Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 7 p.m. - Rike Center, Westerville, Ohio
Tuesday's Preview: The Polar Bears will wrap up their regular season with road double headers at league-leading Otterbein on Tuesday and at Mount Union on Friday ... Northern is ranked No. 24 in this week's AVCA Division III poll ... The Polar Bears have clinched a spot in the 8-team OAC Tournament and will host a home Quarterfinal match on Tuesday, April 13 ... The Semifinals are slated for April 15 and the finals for April 17 ... Tuesday's match will help determine the OAC regular season champion ... OU would clinch the title with a pair of victories, while ONU would clinch at least a share of the OAC Regular Season title with wins in its last four matches ... Otterbein leads the league with a 14-2 record and Ohio Northern and Muskingum are one game back with 12-2 marks ... ONU is riding an 8-match winning streak after taking two matches from Capital on Friday ... Northern won the first match 25-6, 25-20, 25-9 and the second match 25-22, 23-25, 25-10, 25-14 ... Junior Melina Woods hit .528 with 26 kills with one error on only 48 attempts in the two matches to lead ONU ... In 14 matches this season, Woods leads a balanced offensive attack and is fourth in the OAC with 157 kills ... Freshman Sydney Eggleton is second on the team with 125 kills, freshman Ava Ehlinger is third with 95 kills senior Hope Williamson is third with 89 kills and freshman Madeline Gawthrop is fifth with 79 kills ... Junior Hannah Irmer is third in the OAC with 253 digs ... Junior Kiki Carle is third in the OAC with an average of 9.92 assists per set ... Woods leads the team and is second in the OAC with 38 blocks ... The Cardinals would clinch at least a share of the OAC Regular Season title with two victories on Tuesday ... OU is coming off a split with #15 Muskingum on Saturday ... Otterbein swept Muskingum 26-24, 25-22, 25-23 in the first match only so see the Muskies rally for a 26-24, 15-25, 25-17, 25-22 victory in the second match ... Morgan Hartman leads the OAC with 221 kills ... Julia Vermillion is second on the team with 148 kills and Emma Linehan is third with 113 kills ... Carlie Craycraft leads the OAC with an average of 10.83 assists per set.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Woods |
157 |
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Woods |
38 |
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Carle |
20 |
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H.Irmer |
260 |
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Carle |
524 |
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Eggleton |
125 |
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Gawthrop |
17 |
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Eggleton |
20 |
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G.Irmer |
143 |
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H.Irmer |
38 |
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Ehlinger |
95 |
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Carle |
15 |
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G.Irmer |
16 |
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Hall |
116 |
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G.Irmer |
19 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series between the two schools by a 52-8 margin ... ONU is 21-4 at Otterbein in the series ... The two teams split matches in 2019, with OU winning the regular season battle 3-2 and ONU taking the OAC Tournament championship match 3-2.
Head Coach Katie Kuhn: Kuhn is in her first season as the head women's volleyball coach at Ohio Northern with a 12-2 record, a winning percentage of .857.
