BEREA, Ohio — Less than 24 hours after pushing defending convention champion Mount Union to 5 units, Wabash returned to the ground Sunday and delivered a signature street victory, rallying previous No. 12 Baldwin Wallace in 5 units to safe the primary win in program historical past towards the Yellow Jackets and transfer right into a tie for second place in the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League standings.
The Little Giants prevailed 20-25, 25-23, 25-22, 16-25, 15-10 at Ursprung Gymnasium to enhance to 5-5 total and 3-1 in MCVL play, whereas Baldwin Wallace — tied for twelfth in the most recent American Volleyball Coaches Association ballot and tied with Calvin for first place in the league getting into the match — dropped to 13-5 total and 2-1 in convention motion .
Wabash totaled 48 kills and hit .252 as a group, including 13 service aces and 7 whole blocks in a match that featured 28 tie scores and eight lead modifications. Baldwin Wallace completed with 62 kills and a .353 assault proportion total however was held to a .227 mark in the decisive fifth set.
Bawibawi Thang led the Little Giants with 15 kills on a .440 hitting proportion, including two service aces, 10 digs, and 4 block assists for a team-high 20 factors. Shad Wilson contributed 14 kills and 15 factors, whereas Jaden Greenwell added 9 kills at a .500 clip with two aces. Setter Matthew Stitle directed the offense with 39 assists and three service aces.
Baldwin Wallace managed the opening set late. With the rating tied at 15-15, the Yellow Jackets used a 7-1 surge to construct separation, getting kills from Daniel Latham and Tyler Schunk to tug forward for a 25-20 win.
Wabash responded in the second set with its most effective offensive stretch of the afternoon, hitting .321. After 22-22, the Little Giants closed on a 3-1 run. A kill from Stitle and a service ace by Christopher Board created set level earlier than Wilson delivered the ending swing for a 25-23 victory.
The third set featured 10 tie scores as neither group led by greater than three factors. Trailing 20-18, Wabash mounted a 5-1 run. A Stitle service ace and a Thang block shifted momentum earlier than Gabriel Brandenburg put away the set-clinching kill to safe a 25-22 win and a 2-1 match lead.
Baldwin Wallace answered emphatically in the fourth set, committing only one assault error and hitting .667 in the body. The Yellow Jackets broke a 3-3 tie with a decisive 6-0 run and prolonged the margin to 19-9 en path to a 25-16 determination to pressure a fifth set.
In the race to fifteen, Wabash delivered its most composed stretch of the weekend street journey. After the groups have been tied at 6-6, the Little Giants scored 4 of the subsequent 5 factors, highlighted by a Board service ace and a Wilson kill, to take a 10-7 lead. Wabash hit .438 in the ultimate set and sided out at a 90 % charge (9-of-10), limiting Baldwin Wallace to 9 kills with 4 errors in the body. An assault error by the Yellow Jackets on match level sealed the 15-10 victory.
In the up to date league standings, Calvin sits atop the convention at 4-0, adopted by Wabash at 3-1. Baldwin Wallace, Trine and Mount Union are every 2-1, whereas Wittenberg stands at 1-1.
Wabash returns to motion March 7 towards Wentworth Institute of Technology to open the Little Giants’ spring break journey in California.