WESTERVILLE, Ohio—The Mount Union women's volleyball team took No. 18 nationally ranked Otterbein to five sets, 25-21, 13-25, 25-18, 18-25 and 7-15, Friday night to open Ohio Athletic Conference play.
The Purple Raiders (14-3, 0-1 OAC) was led by
Zoe Sweigart (Canal Winchester) and
Sadie Thomas (Cambridge Springs, Pa. / Maplewood) with 14 and 10 kills.
DeLani Durst (Clyde) and
Anna Mihacevich (Hinkley / Padua Franciscan) finished with 22 and 15 assists.
Averi Haley (Orrville) led the way in digs with 24, Durst finished with 14,
Sam Cantrell (Eastlake / Eastlake North) had 12 while Mihacevich finished with 11.
Otterbein (13-2, 2-0 OAC) was led by Lexi Scott with 21 kills, Elise Ademan with 46 assists and Mackenzie Schellenberger with 15 digs.
Mount Union controlled the first set picking up 14 kills and just five hitting errors while Otterbein was the same with 14 while making seven hitting errors.
The second set went the way of Otterbein as they had 14 kills again but just three errors while Mount Union had 10 kills and seven errors.
Mount Union was the more efficient team in the third set with 13 kills and just two errors while Otterbein had 12 kills but three errors.
The fourth set saw both teams with 10 kills but the difference was eight hitting errors for Mount Union while Otterbein had just four.
The final set Otterbein had 10 kills while Mount Union had just four as Otterbein had only one hitting error and Mount Union had three.
Mount Union will remain on the road next Wednesday heading to Berea for a battle with Baldwin Wallace at 7 pm in OAC play.
