Volleyball: Heidelberg (6-13 Overall, 1-2 OAC) at Ohio Northern (13-5 Overall, 3-0 OAC)

Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, 7 p.m. – ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio

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Wednesday's Preview: Ohio Northern continues Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday at home against Heidelberg in its first home game since Sept. 17 … The Polar Bears lead the OAC standings as the only team with an undefeated conference record at 3-0 … This marks the fourth straight season that Northern has won its first three games of conference play … ONU started conference play 7-0 in 2019, 4-0 in 2020 and 5-0 in 2021 … The Polar Bears received 24 voting points in this week's AVCA Division III Poll, putting them at No. 33 in the poll … Northern is coming off Saturday's 3-1 win at Capital with set score of 25-16, 25-21, 22-25, 25-12 … Junior Kaidie Carstensen tallied a career-high 18 kills to go with 11 from junior Ava Ehlinger and 10 from sophomore Sonia Dahlin … Freshman Caroline Hensley and sophomore Grace Conrad had 22 and 21 assists, respectively, and sophomore Rachel Jennings added 24 digs … Entering Wednesday's game, sophomore Erin Wagner ranks fourth in the OAC with 210 kills and a .323 hitting percentage … Dahlin and Ehlinger rank second and third on the team with 170 and 144 kills, respectively … Jennings ranks sixth in the OAC with 330 digs … Conrad ranks sixth in the OAC with 450 assists … Sophomore Lauren James ranks seventh in the OAC with 51 blocks … Dahlin is tied for 10th in the OAC with 27 aces … Fifth-year senior Hannah Irmer has 1,493 career digs, which ranks ninth on the program's all-time career digs list and is 15th among active Division III players … Irmer ranks fourth among active Division III players in sets played (447) and seventh in matches played (121) … Heidelberg enters Wednesday's game coming off Saturday's 3-2 home loss to Mount Union, falling 16-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 9-15 … Graduate student Ashley Foster and junior Anamya Truex led HU with 15 and 12 kills, respectively, and junior Nicole Thomas added 25 digs … Thomas ranks second in the OAC with 394 digs on the season … Junior Lexi Evak has a team-best 148 kills and ranks third in the OAC with 59 blocks … Senior Julianna Pena ranks 10th in the OAC with 353 assists … Senior Liana Petitti is tied for 10th in the OAC with 27 aces.

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Heidelberg by a 63-11 margin, including a 26-1 mark in Ada … ONU had won seven straight meetings before falling 3-2 at Heidelberg last season in what marked the Polar Bears' only loss in conference play.

Head Coach Katie Kuhn: Kuhn is in her third season as the head women's volleyball coach at Ohio Northern … She owns a 48-14 career record for a winning percentage of .774 and is 24-4 (.857 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.