High School) with 11 kills.  Both junior two-time All-OAC middle hitter Cassie Palmer (Greenwich/ South Central H.S.) and senior outside hitter Sarah Gordon (Wooster/ Senior H.S.) each contributed 10 kills.  Setting up the offense was junior All-OAC setter Kerry Helm (Luckey/ Eastwood H.S.) as she had 33 assists and her backup, sophomore Angie Elser (Wooster/ Northwestern H.S.), had eight assists.

On defense, senior All-OAC libero Kate Kost (Fairview Park/ Fairview H.S.) and Gordon led the way with 15 defensive digs each.  Bowen, sophomore middle hitter Laura Leach (Norwalk H.S.) and senior Lauren Harris (New Philadelphia H.S.) tied for the team lead with four blocks each.

B-W will next be in action on Saturday, October 19 when it travels to Wilmington, Ohio to play OAC foe Wilmington College in an OAC match at the Fred Raich Arena at 1:00 p.m.

FOR MORE INFORMATION on B-W Sports Information, please call the SID Office at (440) 826-2327, FAX us at (440) 826-2329 or e-mail SID Kevin Ruple at kruple@bw.edu.  To contact Head Volleyball Coach Vicki Brault, please call her at (440) 826-3254, FAX her at (440) 826-2192 or e-mail her at vbrault@bw.edu.