ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Mount Union's volleyball team is headed to its seventh straight Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal after its 3-0 sweep of Baldwin-Wallace on Tuesday at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex. The fourth-seed Purple Raiders won the quarterfinal by gaining a 25-15, 25-18, 25-10 decision over the No. 5 Yellow Jackets.

Monica Hupertz (Willoughby Hills/Beaumont) led the Raider attack with 15 kills while Roni Schroeder (Shelby/Shelby) put down 10. Julie Radigan (Olmsted Falls/Olmsted Falls) added 39 assists to the Mount Union offense.

On the defensive side, Sarah Dean (Strongsville/Walsh Jesuit) made 25 digs to build upon her all-time career mark -- she now has 2,423 -- while also setting a new single-season mark.  Now with 762 digs, Dean broke the previous record by Kristen Sagula, who had 740 in 2003.

Also for the Raiders, Kristen Gromes (Navarre/Fairless) had 15 digs while Hupertz and Leah Hirsch (Frankfort/Adena) made three total blocks.

For Baldwin-Wallace (20-13), Colleen Bonacci recorded six kills while Casey Passen finished with 17 digs and 10 assists.

With the victory, the Raiders (21-10) advanced to a semifinal matchup against OAC regular season champ Heidelberg (30-5). The teams will meet Friday in Tiffin at 7 p.m. That match will be preceded by the other OAC semifinal between second-seed Otterbein (26-5) and third-seed Ohio Northern (18-11).

2010 OAC Volleyball Tournament

Tuesday, Nov. 2
Quarterfinals
Heidelberg 3, Muskingum 0
Otterbein 3, Capital 0
Ohio Northern 3, John Carroll 1
Mount Union 3, Baldwin-Wallace 0

Friday, Nov. 6
Semifinals (at highest remaining seed)
(2) Otterbein vs. (3) Ohio Northern, 5 pm
(1) Heidelberg vs. (4) Mount Union, 7 pm

Saturday, Nov. 7
Championship - 2 pm (at semifinals site)

*By OAC rule, if Heidelberg advances to the championship match, they get the conference's NCAA automatic bid regardless of championship match result.  If Heidelberg does not advance to championship match, then tournament winner earns NCAA automatic bid.