Freshman McKenna Jordan and senior Ashley Borchers lead Volleyball in 3-0 sweep over Mount Union in OAC opener

By Caleb Scott

ADA — Freshman McKenna Jordan (Toledo/St. Ursula) and senior Ashley Borchers (Russia/Russia) posted a double-double to lead the Ohio Northern volleyball team in a 3-0 sweep over Mount Union Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears improve to 16-3 overall and 1-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Purple Raiders fall to 11-5, 0-1.

The victory marks the 24th consecutive season that ONU has won its OAC opener.

Jordan led Northern with a double-doulbe, posting a game-high 12 kills and adding 11 digs.

Borchers also posted a double-double as she racked up a game-high 40 assists and added 10 digs.

Freshman Sydney Fecko (Aurora/Trinity) added 10 kills for Northern, while hitting a team-best .375.

Freshman McKenna Hostetler (Plain City/Alder) and junior Megan Nieszala (Lambertville, Mich./St. Marys Catholic Central) added 14 and 11 digs, respectively. 

After a convincing 25-15 in the first set, the Polar Bears would fall behind 7-6 early in the second match. 

A kill from senior Claire Heitkamp (Maria Stein/Marion Local) would cap off a 4-0 run to Northern a 10-8 lead.

Mount Union would close the gap to 24-23 before Fecko sealed the victory with a kill to put Northern up two sets to none.

After the Purple Raiders pulled within 23-22 in the third set, Fecko would get a kill and the Polar Bear defense would take advantage of a MtU miscue and go on to win 25-22.

The Polar Bears will return to action Tuesday as they travel to Otterbein to take on the Cardinals at 7pm.