Jennings reaches 2,000 career digs as Volleyball sweeps Wilmington 3-0
October 30, 2024
ADA — Senior Rachel Jennings (Novi, Mich.) became just the fifth Ohio Northern player to reach the 2,000 career dig plateau, leading the ONU volleyball team to a convincing 25-8, 25-13, 25-19 sweep of Wilmington on Wednesday evening.
The Basics
- Records: Ohio Northern (19-6 Overall, 5-3 OAC), Wilmington (5-19 Overall, 1-7 OAC).
- Venue: ONU Sports Center - Ada, Ohio.
Match Highlights
- Jennings finished with a match-high 14 digs and now has 2,009 for her career.
- Senior Erin Wagner (Massillon/Perry) had a match-high 10 kills, hit .421 and three blocks for ONU.
- Senior Sonia Dahlin (Minnetonka, Minn.) chipped in seven kills.
- Senior Lauren James (Farmington Hills, Mich./North Farmington) had six blocks.
- Senior Grace Conrad (Somerset/Sheridan) had 19 assists.
- Wilmington was led by Emelia Mohler and Zoe Smith with 4 kills each.
- The Polar Bears hit .280 for the match with 43 kills, while the Quakers hit .000 with 14 kills in the match.
Notables
- Ohio Northern leads the all-time series against WC by a 35-0 margin. ONU is now 12-0 at home in the series.
- The Polar Bears move into a three-way tie for third place in the OAC regular season standings.
- ONU clinched a spot in the 6-team OAC Tournament Nov. 12-16 with the victory.
- The Polar Bears will clinch a home match in the quarterfinals on Nov. 12 with a victory in its OAC finale at John Carroll on Saturday.
- James is 8th all-time in ONU history with 350 total blocks and is 9th with 85 block solos in 99 career matches.
- Jennings has 2,009 career digs in 104 career matches and remains No. 5 on ONU's all-time top 10 list in that category.
- Jennings entered the 2024 season ranked eighth nationally in digs among active Division III players.
- Conrad is eighth on ONU's all-time career assist list with 2,442 in 103 career matches.
- Wagner now ranks fourth all-time in ONU's top-10 list for hitting percentage, hitting .330 in 99 career matches.
- She also has 1,186 career kills is 10th all-time in ONU history in that category.
- Sophie Windover is now 35-16 in her two seasons as head coach of the ONU volleyball team, a winning percentage of .686.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will wrap up Ohio Athletic Conference regular season action on Saturday with a 1 p.m. match at John Carroll.