ADA, Ohio—The Mount Union volleyball team defeated Ohio Northern in straight sets to win their first Ohio Athletic Conference match of the year away from Alliance and remain unbeaten in conference play. In doing so, the Purple Raiders (16-4, 3-0 OAC) defeated the Polar Bears in Ada for the first time in program history.

The Purple Raiders dominated the first set to set the tone for their 25-9, 25-20, 25-21 decision. Taylor Webb (Geneva/Geneva) had a team-best 17 kills while Maya Brown (Tiffin/Tiffin Columbian) added nine kills. Julie Radigan (Olmsted Falls/Olmsted Falls) had 37 assists. Kristen Gromes (Navarre/Fairless) led the Purple Raiders with 12 digs, followed by Webb and Christine Frazier (Westerville/Westerville North) had seven digs apiece.

Ohio Northern was led by Cenzie Yoder with seven kills, Hannah English with 10 assists, and Jeni Kmic with 17 digs. The Polar Bears dropped to 8-10 overall and 1-1 in OAC play.

Mount Union will travel to Bluffton next Saturday for a pair of non-conference matches with Earlham (Ind.) and host Bluffton.

  Mount Union def. Ohio Northern 25-9,25-20,25-21

  Mount Union (16-4, 3-0) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Taylor Webb 17-0-4; Maya
  Brown 9-0-1; Nicole Snyder 5-0-1; Melanie Patterson 5-0-0; Deanna
  Glass 5-0-4; Julie Radigan 3-0-3; Christine Frazier 0-1-0; Totals
  44-1-7.0. (Assists) - Julie Radigan 37. (Dig leaders) - Kristen Gromes
  12; Taylor Webb 7

  Ohio Northern (8-10, 1-1) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Cenzie Yoder 7-1-0;
  Kristen Davidson 6-0-1; Nicole Pottkotter 5-0-0; Ellen Grenert 4-1-0;
  Hannah English 2-0-0; Rachel Olach 2-0-1; Amanda Volosin 1-0-0; Lauren
  Stahl 1-0-0; Julia Fuerst 1-0-0; Jayce Born 1-0-0; Totals 30-2-1.0.
  (Assists) - Amanda Volosin 12; Hannah English 10. (Dig leaders) - Jeni
  Kmic 17; Ellen Grenert 7

  Site: Ada, Ohio (ONU Sports Center)
  Date: Oct 1, 2011    Attend: 79   Time: 1:10   
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