Freshman Rachel Jennings named OAC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week

By Andrew Loewe

ADA — Ohio Northern freshman Rachel Jennings (Novi, Mich.) was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 25-31.

This marks Jennings' second career OAC Player of the Week honor after winning it last week for the week of Oct. 18-24.

Jennings registered a total of 40 digs, 2 service aces and 6 assists in two games last week against nationally-ranked No. 23 Otterbein and Mount Union.

She leads the Polar Bears with 451 digs and 47 service aces.

Jennings is third in the conference in service aces per set (0.51).

ONU won 3-1 Wednesday night against No. 23 Otterbein and 3-0 Saturday against Mount Union.

Ohio Northern won the OAC regular season title and will host a semifinal match Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the ONU Sports Center.