TIFFIN, Ohio – The Ohio Wesleyan University volleyball team traveled to Heidelberg for a rare non-conference rematch on Wednesday night. The Battling Bishops took the first match of the season in straight sets on August 29th. Despite dropping the first two sets, the Bishops showed some fight in sets three and four, winning set three in extra points and coming within two points of forcing a fifth set in set four. Ultimately, OWU would fall, 1-3.

Ohio Wesleyan suffers their fourth straight loss, now 3-4. Heidelberg moves to 8-2.

The Battling Bishops got out to a slow start, losing sets one and two 17-25 and 16-25. OWU seemed to find their groove in set three as they competed point-for-point to a 26-24 finish in extra points. The back-and-forth battle continued into set four as the Red and Black looked poised to send the match to a fifth set. Unfortunately, Ohio Wesleyan came up just short, losing the set 23-25, and the game 1-3.

THE NUMBERS
The Red and Black recorded the majority of the kills in the match with 52, led by Jordanne Shannon with a career-high 13. She was followed closely by Lindsay Mayor with a career-high 11, and Natalie Dieball with nine.

The Bishops served up six aces, with Dieball dropping in three. Bella Guzzetta, Lindsay Mayor, and Sarah Thomas had one each.

OWU would make four blocks with Reagan Brake and Abby Nulph each recording two, and Dieball, Mayor, and Shannon each tallying one.

Lily Bechina was the leading setter with 24 of the team's 51 assists, followed by Jenna Ashbrook with 22.

Dieball made for 14 of the team's 68 digs. Guzzetta and Ashbrook both tallied 10.

UP NEXT
The Bishops head to Springfield over the weekend to take part in the Wittenberg Fall Classic. OWU will play Baldwin Wallace on Friday at 4:30 p.m., followed by Ohio Northern on Saturday at 11 a.m., and finally Transylvania at 4 p.m.