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The Yellow Jackets defeated 12th ranked Ohio Northern today, 3-0

BEREA, OHIO - The Baldwin-Wallace College volleyball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Ohio Northern, 3-0, this afternoon at the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea. The scores of the match were 30-21, 30-26, and 30-28. With this victory, B-W is now 9-9 overall and 2-0 in the OAC.

The ONU match marked the ninth time in 18 matches that B-W will have played a Top 25 team this fall. B-W and ONU met earlier this season in the season opener for each school at the College of Mt. St. Joseph Tournament in Cincinnati. ONU prevailed, 3-1.

In today's victory against Ohio Northern, senior three-time All-OAC and two-time All-Great Lakes Region middle hitter Cassie Palmer (Greenwich/ South Central) led the front row with 20 kills and 5 blocks leading her to set a new B-W record with 1,586 kills in her career at B-W. In addition, senior Laura Leach (Norwalk Senior) had 19 kills followed by two-time All-OAC player Emily Bowen (Tiffin Columbian) who added 12 kills.

In the middle as the setter, senior Angie Elser (Wooster/ Northwestern) had 43 set assists and added 17 digs.

In the back row, freshman Kim Stoll (Norwalk/ St. Paul) led the way with 22 digs and was followed by Bowen with 18. Senior Kerri Helm (Luckey/Eastwood) also helped the Yellow Jackets by adding 15 digs. 

This Tuesday, B-W will travel to Alliance to face upstart Mount Union College next  in the Timken Building. Then on the weekend of October 10-11, the Yellow Jackets travel to Springfield and Wittenberg University to participate in the National Invitational Tournament. At that event, B-W will again be tested by the Top 25 as it faces seventh-ranked Wittenberg, eighth-ranked Elmhurst (Ill.) College and ninth-ranked Mt. St. Joseph.

By the time B-W finishes at Wittenberg, it will have played eight teams ranked in the Top 10 and 12 in the Top 25 in a minimum of 22 matches. Now that's facing great competition.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact the B-W Sports Information Office and Director Kevin Ruple by phone, please call 440-826-2327 or e-mail him at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Vicki Brault, please call her at 440-826-3254, FAX her at 440-826-2192 or e-mail her at vbrault@bw.edu. All of the latest Yellow Jacket volleyball information can be accessed by logging onto the Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics and then going to the volleyball pages.