BOX SCORE ADA, Ohio - Visiting Capital lost its Ohio Athletic Conference volleyball regular season finale at #7 Ohio Northern in straight sets (14-25, 20-25, 19-25). CU (16-14, 5-4 OAC) will now play as the fifth seed in the OAC Quarterfinals at Otterbein on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Capital was out hit .217 to .046 on the day despite an 18-dig effort by senior libero Sara Doebel (Clyde, Ohio/Clyde HS).
The Crusaders also held a 6.0 to 5.0 lead in blocks with senior middle blocker Allison Hostetler (Dalton, Ohio/Dalton HS) tallying two solo stops and an assisted block. Classmate Jennifer Fekpe (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Davidson HS) added three blocks of her own while freshman Leanne Schaefer (Verona, Wisc./Verona HS) finished with two blocks.
Hostetler had seven kills for a Crusader offense that also benefitted from 16 assists by senior setter Jenna Zumberger (DeGraff, Ohio/Fairlawn HS).
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