Friday-Saturday, Sept. 3-4, 2021 – ONU Sports Center, Ada, Ohio
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Preview: No. 14 Ohio Northern is hosting the 42nd Annual ONU Invitational on Friday and Saturday and will compete in three matches … This year's tournament also features teams from Denison, Hanover (Ind.), Mount Saint Joseph, Muskingum and Wittenberg and will have five matches each on Friday and Saturday … The Polar Bears will play Hanover (Ind.) on the center court to open the tournament on Friday at 2:30 p.m. … Northern will face Mount Saint Joseph on the center court that evening at 7 p.m. … ONU plays Wittenberg on the center court at 12:30 p.m. in the second game of Saturday's slate … The Polar Bears enter the tournament with a record of 1-0 after opening their 2021 season with a 3-1 win at Earlham (Ind.) on Wednesday … ONU has now won four of its past five season-opening games … Northern was led by seniors Kiki Carle (40 assists, 15 digs), Melina Woods (12 kills) and Hannah Irmer (17 digs) along with freshmen Rachel Jennings (16 digs) and Taylor Baxter (14 kills) in its win over the Quakers … Hanover (Ind.) enters the ONU Invitational sitting at 1-0 after its 3-0 win at Spalding (Ky.) on Wednesday … The Panthers were ranked fourth in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference's 2021 preseason poll … They are led by seniors Maddie Edwards and Kelsey Ketcham and junior Emma Harmon, who were all on the HCAC Preseason Athletes to Watch list … Mount Saint Joseph also enters the invitational at 1-0 after its 3-0 victory at Thomas More (Ky.) on Wednesday … The Lions were picked to finish second in the HCAC this season and have returned every major player from last season's team that finished 13-5 … They placed six players on the HCAC Athletes to Watch list in juniors Brooke Aselage, Sam Buscher and Kyla Henderson along with sophomores Emily Abshire, Grace Young and Addie Conley … Wittenberg entered the 2021 season as the preseason favorite in the North Coast Athletic Conference … The Tigers are off to a 1-0 start after Wednesday's 3-1 win over Otterbein … They are led by seniors Katie Hiestand, Sidney Reeder and Ashley Brooks and sophomore Nicole Belanger.
ONU Statistical Leaders:
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Assists |
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Baxter |
14 |
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Bowmar |
5 |
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Baxter |
2 |
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H. Irmer |
17 |
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Carle |
40 |
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Woods |
12 |
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Strozewski |
2 |
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Jennings |
2 |
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Jennings |
16 |
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Jennings |
4 |
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Strozewski |
8 |
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Woods |
1 |
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Carle |
15 |
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G. Irmer |
1 |
All-Time Series: Ohio Northern has won the tournament 17 times, including four of the past seven and nine of the previous 15 … All-time, the Polar Bears are 15-1 against Hanover (Ind.), 23-34 against Mount Saint Joseph and 32-31 against Wittenberg.
Head Coach Katie Kuhn: Kuhn is entering her second season as the head women's volleyball coach at Ohio Northern with a 14-3 record, a winning percentage of .824.
