Volleyball: #25 Ohio Northern (24-5 Overall) at Heidelberg (25-6 Overall) - OAC Tournament Finals

Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, 2 pm, Seiberling Gymnasium, Tiffin, Ohio

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Saturday's Match: Saturday's Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Finals features the No. 1-seeded Heidelberg Student Princes and the No. 2-seeded Ohio Northern Polar Bears ... Northern enters the contest ranked No. 25 nationally according to the latest AVCA Coaches Poll ... Northern has won five straight matches, including a 3-1 victory over Otterbein Thursday evening in the OAC Tournament Semifinals at the ONU Sports Center ... The Polar Bears were led in the contest by junior Claire Heitkamp who posted a team-high 11 kills ... Senior Kaitlann Hogrefe chipped in 10 kills on a game-high .421 hitting percentage and added four blocks and a game-high three serving aces ... Junior Ashley Borchers added five kills, a team-high 37 assists and a game-high four blocks ... ONU is 61-13 all-time in the 31-year history of the OAC Tournament and has won the OAC Tournament title 18 times ... ONU is the only OAC school to appear in all 31 OAC Tournaments ... ONU is 19-1 in the quarterfinals of the OAC Tournament ... Northern is also 24-6 in the semifinals and is 18-5 in the finals ... Through 29 matches this season, senior Ellie Gillespie leads the team with 263 kills and ranks third on the team with 308 digs ... Hogrefe leads the team in blocks solo with 20 and ranks second on the team in total blocks (86) and kills (248) ... Sophomore Haley Potters ranks third on the team with 245 kills and leads the team in blocks with 90 ... Borchers leads the Polar Bears with 1,026 assists, while sophomore Megan Nieszala leads the team with 572 digs and is second with 106 assists ... Freshman Michaela Sharlow leads Northern with 47 serving aces ... Heidelberg enter's tonight's matchup winning riding a nine match win streak ... The Student Princes defeated No. 5 John Carroll Thursday evening 3-2 ... Through 31 matches this season HU is led by junior Sarah Parker with 428 kills and 88 blocks ... Junior Karlie Diruzza leads Heidelberg with 1,206 assists, while sophomore Rachel Raimondo leads the team with 580 digs. 

 ONU Statistical Leaders

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series by a 56-9 margin ... Heidelberg won the regular season match this season 3-0 at Heidelberg ... Northern is 20-7 all-time against the Student Princes in Tiffin ... The Polar Bears lead the all-time OAC Tournament series between the two schools by a 6-2 margin.

Head Coach Kate Witte: Witte is in her 25th season as head coach with a 637-216
record, a winning percentage of .747.