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Women’s Volleyball Sweeps Capital in Regular Season Finale, Advances to OAC Tournament

Photo Courtesy of Erik Drost
Photo Courtesy of Erik Drost

BEXLEY, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University women's volleyball team closed out the regular season portion of its schedule as it won a three-set Ohio Athletic Conference match over Capital University in Performance Arena inside the Capital Center.

BW (12-12, 5-4 OAC) will enter the OAC Tournament as the sixth seed and will travel to Alliance for an OAC Tournament quarterfinal match against third seed University of Mount Union on Tuesday, November 7 in Timken Gymnasium inside the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex at 7 p.m.  Capital (6-19, 0-9 OAC) ends its season.

BW Leaders 

  • Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference libero Lauren Gardner (Avon/Saint Joseph Academy) had a game-high 21 digs
  • Sophomore setter Katarina Blazetic (DeLand, Fla.) and senior All-OAC setter Olivia Zawadzki (Hilliard/Darby) assisted a combined 34 times
  • Junior outside hitter Sam Rueda (Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley) and sophomore outside hitter Gabby Schlecht (Naperville, Ill./North) each recorded nine kills while senior Academic All-OAC middle hitter Isa Luciano (Willoughby/South) added eight kills
  • Sophomore middle hitter Maleia Thurber (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral) had a career high eight blocks while also adding six kills

Capital Leaders

  • Freshman setter Bryn Whitmer tallied 14 assists
  • Sophomore libero Abby Brenner had a total of 17 digs
  • Junior middle hitter Larissa Smith led the Comets with a total two blocks

First Set (BW 25-9)

  • BW led in kills 12-5
  • Yellow Jackets hit .323
  • Comets hit -.097

Second Set (BW 25-15)

  • BW led in kills 11-10
  • Yellow Jackets hit .179
  • Comets hit -.023

Third Set (BW 25-16)

  • BW led in kills 18-7
  • Yellow Jackets hit .469
  • Comets hit .154