BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College volleyball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Wilmington College, 3-0, today (Saturday, October 23, 2010) in an OAC dual match in the Fred Razik Arena in Wilmington, Ohio. The 25-18, 25-21 and 25-5 victory broke a three-match losing streak to improve to 18-12 overall and 3-4 in the OAC.
Leading the way up front for the Yellow Jackets were junior outside hitter Chelsea Nissen (Wiliston/ Genoa) with 13 kills, sophomore middle hitter Rachel Switalsi (North Royalton/ Holy Name) had 11 kills and freshman MH Colleen Bonacci (Stow) had eight.
Senior setter and co-captain Casey Passen (Ashville/Teays Valley) led the team with 19 set assists and sophomore Jessica Stitts (Eastlake/ North) contributed 11 assists. Freshman OH/ defensive specialist Taylor Burns (Tiffin/ Fostoria St. Wedndelin) led the defense with 15 digs and sophomore libero and co-captain Natalie Emmons (Ashland/Senior) had 10 digs. Burns also led the team with four service aces.
With its loss, Wilmington fell to 5-19 overall and 0-8 in the OAC.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Tuesday, Oct. 26 when they host OAC and Cleveland-cross-town rival John Carroll University in a key OAC match in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center at 7:00 p.m. Next Saturday, Oct. 30, B-W hosts OAC rival Muskingum University on Seniors' and Parents' Day in Ursprung at 1:00 p.m.
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