Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 6 pm - ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
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Tuesday's Preview: The No. 22-ranked Polar Bears will return home for the first time in 11 days this abbreviated 2020-21 season on Tuesday with a pair of matches against Wilmington at the ONU Sports Center ... Northern is ranked No. 22 in this week's AVCA Division III poll ... ONU is looking to rebound after a 4-set loss and a 3-set loss at No. 25 Muskingum last Friday in a battle of league unbeatens ... In the opening match, junior Melina Woods had 10 kills and freshman Sydney Eggleton had nine kills for ONU ... Eggleton had nine kills to lead ONU in the second match. ... In six matches this season, Eggleton leads a balanced offensive attack for the Polar Bears with 58 kills ... Woods is second with 53 kills, freshman Ava Ehlinger is third with 49 kills and freshman Madeline Gawthrop and senior Hope Williamson are fourth with 44 kills each ... Junior Hannah Irmer is second in the OAC with 114 digs ... Junior Kiki Carle is third in the OAC with an average of 9.00 assists per set ... Woods leads the team with 14 blocks ... Northern is second in the league with 43 aces as a team ... The Polar Bears will return to action Friday night with a double header at John Carroll ... The Fightin' Quakers are in search of their first win this season after a pair of straight-set defeats by Mount Union on Friday ... Four Quakers – Victoria Long, Rachel Kennedy, Sofia Thomas and Sydney Geibel – all average over a kill per set while Thomas and McKenzie Stringer combine to dish out nearly seven assists per set ... Libero Karley Schlensker averages a team-best 3.61 digs per set.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Blocks |
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Digs |
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Eggleton |
58 |
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Woods |
14 |
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I.Irmer |
8 |
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H.Irmer |
114 |
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Carle |
216 |
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Woods |
53 |
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Gawthrop |
9 |
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G.Irmer |
8 |
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Hall |
68 |
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H.Irmer |
21 |
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Ehlinger |
49 |
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Ehlinger |
7 |
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Woods |
7 |
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G.Irmer |
63 |
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Hall |
8 |
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G.Irmer |
8 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 28-0 margin ... ONU is 8-0 at home in the series ... ONU won last year's meeting 3-0 at Wilmington.
Head Coach Katie Kuhn: Kuhn is in her first season as the head women's volleyball coach at Ohio Northern with a 4-2 record, a winning percentage of .667.
