TOLEDO, Ohio --- The No. 2 Owens Community College volleyball team (14-5, 5-1 OCCAC) split a pair of matches inside the Student Health and Activities Center (SHAC) on Saturday.
In the opener, the Express swept Clark State Community College 25-19, 25-13, 25-15. Maddie White (Ottawa, Ohio/Ottawa-Glandorf HS) led the team with 14 kills, nine digs, three aces and three assists. She also hit .429 over 28 attempts while Alexis Sarvo (Swanton, Ohio/Swanton HS) added 10 kills at a .692 clip. Offensively, McKenna Babcock (9) and Adalia Pasch (Fremont, Ohio/St. Joseph HS) combined for 16 terminations.
Emily Fallis (Toledo, Ohio/Southview HS) racked up 22 assists while Ashley Scott (Russia, Ohio/Russia HS) matched White for the team-high in aces with three. Sydnie Meinke (Curtice, Ohio/Clay HS) and Babcock finished second and third on the team in digs with seven and five, respectively. Pasch led the team with two blocks.
As a team, the Red and White hit .411 against Clark State.
In the finale, however, Owens was held to a .126 finish as a team as the offense struggled to find its groove, falling 25-18, 25-19, 25-15 to Muskegon Community College. The visiting Jayhawks snapped a five-match winning streak for the Express and have given Owens two of their five losses this year.
Babcock (Metamora, Ohio/Evergreen HS) led the team with eight kills along with five digs, and White chipped in seven kills, 10 digs and a pair of blocks. Fallis contributed 13 assists while Carol Lutz (Curtice, Ohio/Genoa HS) and Jessica Dohm (Swanton, Ohio/Swanton HS) added seven and six, respectively.
Defensively, Sydney Alford (Toledo, Ohio/Central Catholic HS) matched White for the team-high in digs with 10. White's two blocks led the Express while five others had one apiece.
Owens will be back in action on Wednesday with a road match at Edison State at 6 p.m. The Express are scheduled to be back at home Oct. 15 against Lorain County.
Notes
White now has six matches this year with at least 10 digs. She had her streak of 10+ kill performances snapped at three in the finale, but she pushed her season total to 10 such instances.
Pasch's seven kills represented a season high. In fact, along with her six on Friday, she tallied her top two single-match totals this weekend.
Babcock has totaled 10 matches with at least seven kills and five digs.
Fallis has registered five straight matches with at least 10 assists, including 17 of 19 overall this year. During her recent stretch, she's averaging 18.4 per match.
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