Freshman Mylee Sapp ties career-best with 10 kills, but Volleyball falls in three sets at No. 21 Marietta in OAC opener

MARIETTA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team fell at No. 21-ranked Marietta 25-18, 25-23, 25-19 in its Ohio Athletic Conference opening match on Friday evening.

Details

• Records: Ohio Northern (6-12 Overall, 0-1 OAC), #21 Marietta (10-4 Overall, 1-0 OAC).
• Venue: Ban Johnson Arena - Marietta, Ohio.

Match Highlights

• Freshman Mylee Sapp (Celina) led the Polar Bears with 10 kills.
• Junior Kate Zellers (Monroeville, Ind./Heritage) and freshman Julian Gaier (Fort Loramie) added six kills each. 
• Freshman Ella Meers (Stow/Stow-Monroe Falls) and Madelyn Banks (Nashport/Licking Valley) had a team-high 12 assists each for Northern.
• Junior Olivia Baumann (Eaton) had a team-high 11 digs. 
• Marietta was led by Karly Launder with 13 kills. 
• The Polar Bears hit .176 for the match with 33 kills, while the Pioneers hit .291 with 49 kills in the match.

Notables

• ONU leads the all-time series against Marietta 59-3, with a 23-2 record at Marietta. 
• Sapp tied her career-best effort of 10 kills set against #1 Juniata (Pa.) earlier this season.
• Junior Jocelyn Obszarski (Cincinnati/Mercy McAuley) leads the OAC in total blocks with 63.
• Baumann leads the team in kills this season with 160 and in digs with 200.
• Meers is the team leader in assists with 332.
• Sophie Windover is now 42-30 in her third season as head coach of the ONU volleyball team, a winning percentage of .583.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears will return to action on Wednesday at home against Baldwin Wallace at 7 pm.