Volleyball: Ohio Northern (3-1 Overall) at Berry (Ga.) Invitational

Friday-Saturday, Sept. 9-10, 2022 – Cage Center, Mount Berry, Ga.

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Invitational Preview: Ohio Northern closes out the week with a three-game set in the Berry (Ga.) Invitational on Friday and Saturday … The Polar Bears will face No. 11 Berry (Ga.) on Court 1 on Friday at 7 p.m. … On Saturday, Northern will face Covenant (Ga.) on Court 1 at 11:30 a.m. and Oglethorpe (Ga.) on Court 2 at 2 p.m. … Averett (Va.) is also competing in the five-team Invitational … ONU received the 28th-most votes in this week's AVCA Division III poll with 83 after being ranked No. 23 in the preseason poll … The Polar Bears are coming off Tuesday's 3-1 win over Ohio Wesleyan in their 2022 home opener … Fifth-year senior Melina Woods and sophomore Erin Wagner led ONU with 15 and 14 kills, respectively … Sophomore Sonia Dahlin added a career-high 11 kills, sophomore Grace Conrad had a career-high 27 assists, and fifth-year senior Hannah Irmer had 23 digs in the victory … Woods ranks fourth in the Ohio Athletic Conference with 51 kills, and Wagner is tied for fifth with 49 kills … Woods ranks fourth in the OAC with a .370 hitting percentage … Freshman Caroline Hensley ranks fourth in the OAC with 102 assists … Irmer and Dahlin are tied for second in the OAC with 11 service aces … Dahlin and sophomore Lauren James are tied for sixth in the OAC with 14 blocks … Irmer ranks seventh in the OAC with 70 digs … Irmer has 1,380 career digs, which is 28 shy of moving into the top 10 on the program's all-time career digs list … Southern Athletic Association member Berry (Ga.) enters its Invitational ranked No. 11 nationally at 1-2 overall after playing a three-game set in the Trinity (Texas) Invitational … The Vikings fell 3-2 to No. 5 Wisconsin-Eau Claire and 3-0 to No. 2 Trinity (Texas) before defeating Wisconsin-Stout 3-0 … After going 28-3 and advancing to the NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinals in 2021, Berry was picked to repeat as SAA champions this season in a preseason poll of the league's coaches … Seniors Molly Bergin and Peyton Breissinger lead the team in kills with 36 and 28, respectively … Breissinger has a team-high 13 aces, and sophomore Kate Whittle has a team-best 58 digs … Collegiate Conference of the South member Covenant (Ga.) enters the Invitational with a 1-2 record … The Scots opened the season with a 3-0 win over MUW (Miss.) before falling 3-0 to No. 14 Emory and 3-2 to No. 20 Birmingham Southern … Senior Emma Kalbfleish has a team-high 36 kills to go with 19 each from junior Kyla Bailey and sophomore Kelsey Carman … Kalbfleish leads the team with 10 blocks and is the reigning CCS Player of the Week … Four players have 20-plus digs on the season led by 29 from junior Rachel Bartlett … SAA member Oglethorpe (Ga.) is 3-1 thus far this season with its only loss being a 3-0 defeat to No. 10 MIT (Mass.) … The Stormy Petrels swept each of their other three opponents … Senior Jackie Schner and junior Cate Rosenthal lead OU with 59 and 36 kills, respectively … Sophomore Gabbi Phillips and junior Sophia Cendoya lead the team with 10 aces each … Cendoya has a team-best 62 digs.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Berry (Ga.) by a 1-0 margin … This marks the first all-time meeting between ONU and both Covenant (Ga.) and Oglethorpe (Ga.).

Head Coach Katie Kuhn: Kuhn is in her third season as the head women's volleyball coach at Ohio Northern … She owns a 38-10 career record for a winning percentage of .792 and is 21-4 (.840 winning percentage) in Ohio Athletic Conference games … She was named OAC Coach of the Year and AVCA Region 7 Coach of the Year in 2021 after leading the Polar Bears to OAC Regular Season and Tournament championships.