Volleyball: #11 Ohio Northern (4-0 Overall) at Ohio Wesleyan (2-2 Overall)

Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 7 p.m. – Branch Rickey Arena, Delaware, Ohio

Wednesday's Preview: No. 11 Ohio Northern is off to a 4-0 start for the second consecutive season and is coming off an ONU Invitational championship in which it posted wins of 3-0 over Hanover (Ind.), 3-1 over Mount Saint Joseph and 3-2 over Wittenberg … Seniors Melina Woods (43 kills, 6 blocks, 4 digs in 3 games) and Kiki Carle (105 assists, 24 digs, 6 kills in 3 games) were named to the Invitational's All-Tournament Team … Woods was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week while senior Hannah Irmer was named the OAC Defensive Player of the Week for last week … Woods leads the Ohio Athletic Conference in hitting percentage (.377) and ranks fifth in kills (55) … Carle ranks second in the OAC in assists per set (9.06), and her 1,303 career assists has her 264 shy of moving into a tie with Kelly Smerekanich for 10^th place in ONU program history … Irmer leads the OAC in digs (97) and digs per set (6.06) … Freshman Taylor Baxter is second in the OAC in blocks per set (1.13) … Ohio Wesleyan enters the game with a 2-2 record following wins over Trine (Ind.) and Bluffton and losses to Muskingum and Heidelberg … Members of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), the Battling Bishops are led by junior Eliza Richardson (44 kills), sophomores Abby Thierauf (126 assists, 6 aces) and Neah White (53 digs) and freshman Claire Solberg (12 blocks).

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All-Time Series: Ohio Northern leads the all-time series with Ohio Wesleyan by a 21-2 margin … The teams last played in 2017 with the Polar Bears getting a 3-1 win in the ONU Invitational.

Head Coach Katie Kuhn: Kuhn is in her second season as the head women's volleyball coach at Ohio Northern with a 17-3 record, a winning percentage of .850.