Volleyball: #22 Ohio Northern (18-4 Overall, 4-0 OAC) at Capital (6-18 Overall, 1-3 OAC)
Saturday, Oct. 17, 1 pm, Performance Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Saturday's Match: The Polar Bears travel to Columbus to take on Capital on Saturday afternoon ... Ohio Northern is currently riding an 11-match win streak ... ONU is ranked No. 22 nationally in the most recent AVCA Coaches poll released Tuesday evening ... Northern is coming off of a three set sweep of Otterbein Tuesday evening at the ONU Sports Center ... The Polar Bears were led by senior Kaitlann Hogrefe as she posted a team-high seven kills and added a game-high four total blocks ... Junior Ashley Borchers added five kills for Northern and posted a game-high 22 assists while hitting a game-high .400 ... Sophomore Megan Nieszala posted a game-high 24 digs on the evening ... The Polar Bears are led this season by sophomore Haley Potters who has a team-best 208 kills, .326 hitting percentage and 71 total blocks ... Borchers leads Northern with 794 assists on the year and ranks third on the team with 55 total blocks ... Senior Ellie Gillespie ranks second on the team with 195 kills and is third with 317 digs ... Nieszala leads the Polar Bear defense with 478 digs on the year and ranks second on the team with 83 assists ... Borchers currently ranks third in the OAC with 794 assists and is sixth all-time in ONU history with 1,996 assists ... Nieszala leads the OAC with 478 digs and 5.98 digs per set ... Potters currently ranks second in the OAC with 71 total blocks ... Freshman Michaela Sharlow is currently second in the OAC with 39 service aces ... Hogrefe currently ranks 10th all-time for Ohio Northern with 286 career total blocks ... Gillespie ranks eighth all-time at Ohio Northern with 1,361 career digs ... Capital enters this evening's matchup after defeating Wilmington at home Tuesday evening ... The Crusaders have won their last two matches ... CU is led this season by junior Kristin Bender who has a team-best 152 kills and 47 total blocks ... Sophomore Kasey Parkhurst ranks second on the team with 144 kills ... Senior Katie Weilbacher leads Capital with 355 assists on the year and is second on the team with 20 service aces ... Sophomore Jessica Winstel leads the CU defense with 324 digs.
ONU Statistical Leaders
| Kills |
Blocks | Aces | Digs | Assists | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Potters |
208 | 1. | Potters |
71 | 1. | Sharlow | 39 | 1. | Nieszala |
478 | 1. | Borchers | 794 | ||||
| 2. | Gillespie | 195 | 2. | Hogrefe | 67 | 2. |
Hogrefe | 21 | 2. | Sessler | 317 | 2. | Nieszala | 83 | ||||
| 3. |
Hogrefe | 192 | 3. | Borchers | 55 | 3. | Nieszala | 20 | 3. | Gillespie | 225 | 3. | Sessler | 41 | ||||
| 4. | Heitkamp | 173 |
All-Time Series: Northern leads the all-time series with Capital by a 53-9 margin, including a 3-0 victory at Ohio Northern in 2014 ... The Polar Bears are 18-3 all-time when playing at Capital ... Northern has won the last eight matchups with the Crusaders dating back to 2007.
Head Coach Kate Witte: Witte is in her 25th season as head coach with a 631-215
record, a winning percentage of .746.