Volleyball: Baldwin Wallace (25-4 Overall, 3-4 OAC) at #21 Ohio Northern (23-4 Overall, 6-1 OAC)
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, 7 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: The No. 21-ranked Ohio Northern volleyball team enters Tuesday's contest winners of seven straight matches and is in a 3-way tie for first place in the OAC ... Northern could win its 25th OAC Regular Season title with victories in its last two matches against Baldwin Wallace and Marietta ... ONU is coming off a 25-17, 25-7, 25-21 sweep over Muskingum on Saturday ... Northern was led offensively and defensively by senior Haley Potters as she posted game-highs in kills (12), hitting percentage (.455), blocks (6) and points (17.0) ... Through 27 matches this season, sophomore Chelsea Huppert leads the team and is second in the OAC with 327 kills, while sophomore McKenna Jordan ranks second on the team and fourth in the OAC with 306 kills ... Huppert's .338 hitting percentage currently leads the team and ranks third in the conference ... Freshman Katie Wade currently leads the nation with 1,096 assists ... Her single-season mark currently ranks second among freshman in ONU history ... Senior Megan Nieszala currently leads the OAC and ranks 18th nationally with 512 digs, while sophomore McKenna Hostetler currently ranks second on the team and sixth in the OAC with 395 digs ... Huppert currently leads the league and ranks 9th nationally with 103 total blocks, while Potters ranks second on the team and in the OAC, and ranks 20th nationally with 94 blocks ... Potters also has a team-best 33 service aces and ranks second in the OAC in the category ... Baldwin Wallace enters the contest after dropping its last three matches ... The Yellow Jackets are led by junior Alicia Lortcher's 324 kills ... Lortchner ranks third in the OAC in the category ... Setter and freshman Kathleen Egan leads the team and ranks fourth in the OAC with 845 assists ... Egan is also tied with Potters for second in the OAC with 33 service aces.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
| Kills | Blocks | Aces | Digs | Assists | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Huppert | 327 | 1. | Huppert | 103 | 1. | Potters | 33 | 1. | Nieszala | 512 | 1. | Wade | 1,096 | ||||
| 2. | Jordan | 306 | 2. | Potters | 94 | 2. | Langston | 31 | 2. | Hostetler | 395 | 2. | Nieszala | 64 | ||||
| 3. | Potters | 248 | 3. | Wade | 35 | 3. | Wade | 24 | 3. | Langston | 295 | 3. | Broering | 28 |
All-Time Series: Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 63-14 margin ... ONU has won the last eight matchups between the two schools ... ONU owns a 28-4 record all-time in friendly confines against BW.
Head Coach Kate Witte: Witte is in her 27th season as head coach with a 687-225 record, a winning percentage of .753 ... She is the all-time winningest coach in ONU volleyball history.