WILMINGTON — The Otterbein volleyball team put together a dominant showing in a 3-0 sweep at Ohio Athletic Conference foe Wilmington on Wednesday night. The Cardinals won 25-13, 25-17, 25-11.

The Basics

• Records: Otterbein (13-6 overall, 3-1 OAC), Wilmington (4-16 overall, 0-4 OAC)
• Venue: Fred Raizk Arena - Wilmington, Ohio

Otterbein Stat Leaders

• Senior Kennedy Hoffman and freshman Emerson Baum paced Otterbein in kills with 10 each. Baum hit .600 in the match, and Hoffman hit .529.
• Senior Amanda Troyer and junior Olivia Vitaz led the team in digs with eight each.
• Troyer added a career-high eight service aces. The Cardinals recorded 14 aces in the match.
• Vitaz added 25 assists.

Match Highlights

• With the score tied at 7-7 in the first set, Otterbein put together a 5-0 run that included two kills from Baum and one each from Vitaz and junior Maddie Mergen for an 12-7 edge. Up 18-13 later in the set, the Cardinals closed out the victory with a 7-0 run highlighted by four service aces from Troyer and a kill from Baum.
• The Cardinals built a 17-10 edge in the second set and maintained a comfortable lead en route to the 25-17 win capped by back-to-back kills from freshman Chandler Crowell and Hoffman.
• Otterbein scored nine of the first 10 points in the third set, taking a 9-1 edge on an ace from Troyer. Two kills from sophomore Lexi Scott and an ace and kill from junior Brooke Barb put the Cardinals up 18-7, leading to a Quaker timeout. Up 22-10, Otterbein scored three of the next four points to clinch the sweep. The closing stretch included a kill from Hoffman and an ace from Troyer and was capped by a Wilmington service error.
• Otterbein finished with 42 kills while hitting .468, and Wilmington finished with 23 kills while hitting .169.

Notables

• Wednesday marked the first of four matches for Otterbein this week. The Cardinals host Oberlin on Thursday and welcome Muskingum and No. 15 Case Western Reserve to Westerville for a tri-match on Saturday for Senior Day.
• Otterbein is now 18-0 against Wilmington dating back to 2009, a stretch that includes 17 sweeps.
• Otterbein is in the "Others receiving votes" section of this week's AVCA/TARAFLEX NCAA Division III Poll with 2 points.
• Head coach Monica Wright is in her 18th year at Otterbein and boasts an all-time record of 367-183 at the helm of the Cardinals.
• Troyer is tied for third all-time at Otterbein in career service aces (153) and ranks fifth all-time in career digs (1,478).
• Vitaz has 1,388 career assists.
• Hoffman has 902 career kills.