Box Score
Ohio Wesleyan 3, Wooster 0
Senior right-side hitter Melissa Murray (Chardon/Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin), senior outside hitter Kaitlyn Peters (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead), and freshman outside hitter Natalie Dieball (Cincinnati/Lakota East) led a balanced Ohio Wesleyan offense as the Bishops swept Wooster in a North Coast Athletic Conference match on Wednesday at Branch Rickey Arena.
The Bishops defeated the Fighting Scots by scores of 26-24, 25-15, 25-14 to remain unbeaten in the NCAC at 4-0.
Ohio Wesleyan led, 11-7, in the first set before a kill and a block from Jordan Laraway helped the visitors take a 12-11 lead. Wooster still led, 19-17, after a Troy Johnson kill, but a Murray kill and consecutive aces from senior defensive specialist Neah White (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) gave the Bishops a 21-19 lead. Trailing, 23-20, the Fighting Scots came back to even the score at 23, but with matters tied at 24, senior middle blocker Claire Solberg (Huron) and Dieball came through with back-to-back kills to end the set.
A Tamara Turner kill brought Wooster within 9-7 in the second set, but Ohio Wesleyan scored the next 7 points, with Murray and Peters delivering 3 kills apiece, to help the Bishops pull away. Wooster rallied to within 22-13 on an Amelia Mitchell kill, but freshman outside hitter Mason Campbell (Pickerington/Central) chalked up a kill and a set-ending ace to give Ohio Wesleyan a 2-0 lead in the match. Turner had a kill as Wooster pulled within 10-9 in the third set, but Solberg recorded consecutive kills as Ohio Wesleyan started to extend the lead, and Dieball had 2 kills during a later 4-0 burst.
Murray had 9 kills with no errors in 18 attempts for a .500 attack percentage, while Peters had 9 kills with 1 error in 20 attempts for a .400 percentage. Dieball also recorded 9 kills. Sophomore setter Lily Bechina (Chicago, Ill./Jones College Prep) had 18 assists and junior setter Olivia Osuna (Orlando, Fla./Phillips) added 15. Peters and Solberg shared the team lead with 2 blocks apiece, and Peters had a team-high 15 digs.
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