WEEK REVIEW: The Hanover volleyball team stole a pair of five set thrillers from Bluffton on Saturday afternoon. In match one, sophomore
Emma Harmon (Carmel, Ind.) paced the Panthers with a game-high 19 kills, hitting 45.7 percent. Teammate, junior
Kelsey Ketcham (Mishawaka, Ind.) added 28 assists, while senior
Amber Miller (Louisville, Ky.) charted 13 digs.
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The night cap saw junior
Maddie Edwards (Jaspers, Ind.) dominate as she tallied a team-high 10 kills. Ketcham added 22 assists with 11 digs.
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LEADING THE HCAC: As a unit, the Panthers are hitting a conference leading 20.9 percent with 300 combined kills. Their 300 combined kills and 265 assists (11.04 per contest) rank them second among the HCAC.
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Sophomore
Josie McClara (Jamestown, Ind.) has landed among the league best, ranking third overall in hitting percentage and blocks. Teammate, Miller ranks fourth in total digs, while Ketcham lands sixth overall averaging 5.79 assists per game.
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TOPPING THE CHART: Hanover cracked the top 10 among NCAA Division III institutions in assists per set. As a team, the Panthers are averaging 10.60, second best among HCAC institutions.
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McClara also finds herself ranked among the NCAA best in blocks per set. The sophomore sits fifth overall averaging .90 per set.
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WE MEET AGAIN: The last meeting between the Quakers of Earlham and the Panthers of Hanover came a season ago with the Quakers defeating the Panthers. Pacing the Blue and Red in the contest was sophomore
Adrianne Vance (Indianapolis, Ind.) with a game-high 24 kills, while Ketcham added a team-best 49 assists.
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Hanover will welcome Rose-Hulman to Collier Arena on Saturday looking to revenge a season-ago. The Fightin' Engineers defeated the Panthers, 3-0. Junior
Emma Rolf (Lebanon, Ind.) paced the team with eight kills, while Vance tallied a team-high three blocks. Â
UPDATE: The statistics do not include the Panthers second match with Bluffton.Â
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