BEREA, OHIO - The Yellow Jacket volleyball team opened their season today (Friday, August 29, 2008) by losing a pair of matches at the Kalamazoo College Hornet Invitational Tournament in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Play continues tomorrow when B-W will play another pair of matches.
The Yellow Jackets opened the season by losing 3-0 to Anderson (Ind.) University despite the fact that all three match scores were close. Anderson won by the scores of 25-22, 25-22 and 25-23. B-W then lost to Olivet (Mich.) College, 3-2, and by the scores of 25-7, 25-18, 17-25, 27-29 and 15-12.
In the Anderson match, B-W was led offensively by senior four-year starting middle hitter Maria DePeters (Williamsville, N.Y./ Mt. St. Mary Academy) with 10 kills and freshman defensive specialist Danielle Gerwin (Bowling Green) led the team with a pair of service aces In addition, sophomore setter Casey Passen (Ashville/ Teays Valley) led the way with 28 set assists. On defense, sophomore defensive specialist Lissy Grame (Berea) led the team with 22 digs.
In the Olivet match, DePeters again led the way on offense with 14 kills and helped on defense as she led the squad with four blocks. Junior setter Kayli Tyson (Olmsted Falls) led the team with 22 set assists. On defense, Grame paced the team with 22 more digs and added a pair of set assists, and sophomore Becca Pittenger (Alliance/Senior) added seven digs.
With its losses, B-W now plays Ohio Wesleyan University in its first match at 12:00 p.m. and then plays Defiance College at 2:00 p.m. in its final match of the two-day event.
Next week, the Yellow Jackets are idle until Friday and Saturday, September 5-6 when they host the 11th Annual Marcia French Invitational Tournament in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium of the Lou Higgins Center in Berea. Action begins on Friday night at 3:00 p.m. and B-W plays its matches at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The tourney then continues again on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. with B-W playing at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
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