Megan Lantis
Paul Vernon

Oberlin Sweeps Volleyball

10/4/2024 11:30:00 PM

Box Score
Oberlin 3, Ohio Wesleyan 0

Freshman outside hitter Megan Lantis (Wooster) had a team-high 11 kills for Ohio Wesleyan, but Oberlin swept the Bishops in a North Coast Athletic Conference match in Friday in Oberlin.

The Yeowomen defeated the Bishops by scores of 25-21, 25-15, 25-23.  The win was Oberlin's first over Ohio Wesleyan since Sept. 28, 2013, snapping the Bishops' 11-match winning streak in the series.

Oberlin scored the first 8 points of the evening, collecting 3 aces from Josie Macdonald during that run.  The Bishops battled back to even the score at 15 on a block by Lantis and senior middle blocker Claire Solberg (Huron), but the Yeowomen broke a 16-16 tie with a 4-1 microburst that featured a block, a kill, and an ace from Zeynep Kaya, and Oberlin closed out the set with the help of a kill from Natalie Dufour.

The Yeowomen took a 5-1 lead in the second set with the help of a pair of Julia Hall kills and another Macdonald ace, and pulled away with a 6-0 run that included kills from Dufour and Hall along with a Jillian Jendsen ace.

In the third set, the Bishops broke a 10-10 tie with a pair of kills from Lantis and another by Solberg.  Ohio Wesleyan still led, 22-21, but the Yeowomen finished the set with a 4-1 run, getting a kill and an ace from Kaya and a match-ending kill from Hall.

Lantis finished with a team-high 11 kills with only 1 error in 16 attempts.  Junior setter Lily Bechina (Chicago, Ill./Jones College Prep) collected 12 assists.  Senior middle blocker Ava Kutilek (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) led the Bishops with 3 blocks.

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