Women’s volleyball team drops two four-set matches at home tournament

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College women's volleyball team dropped a pair of four-set matches to Baldwin Wallace (Ohio) University and Illinois College this evening at the Cutler Event Center. The matches are a part of the Olivet College-Albion College Tournament.

• Final Score: Baldwin Wallace defeated Olivet 25-13, 25-10, 16-25, 25-16
• Location: Cutler Event Center; Olivet, Michigan
• Records: Olivet 2-6 overall, Baldwin Wallace 7-3 overall

• After a 4-4 tie in the first set, the Yellow Jackets went on a 10-0 run to take control of the set. BW extended its lead to as many as 13 points at 20-7 before three Comet points made the score 20-10. The Yellow Jackets scored five of the final eight points of the set.
• In the second set, Olivet led 4-2 before BW answered with a 5-0 run to go up 7-4. The Yellow Jackets did not give up the lead for the rest of the set.
• The Comets led the third set from start-to-finish. For the set, Olivet had 14 kills compared to nine for BW.
• In the fourth set, Olivet built a four-point lead, 14-10, which forced the Yellow Jackets to call a timeout. After that stoppage, BW went on a 15-2 run to end the set and conclude the match.

• Olivet finished the match with 33 kills.
• Junior Morgan Dillon tallied 11 kills and did not commit an error on 20 attempts for a .550 hitting percentage.
• Sophomore Alia Riehl had eight kills.
• Senior Kennedy Blackburn and sophomore Madison Johnson recorded 14 and 12 set assists, respectively.
• Junior Emily Keeler led all players with 20 digs.

• Gabby Schlecht and Maleia Thurber each slammed down 11 kills.
• Sam Rueda registered 10 kills.
• Olivia Zawadzki dished out 41 set assists.
• Lauren Gardner had a team-best 19 digs.

• Final Score: Illinois College defeated Olivet 16-25, 25-13, 25-15, 25-14
• Location: Cutler Event Center; Olivet, Michigan
• Records: Olivet 2-7 overall, Illinois College 3-8 overall

• After the Lady Blues scored the first four points of the opening set, the Comets responded with an 8-0 run. Olivet maintained the advantage for the rest of the set, leading by as many as 10 points.
• Illinois College raced out to an 8-2 lead in the second set and never looked back.
• The Lady Blues had a wire-to-wire lead in the third set.
• The fourth set saw Illinois College go up 5-1. With the Lady Blues holding an 8-5 advantage, Riehl had a kill and Dillon served three straight aces to put the Comets ahead for the first time, 9-8. Illinois College tied the score before a double block for Olivet made the score 10-9. The Lady Blues answered with eight consecutive points to go up 17-10. Two Comet points made the score 17-12 but Olivet would not get any closer.

• Junior Ellie Louiselle posted a team-best 11 kills.
• Dillon and Riehl each had seven kills.
• Blackburn tallied 19 set assists, while Johnson collected 11 assists.
• Keeler recorded 14 digs.

• Lo Miles topped all players with 12 kills.
• Morgan Burr and Summer Brandis registered 20 and 11 set assists, respectively.
• Jen Humbolt finished with 12 digs.

• The Comets host the day two of the Olivet-Albion Tournament. Olivet faces Wilmington (Ohio) College at 10 a.m., followed by a match against Wheaton (Ill.) College at approximately 2 p.m.