Volleyball

BEREA, OHIO – The Baldwin-Wallace College volleyball team swept a pair of matches on the second day of the 2006 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Tournament in Whitewater, Wis., by defeating both Aurora (Ill.) University and Wheaton (Ill.) College by the score of 3-0.

In the first match of the day, B-W defeated Aurora by the score of 30-20, 30-22 and 30-12.  Junior two-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference outside hitter Kelsey Hills (Toledo/St. Ursula Academy) led the Yellow Jackets offensively with 13 kills and added 11 defensive digs.  Senior Division III All-American setter Angie Camp (Norwalk/St. Paul) contributed 37 set assists for the Jackets.  Sophomore All-OAC outside hitter Rachel Selgo (Grand Rapids, Mich./West Catholic) and fellow sophomore, middle hitter Brooke Hinkle (Wellington) each had eight kills.  Defensively, junior libero Meggie Marten (Bowling Green/Senior) led the team with 17 digs.

In the second match of the day, B-W won the match in three games from Wheaton by the score of 30-21, 30-24 and 30-24.  Selgo led the Yellow Jackets with 11 kills and Camp set the offense up with a match-high 32 set assists.  Marten again led the Jackets’ defensive with 21 digs and Hills added another eight digs.

B-W returns to action next weekend, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 8-9, when they host the Eighth Annual Marcia French Memorial Tournament at the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center in Berea.  The two-day, eight-team event begins on Friday, Sept. 8 at 3:00 p.m.  Action will then resume on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 10:00.  B-W is the defending tournament champions.

FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu.  TO CONTACT HEAD COACH VICKI BRAULT, please call her at 440-826-3254, FAX her at 44-0-826-2192 or e-mail her at vbrault@bw.edu.