BEXLEY — The Otterbein volleyball team retained the Oar trophy for the 13th straight year with a 3-0 win at rival Capital on Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals won 25-21, 25-22, 25-15.

The Basics

• Records: Otterbein (16-8 overall, 5-2 OAC), Capital (9-15 overall, 1-6 OAC)
• Venue: Capital Center - Bexley, Ohio

Otterbein Stat Leaders

• Senior Kennedy Hoffman led the Cardinals in kills with 15. Sophomore Lexi Scott also tallied double-digit kills with 11.
• Senior Amanda Troyer led Otterbein in digs with 11.
• Junior Olivia Vitaz had a team-high 28 assists.
• Freshman Emerson Baum had four of the team's seven service aces in the match and added a team-best four total blocks.

Match Highlights

• Otterbein used a 9-1 run early in the first set to open up a 15-5 lead. That run included three kills from Scott and one from senior Kristen Scherger to go with two aces from Baum and one from junior Grace Ganz. Capital put together a 5-1 run later in the set to get within three, 21-18, but was unable to get any closer as Otterbein closed out the 25-21 victory.
• The Cardinals opened up an 18-12 lead midway through the second set before the Comets responded to pull within two, 19-17. A 4-1 Otterbein run that included three kills from Hoffman and one from Baum put the Cardinals up 23-18 en route to the 25-22 win closed out with a kill from Scott.
• Otterbein scored the first five points of the third set in a run highlighted by a pair of kills from Hoffman. Another 5-0 run later in the set, which included kills from Baum, Scott and junior Maddie Mergen and an ace from Baum, put the Cardinals up 13-5. A 7-1 run highlighted by two kills from Scott and aces from Ganz and sophomore Ashley Kefauver put the visitors up 20-8. With Otterbein leading 24-10, Capital put together a 5-0 run, but the Cardinals capped the sweep with the final point on a Comet service error.
• Otterbein finished with 42 kills while hitting .267, and Capital finished with 28 kills while hitting .101.

Notables

• Otterbein entered Saturday tied with John Carroll for third place in the OAC standings, while Capital was tied with Wilmington for ninth.
• Otterbein is 22-1 against Capital dating back to 2009 and has won 13 straight meetings, 12 of which have come by 3-0 scores.
• Otterbein is in the "Others receiving votes" section this week's AVCA/TARAFLEX NCAA Division III Poll with 9 points after receiving 2 points in last week's poll.
• Head coach Monica Wright is in her 18th year at Otterbein and boasts an all-time record of 370-185 at the helm of the Cardinals.
• Troyer ranks third all-time at Otterbein in career service aces (162) and fifth all-time in career digs (1,566).
• Vitaz has 1,574 career assists.
• Hoffman has 977 career kills.