Friday, March 19, 2021, 6 pm - Steele Center, New Concord, Ohio
Friday's Preview: The No. 22-ranked Polar Bears will take to the road for the second time this week in this abbreviated 2020-21 season on Friday with a pair of matches at No. 25 Muskingum in a battle of league unbeatens ... Northern is ranked No. 22 in this week's AVCA Division III poll ... ONU is coming off a pair of vicgtories at Baldwin Wallace on Tuesday ... Ohio Northern won the first match 25-21, 25-20, 25-13 and the second match 25-21, 23-25, 20-25, 25-16, 15-9 ... Freshman Sydney Eggleton had 19 kills, junior Melina Woods had 18 kills and senior Hope Williamson ad 17 kills to lead the Polar Bears in the victories ... Freshman Ava Ehlinger leads a balanced offensive attack for the Polar Bears with 42 kills ... Woods and Eggleton had 40 kills each, freshman Madeline Gawthrop has 33 kills and Williamson has 32 ... The Muskies are off to a 4-0 start to the season and 4-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play after conquering Wilmington in six straight sets on Tuesday ... This season, the Muskies have only dropped two sets out the 14 played and our currently on an eight set win streak ... As a team, Muskingum has tallied 190 kills, 168 assists, and 264 kills ... Senior Maddie McGee leads the Muskies with 41 kills averaging 3.42 kills per set and has also logged in 30 digs ... McGee was recently named OAC Volleyball Player of the Week after her outstanding performance against John Carroll on Saturday.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Kills |
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Blocks |
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Aces |
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Digs |
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Assists |
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1. |
Ehlinger |
42 |
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1. |
Woods |
11 |
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1. |
I.Irmer |
8 |
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1. |
H.Irmer |
81 |
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1. |
Carle |
159 |
2. |
Woods |
40 |
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2. |
Gawthrop |
8 |
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2. |
Woods |
7 |
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2. |
Hall |
45 |
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2. |
H.Irmer |
17 |
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Eggleton |
40 |
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3. |
Ehlinger |
7 |
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G.Irmer |
7 |
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3. |
G.Irmer |
41 |
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3. |
Hall |
6 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 62-13 margin ... ONU is 26-5 at home and 19-7 in New Concord in the series ... ONU has won the last 22 meetings against the Muskies, including a 5-set win in 2019.
Head Coach Katie Kuhn: Kuhn is in her first season as the head women's volleyball coach at Ohio Northern with a 4-0 record, a winning percentage of 1.000