PEPPER PIKE, Ohio - With the end of the shortened 2021 season looming along with the 2021 Great Midwest Tournament, the #8 Walsh Cavaliers volleyball team finished the regular season on Friday (March 5) against the Ursuline College Arrows.

In a match that featured 24 ties and a season-high 12 lead changes, Walsh rallied back from a set two loss with a 3-1 victory.

• Score: Walsh 3, Ursuline 1 (25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 25-22)
• Location: Pepper Pike, Ohio (Seidman Gymnasium)
• Records: Walsh 10-1 (10-1), Ursuline 3-7 (3-7) 

FOR THE CAVALIERS

• Hallie Schroeder led the Cavaliers offense with a season-high 18 kills and 16 digs, tallying a double-double. The senior hit .340 for the match as she had 11 kills and nine digs in the final two sets. 
• Alexis Gilland added 16 kills on offense with six in the first and last set each.
• Grace Lindquist gave Walsh 11 kills and three total blocks. 
• Olivia Kearns set a career-high and Division II match-high with 57 assists. Kearns reached a double-double with 11 digs as well.
• Natalie Brutscher led four players with double-figure digs as she compiled 23 of her own. 
• Olivia Maczuzak was just shy of a double-double with nine kills and 15 digs. 

FOR THE ARROWS

• Nora Clink had 17 kills on offense and 15 digs on defense for a double-double. Abigail Aguilera-Ayala (11 K/16 D) and Sarah Miozzi (47 assists/18 digs) both had double-doubles as well.
• Krisandra Mezera had 13 kills and six blocks.
• Zoe Skinner compiled 29 digs and two service aces.

BEHIND THE NUMBERS

• Walsh outhit Ursuline .268 to .243 as the Cavaliers hit above .340 in the first and fourth sets. 
• With 68 kills, Walsh reached the second-most kills in a match in the Division II era. Walsh had 68 kills to Ursuline's 59.
• As Kearns tallied 57 assists, the team had a D2 era best 67 assists (total and four sets). 
• Overall, Walsh hit season-bests in kills, assists and digs.

NOTABLE

• Walsh finished the regular season 10-1 overall and will host a Great Midwest Quarterfinal match on Tuesday.
• The Cavaliers have won seven straight matches, the longest winning streak in the Division II era.
• For the first time since January 30th, Walsh had lost a set when Ursuline won set 2. Since dropping three sets to the Hilsdale Chargers at home on 1/30, Walsh had won 18 straight sets. 

Walsh will await the final day of the regular season and will find out their opponent for Tuesday's (March 9) quarterfinal. More details will come Saturday (March 6) night on our website.  

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