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Ohio Wesleyan 3, Allegheny 0

Junior outside hitter Eliza Richardson (Lakewood) and sophomore outside hitter Melissa Murray (Chardon/Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin) led the Ohio Wesleyan offense as the Bishops swept a North Coast Athletic Conference match from Allegheny on Saturday at Branch Rickey Arena.

The Bishops won the match by scores of 27-25, 25-17, 25-20.

The first set was a back-and-forth affair in which the biggest lead was 3 points.  Ohio Wesleyan appeared ready to take the set when the Bishops broke a 21-21 tie with consecutive kills from Richardson, Murray, and freshman outside hitter Natalie Buravlov (Aurora, Colo./Grandview), but the Gators came back with kills from Cheyenne Wilson and Emma Chambers and tied the score at 24.  With the score tied at 25, Buravlov came through with back-to-back kills to give Ohio Wesleyan the set.

Freshman middle hitter Ava Kutilek (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) and Murray each recorded consecutive kills during a 6-0 run that turned a 10-8 Bishop lead into a 16-8 margin in the second set.  Richardson came through with 3 kills down the stretch and Kutilek added another kill to end the set and put the Bishops up, 2-0, in the match.

Allegheny trailed, 9-8, in the third set when the Gators got a kill and a block from India McCruter and 2 blocks by Kendall Crum during a 7-1 burst.  Ohio Wesleyan pulled even at 18 with the help of 3 Buravlov kills, then got kills from Richardson and Buravlov on the way to a 22-19 lead.  Kutilek, Murray, and Richardson then delivered kills in succession as the Bishops closed out the match and the set.

Richardson finished with a team-high 17 kills.  Murray added 15 kills with only 2 errors in 28 attempts for a .464 attack percentage.  Buravlov recorded 10 kills.  Freshman setter Olivia Osuna (Orlando, Fla./Phillips) led the Bishops with 43 assists and 12 digs.

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