Volleyball: Ohio Northern (21-5 Overall, 7-1 OAC) at Marietta (9-17 Overall, 2-6 OAC)

Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, 1 pm, Ban Johnson Arena, Marietta, Ohio

Saturday's Match: Northern enters this afternoon's contest winning 14 of its last 15 matchups, including a 3-0 victory over Baldwin Wallace Tuesday evening at the ONU Sports Center ... The Polar Bears were led by junior Claire Heitkamp as she posted a game-high 13 kills and added three blocks, while hitting a game-high .545 ... Senior Ellie Gillespie added nine kills and a game-high 13 digs for Northern ... Junior Ashley Borchers posted a double-double with a game-high 32 assists and 11 digs ... With the victory over Baldwin Wallace, Northern clinched the No. 2 seed in next weeks OAC Tournament and will host a first round Quarterfinal match at the ONU Sports Center on Tuesday at 7 pm ... The Polar Bears are led offensively by Gillespie with 240 kills ... She also ranks third on the team with 268 digs ... Borchers leads the team and ranks third in the OAC with 922 assists and ranks third on the team with 61 total blocks ... Sophomore Megan Nieszala leads the OAC with 543 digs and ranks second for Northern with 99 assists ... Sophomore Haley Potters and senior Kaitlann Hogrefe anchor the Polar Bears defense with 81 and 77 total blocks, respectively ... Freshman Michaela Sharlow ranks first in the OAC with 45 serving aces ... Potters currently ranks third in the OAC with 81 total blocks ... Gillespie ranks seventh all-time at Ohio Northern with 1,404 digs ... Hogrefe currently ranks ninth all-time in Polar Bear history with 296 total blocks and is six blocks short of tying former Polar Bear Michelle Petryk for eighth all-time ... Borchers currently ranks sixth all-time at Ohio Northern with 2,124 assists ... Marietta enters this evening's contest after dropping a 3-1 decision to Otterbein ... The Pioneers were led in the contest by senior Devin Walter who posted a game-high 18 kills and added a block ... Junior Mallory Vodopich added a game-high 24 assists and nine kills for Marietta ... Sophomore Erica Denallo posted a game-high 17 digs to lead the Pioneers ... Walter leads the Pioneer offense with 217 kills and ranks third on the team with 24 total blocks ... Junior Julia Moskaluk has a team-best 460 assists ... Senior Mary Ervin leads the team and ranks eighth in the OAC with 430 digs ... Senior Shauntiel Oliver-Smith leads Marietta's defense with 45 total blocks.

  ONU Statistical Leaders

All-Time Series: ONU leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 47-0 margin, including a 3-0 victory in 2014 ... The Polar Bears are a perfect 22-0 at the friendly confines.

Head Coach Kate Witte: Witte is in her 25th season as head coach with a 634-216
record, a winning percentage of .746.