Volleyball: Ohio Northern (12-5 Overall, 2-0 OAC) at Capital (8-11 Overall, 0-2 OAC)

Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, 1 p.m. – The Capital Center, Columbus, Ohio

Saturday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday at Capital … The Polar Bears lead the OAC standings as the only team with an undefeated conference record … Northern is coming off Wednesday's 3-1 win at No. 17 Otterbein with set scores of 26-24, 25-22, 16-25, 25-22 … Sophomore Sonia Dahlin had 11 kills and four blocks, and sophomore Lauren James added nine kills and four blocks to lead ONU … Sophomore Erin Wagner finished with eight kills … Freshman Caroline Hensley tallied 25 assists, and sophomore Rachel Jennings added 22 digs … Entering Saturday's game, Wagner ranks fourth in the OAC with 207 kills and a .337 hitting percentage … Dahlin and junior Ava Ehlinger rank second and third on the team with 160 and 133 kills, respectively … Jennings ranks sixth in the OAC with 306 digs … Sophomore Grace Conrad ranks sixth in the OAC with 429 assists … James is tied for seventh in the OAC with 48 blocks … Fifth-year senior Hannah Irmer has 1,487 career digs, which ranks ninth on the program's all-time career digs list and is 13th among active Division III players … Irmer ranks third among active Division III players in sets played (443) and seventh in matches played (120) … Capital enters Saturday's game coming off Wednesday's 3-0 loss at Wilmington by scores of 16-25, 15-25, 18-25 … The Comets hit .067 in the match and were led by senior Sydney LaPointe and junior Lindsay Rich with eight kills each … Through 19 games, Rich (162), junior Alissa Holler (137) and sophomore Larissa Smith (114) lead CU in kills … Senior Reagan Willoughby leads the OAC with 37 service aces and ranks eighth with 365 assists … Freshman Abby Brunner ranks fifth in the OAC with 322 digs … Senior Caleigh Hamby ranks sixth in the OAC with 51 blocks.

ONU Statistical Leaders:

All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Capital by a 61-9 margin, including a 21-3 mark in Columbus … ONU has won 17 straight meetings in a stretch that includes 15 sweeps … CU's last win over ONU was a 3-1 victory in Columbus in 2006 … In the teams' last meeting, in 2021, ONU came away with a 3-0 home win.

Head Coach Katie Kuhn: Kuhn is in her third season as the head women's volleyball coach at Ohio Northern … She owns a 47-14 career record for a winning percentage of .770 and is 23-4 (.852 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.