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B-W Volleyball Team Falls 3-1 to JCU on “Dig For The Cure” Night

BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College volleyball team lost to visiting John Carroll University, 3-1, at the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center in Berea today (October 7, 2008). 

With its loss, the Yellow Jackets are now 8-12 overall and 0-4 in the OAC while John Carroll improves to 13-7 overall and 1-1 in the OAC. B-W next plays at the Washington University Invitational this weekend, October 10-11. The Yellow Jackets will face Christopher Newport (Va.) and Illinois Wesleyan at 3:00 and 5:15 CST on Saturday and Endicott (Mass.) and Williams (Mass.) at 12:15 and 2:30 CST on Sunday. 

Against John Carroll, B-W was led offensively by senior Maria DePeters (Buffalo, N.Y. / Mt. St. Mary Academy) with 12 kills.  Freshman Chelsea Nissen (Williston / Genoa) also chipped in with 10.  In addition, sophomore setter Casey Passen (Ashville / Teays Valley) led the way with 33 set assists.

On defense, freshman libero Danielle Gerwin (Bowling Green) led the team with 15 digs and sophomore Lissy Grame (Berea) had 12.

FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION , please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple at 440-826-2327 or e-mail him at kruple@bw.edu To contact Head Coach Vicki Brault , please call 440-826-3254 or e-mail vbrault@bw.edu . You can get all of the latest B-W athletics information and news by logging onto our athletics Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics .  Then go onto the HomePage of your favorite team(s).