By Tim Glon
Senior Ellen Grenert had a match-high 10 kills to lead the Ohio Northern volleyball team to a 25-22, 25-12, 25-16 season-opening victory over Wooster Friday afternoon at the ONU Sports Center.
Senior Kelsie Zumberger dished out 34 assists in her first action in more than two seasons and junior Kristen Davidson and freshman Ellie Gillespie each had nine klills for ONU.
Melissa Morgan and Erica Skillman each had six kills for the Scots (0-1).
Trailing 22-21 in Set 1, junior Julia Fuerst had a kill to tie the match at 22, then Zumberger followed with a kill to put ONU up 23-22.
Gillespie then had back-to-back kills to seal the set and give ONU a 1-0 lead.
The Polar Bears jumped to a quick 7-0 lead in Set 2 and were never challenged, winning 25-12.
In the third and final set, ONU again started quickly by scoring the first four points.
Leading 11-8, Northern used a 6-1 run to take a commanding 17-9 lead.
Another 4-0 run put ONU up 23-14 and a kill by freshman Kaitlann Hogrefe ended the set 25-16 and gave the hosts the sweep.
ONU hit .301 for the match with 45 kills, while holding Wooster to a .079 hitting percentage and just 26 kills.
The Polar Bears will continue play in the 34th annual ONU Invitational Friday night at 7 pm against Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)
