Wittenberg hit the highway on Friday, March 14th for KP’S Match of the Week in opposition to Baldwin Wallace. The Wittenberg Tigers got here out on prime (19-25, 25-22, 25-19, 27-25). The MCVL convention match was the primary victory for newly employed Wittenberg interim head coach Jamie Peterson.
Within the first set the Tigers acquired off to a gradual begin hitting .107 as a crew. They discovered a pleasant offensive rhythm within the subsequent three units to drag out a victory. All through the match they prolonged rallies and located methods to terminate the ball in transition. After the match Coach Peterson was interview by her athletic division, “we performed a troublesome crew that made adjustments mid-match, and we responded effectively. We had gamers come off the bench able to go and take large swings. I’m tremendous pleased with our toughness.”
Setter Carson Hill did a superb job operating a balanced offense for the Tigers. They ended up hitting .250 as a crew and had three guys publish over eight kills. Eli Halverson led the cost with 10, Zach Newton contributed 9, Adam Blair and Trajan Kress completed with eight. “Hats off to teach Peterson for taking on on brief discover and having her guys prepped to compete. They have been regular in transition and made it troublesome for us to terminate balls as effectively as we might have preferred,” stated Baldwin Wallace Head Coach Kyle Mars.
Baldwin Wallace has many causes to stay optimistic. They completed the match main in kills (56), help (53), 5 aces and digs (40). The Tigers had 43 kills, 36 assists and 39 digs. The distinction within the match was that the Tigers compelled Baldwin Wallace to make 25 attacking errors. “That is the second time in as many matches that we’ve got outscored our opponent and never come away with a win. Scoring with aggression, however doing so effectively is one thing we’ll proceed to work on,” stated Coach Mars.
Baldwin Wallace was led by outdoors hitter Daniel Latham who completed with 24 kills and 5 digs. “Dan is studying easy methods to match his physicality with effectivity, and he’s changing into a power in Area IV on each pins for us. He was requested to vary positions mid-year, and has stepped up for the crew once we want him most. Probably the most spectacular factor he has executed during the last month has been shopping for into passing, and has steadily discovered consistency there after spending most of his time on the correct aspect the previous 12 months and a half,” stated Coach Mars.
Trine and Mount Union stays undefeated within the MCVL. The Tigers incomes the win in opposition to Baldwin Wallace places them again in competition. The second half of convention play will probably be enjoyable to observe. Each Baldwin Wallace and Wittenberg solely have one convention loss and may clearly nonetheless win convention.
Baldwin Wallace:
Volleyball Historical past:
- Convention championship in 2023 (def. Mount Union 3-1 in MCVL Championship Sport).
- NCAA Event Look in 2023 (misplaced to Juniata 3-0 within the First Spherical)
- MCVL Event appearances in 2023 & 2024.
- Member of the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League.