Junior Ashley Borchers named OAC Volleyball Player of the Week

By: Ashley Birchmeier

ADA — Ohio Northern junior Ashley Borchers has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4.

Borchers led Northern (14-4 overall, 1-0 OAC) to a 2-0 week, helping ONU defeat Defiance and John Carroll.

The junior recorded her fourth double-double of the season as ONU defeated John Carroll in its OAC season opener.

In the victory, she had 10 kills and a team-high 41 assists.

Borchers hit a team-high .355 with 13 kills, 74 assists and nine blocks on the week.

Ohio Northern returns to action Tuesday as they travel to Wilmington for an OAC match-up with the Quakers at 7 pm.