COLUMBUS, Ohio – To wrap up Homecoming weekend, the Black and Gold hosted #22 Hillsdale College on Saturday night. After a rallying back-and-forth four sets, the Panthers dropped the match 3-1.

Box Score Nights

• ODU out hit the Chargers .239 to .132 in the first set.
• Freshman Jenna Peters (Vermilion, Ohio) led the way with a career-high of 15 kills. Fellow freshman Ashley Aselage (Tipp City, Ohio) followed with her own career-best of 14 kills.
• Olivia Kirksey (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) collects another double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs.
• In the back row, Alexis Keipert (Burlington, Ky.) registered 22 digs.
• Setters Gabrielle Kirker (Tallmadge, Ohio) and Saige Avery (Yorkville, Ill.) combined for 47 of the team's 50 assists. Kirker grabbed 26 while Avery tallied 21.
• There were 12 ties and four lead changes in the third set.
• At the net, Aselage and Grace Zinchuk (Schaumberg, Ill.) each notched three blocks.

How It Happened

• ODU quickly fell behind 3-0 in the first set. They answered with a nine-to-one run to grab the lead 12-8.
• Lauren Lucas (Grove City, Ohio) grabbed consecutive kills to push the Panthers' lead to 15-8.
• Hillsdale cut the Black and Gold lead to six after a service error, making it 22-16.
• Lucas brought an end to set one with a kill, giving Ohio Dominican the win 25-17.
• The Chargers grabbed the lead early in the first set 6-2.
• After a couple attacking errors, ODU cut the deficit to a point, 6-5.
• HC went on a five-point run, extending their lead 14-8.
• Kirksey, Aselage, and Kamryn Maxwell (Norwalk, Ohio) each collected kills to push the score to 21-14 with the Panthers still trailing.
• Ohio Dominican drops the second set 25-19.
• The third set opened up with nine ties, bringing the score to 10-all.
• Hillsdale went on a 12-4 run to take the lead 22-16.
• The Panthers responded with a late three-point run of their own, coming within three, 24-21.
• The Chargers take the third set 25-21.
• The fourth set opened with a 5-1 run for HC.
• After a few errors from the Chargers and a service ace from Kelsey Shoup (Dalton, Ohio), Ohio Dominican regained the lead 11-10.
• Hillsdale retaliated with a four-point run to regain the lead 15-12.
• ODU tied it up 18-all with multiple kills from Peters and Aselage.
• The Panthers kept the pressure by tallying kills from Maxwell and Peters later but the Chargers pulled away with a win, 25-22. Ohio Dominican dropped the match 3-1.

Up Next

The Black and Gold hit the road to battle Lake Erie next Friday and Ursuline next Saturday.

Contact: Bailee Worley
worleyb@ohiodominican.edu