Raider Volleyball Team Closes Out Regular Season
Mount Union's volleyball squad (29-4, 8-1 OAC) defeated Heidelberg (23-9, 7-2 OAC) in three straight games (30-23, 30-23, 30-16) on Saturday, October 27 in Timken Gymnasium. The Raiders followed that up with a 3-0 win over Shawnee State (30-21, 30-13, 30-22) later in the day, closing out the regular season riding a school-record 15 match win streak.
Against Heidelberg, top performers included Melissa Mahnke with 15 kills and four digs, teammates Sarah Parker added 11 kills and 12 total blocks, Amanda Kohler tallied 12 kills and 21 digs while Sarah Dean contributed 20 digs. Tracy Reschke ended the match with 39 assists, 17 digs, and nine total blocks.
The win over Heidelberg gives the Purple Raiders the #2 seed in the upcoming Ohio Athletic Conference eight-team tournament which begins with quarterfinal play Tuesday, October 30. The Raiders will host #7 seed John Carroll at 7 p.m., Tuesday evening. The top four teams that advance will play in semifinals and finals action hosted by the highest seed remaining on Friday and Saturday, November 2 and 3. Ohio Northern, the defending OAC Champions, is the #1 seed entering OAC Tournament play.
In the 3-0 victory over Shawnee State (18-13), Sarah Parker led the team in kills with 11, while Melissa Mahnke and Amanda Kohler added 10. Sarah Dean and Kohler tallied 15 digs respectively, and Tracy Reschke finished the match with 38 assists and eight digs.
Heidelberg defeated Shawnee State (3-1) in the final match-up on Saturday - 30-22, 18-30, 30-28, 30-14.