Anderson 3, Ohio Wesleyan 0
Otterbein 3, Ohio Wesleyan 0

Sept. 25, 2004

Senior outside hitter Lindsay Wohlheter (Newark/Newark Catholic) led the Bishops with 8 kills as Ohio Wesleyan finished fourth in the annual Bishop Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Branch Rickey Arena. Complete Results

In Saturday's action, Otterbein topped the Bishops in the third-place match by scores of 30-15, 30-25, 30-19. Earlier, the Bishops completed pool play with a 30-16, 30-20, 30-17 loss to Anderson.

In the Otterbein match, the Cardinals took the lead first game, breaking a 6-6 tie with 6 straight points, 4 coming on kills by Mandy Hall. Otterbein pulled away from there, building a 27-13 lead before allowing the Bishops to score consecutive points again.

Ohio Wesleyan looked to even the match in the second game, and the Bishops seemed to be on their way to doing so by reeling off 6 straight points to take a 21-18 lead. Senior outside hitter Julie DiCarlo (Columbus/Upper Arlington) had a kill and a block during that run, while senior outside hitter Emilee Schell (Newark/Newark Catholic) also contributed a kill and senior middle hitter Melissa Hill (Medina) added a block. Otterbein bounced back to take a 25-22 lead, and after Hill's service ace brought the Bishops within 25-24, the Cardinals finished the game with a 5-1 run that included a pair of service aces by Beth Benedict.

Otterbein built a 20-8 lead in the third game, but the Bishops put together another lengthy run during the third game, scoring 7 straight points to close to within 20-15. Sophomore middle hitter Megan Margala (Prospect/Marion Elgin) had a block and a kill and sophomore libero Leslie Ranz (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) had a pair of service aces during that spurt. But the Cardinals regrouped and held the Bishops at arm's length to end the game and the match.

Wohlheter led the Bishops with 8 kills and added a solo block, while DiCarlo finished with 6 kills and Margala and sophomore outside hitter Carly Palmer (Broadview Heights/Normandy) added 5 each. Sophomore setter Brittany McDaniel (Utica) led the Bishops with 12 assists and sophomore outside hitter Jordan Swisher (Boulder, Colo.) added 11 assists. Ranz had a team-high 12 digs and DiCarlo led the Bishops with 2 blocks.

Earlier on Saturday, Anderson topped Ohio Wesleyan to win Pool A of the Bishop Invitational.

With the Bishops leading, 9-8, in the first game, the Ravens scored 7 straight points, getting a pair of blocks from Nikki DeMik. After Ohio Wesleyan closed to within 17-13, the Ravens went on another run, scoring 8 straight points to put the game away.

In the second game, Anderson scored 4 straight points, with Heather Custer contributing a kill and a service ace, to pad a 23-19 lead to a 27-19 margin, and the Ravens went on to take the game by a 30-21 score.

The third game saw the Ravens assemble an 11-2 burst that turned a 13-12 lead into a 24-14 advantage.

Wohlheter, DiCarlo and Hill shared the team lead with 5 kills apiece, with Wohlheter also piling up a team-high 13 digs. McDaniel had a team-leading 13 assists and Hill led the Bishops with 4 solo blocks.

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