ALLIANCE, Ohio—The Mount Union women's volleyball team survived and advanced to the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals defeating Muskingum 25-17, 23-25, 25-16, 13-25 and 25-10 Tuesday evening in the quarterfinals.
 
The Purple Raiders (19-9) were led by Heaven Bartell (Cleveland / St. Jospeh Academy) with 13 kills and 20 digs while Alexis Meyer (Avon Lake) and Darby Leininger (Chardon / Beaumont) each had eight kills.
 
Melissa Hansen (Hudson) and Casey Kildow (Bethesda / Union Local) had double digit assist with 22 and 15 respectively. Meyer along with Ava Bolen (Wellsburg, W. Va. / Brooke) finished the day with eight blocks while Cami Welty (Eastlake / Eastlake North) had seven.
 
Averi Haley (Orrville) finished with a game-high 37 digs while Katelyn Lesko (Mineral Ridge) and Kildow had 21 and 19 assists.
 
Muskingum (13-12) was led by Mackenzie Krous with 17 kills, Alexis Bradley with 34 assists and Krous with 25 digs.
 
Mount Union now advances to the OAC Semifinals to take on No. 2-Seed Otterbein in a rematch of last year's tournament Championship.