Volleyball: Ohio Northern (3-1 Overall) at Illinois Wesleyan Tournament

September 10, 2015

Saturday, Sept. 11, 4:30 pm & 8:30 pm, Shirk Center Gymnasium, Bloomington, Ill.

Saturday's Match: The Polar Bears travel to Bloomington, Ill. to participate in the Illinois Weleyan Tournament ... Ohio Northern is looking to have continued success following a 2-0 sweep at the Bluffton Spiketacular ... The Polar Bears defeated Alma (Mich.) 3-0 and Augustana (Ill.) 3-0 during the Spiketacular ... Northern was led at the event by sophomore Haley Potters and senior Ellie Gillespie ... Potters recorded a team-high 13 kills against Alma, while Gillespie posted 10 kills in the contest ... Potters also posted a team-high six blocks in the win over Augustana ... Gillespie recorded a two game total of 15 digs giving her a career total of 1,171 moving her into 10th all-time on ONU's career digs list ... The Polar Bears face off against Illinois College at 4:30 pm in day one of the tournament, followed by Culver Stockton (Mo.) at 8:30 pm ... Illinois College enters the contest 3-2 overall after defeating Blackburn College (Ill.) 3-1 Wednesday ... The Lady Blues are led this season by Lisa Lowry who has recorded a team-high 57 kills ... In the night cap, Northern faces off against Culver Stockton who enters the weekend 1-5 overall after falling to Olivet Nazarene University Saturday ... The Wildcats are led this season by Kamrin Gold who has recorded a team-high 69 kills.

ONU Statistical Leaders

	Kills			Blocks			Aces			Digs			Assists
1.	Potters	42	1.	Potters	15	1.	Sharlow	7	1.	Nieszala	63	1.	Borchers	141
2.	Gillespie	37	2.	Hogrefe	10	2.	Hogrefe	5	2.	Sessler	57	2.	Nieszala	9
3.	Heitkamp	29	3.	Borchers	9	3.	3 tied	2	3.	Gillespie	47		Sessler	4
4.	Hogrefe	28

All-Time Series: ONU squares off with Illinois College and Culver Stockton for the first time in program history.

Head Coach Kate Witte: Witte is in her 25th season as head coach with a 616-212
record, a winning percentage of .744.