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Denison 3, Ohio Wesleyan 0

Junior outside hitter Kaitlyn Peters (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead) led the Ohio Wesleyan offense, but Denison swept the Bishops in a North Coast Athletic Conference match on Saturday in Granville.

The Big Red defeated the Bishops by scores of 25-20, 25-21, 25-21, handing Ohio Wesleyan its first conference loss of the season.

Denison scored the first 5 points of the match, with Sidney Gossard recording a pair of kills during that run.  The Bishops came back to take a 14-13 lead on a kill by sophomore middle blocker Ava Kutilek (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier), but the Big Red rebounded to go up, 20-16, with the help of kills from Lucy Anderson and Kelly McCaskey.  McCaskey added 3 more kills and a block down the stretch as Denison closed out the set.

The Bishops assembled a 6-0 run that included a kill and a block from sophomore middle blocker Claire Solberg (Huron) on the way to a 10-8 lead in the second set, and Ohio Wesleyan still led, 17-16, after a kill from junior outside hitter Melissa Murray (Chardon/Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin), but Denison scored the next 4 points, getting a kill from Cailey Johns and an ace by Sophie Tight, and finished the set with a 4-1 run that included 2 kills by Anderson.

Ohio Wesleyan took a 10-9 lead in the third set on a kill from senior outside hitter Eliza Richardson (Lakewood), but Anderson zipped straight 3 aces during a 5-0 Denison run that opened up a 19-13 lead.  The Bishops closed to within 22-20 on a Peters kill, but the Big Red ended the match as Jenna Corrao recorded an ace and Anderson delivered a kill.

Peters led the Bishops with 8 kills, while Kutilek finished with 7.  Freshman setter Lily Bechina (Chicago, Ill./Jones College Prep) was credited with 19 assists.  Solberg and Kutilek had 2 blocks apiece, and junior defensive specialist Neah White (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) had 16 digs.

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