SPRINGFIELD - The No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern women's volleyball program upset the No. 17-ranked Hope (Mich.) Flying Dutch 25-20, 25-16, and 25-21 in the Polar Bear's opening match at the 2018 Wittenberg Fall Classic in Springfield, Ohio Friday evening.

With the victory, Northern moves to 8-2 overall while Hope dropped their first match of the campaign, falling to 7-1 overall.

Junior middle hitter Chelsea Huppert (Bremen, Ind.) provided the spark offensively as she posted 15 kills on 22 total attacks with just one error, resulting in a stratospheric .636 attack percentage. She would also chip in a pair of blocks, two assists, and a dig in the winning effort