Junior Ashley Borchers, sophomore Megan Nieszala named AVCA All-America in Volleyball for 2015
By Tim Glon
ADA — Ohio Northern junior setter Ashley Borchers and sophomore libero Megan Nieszala were named Honorable Mention All-America in volleyball for the 2015 season in voting conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Borchers and Nieszala had already been named First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference and First team All-Great Lakes Region this season. They are the 15th and 16th All-Americans in ONU volleyball history.
Borchers is now a two-time All-OAC honoree.
This season, Borchers was third in the OAC with 1,083 assists. She was sixth on the team with 179 kills, was fourth with 26 aces, was third with 72 blocks and was fifth with 216 digs.
Borchers will enter her senior season ranked sixth all-time at ONU with 2,285 career assists.
Nieszala led the OAC with an average of 5.78 digs per set and was third with 572 digs in 99 sets this season.
She was also second on the team with 31 service aces this season.
The Polar Bears finished the 2015 season with a 24-6 overall record and were second in the OAC with an 8-1 record under 25th-year head coach Kate Witte.