Saturday vs. John Carroll at 2 pm - VIDEO / LIVE STATS
ADA, Ohio -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology split a pair of matches to open the Ohio Northern Triangular match on Friday.
In the opener, No. 21 ranked Ohio Northern battled its way to a 25-21, 25-22, 25-20 win over the Fightin' Engineers. Bailey MacInnis and Katie Orbeta led Rose-Hulman with eight kills each. Orbeta added a team-high 19 assists and 17 digs.
Gabi Razma led the defensive effort with 21 digs. Other players with double-figure digs included Alison Rogozinski with 15 and Becca Poppel with 10. Mackenzie Gossard led the squad with two block assists.
In the nightcap, Rose-Hulman placed three players in double figures in kills with a balanced offensive effort to defeat Albion 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 27-25.
Poppel led the team with 13 kills, with Orbeta and MacInnis adding 12 each. Orbeta recorded her third triple-double in three weeks by contributing 34 assists and 14 digs. Rogozinski pitched in with 20 assists and 18 digs.
Other key contributors included Razma with 38 digs; Katryna Dahlberg with 18 digs; and Gossard with a team-high six block assists. Maria Bruner added seven kills and three block assists to the effort.
Rose-Hulman improved to 15-10 on the season and concludes the Ohio Northern Triangular with a contest against John Carroll on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Preview: John Carroll (5-19, 1-3 OAC)
* John Carroll picked up a conference victory by sweeping Wilmington on Sept. 30.
* John Carroll finished 1-3 at the OAC/HCAC Challenge on Sept. 22-23. The Blue Streaks defeated Mount St. Joseph in three sets, and dropped three-set matches to Bluffton, Defiance and Hanover.
* Rose-Hulman has never faced John Carroll.
