The Case Western Reserve University volleyball team lost to Baldwin Wallace University in four sets (19-25, 25-15, 25-27, 25-27) on Wednesday night at Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea, Ohio.

The Spartans fell to 2-7 this season, while the Yellow Jackets improved to 3-4.

First Set

• BW opened the match with a 6-0 and led by as many as 10 points, 18-8, later in the set
• Down eight and facing set point, CWRU won three consecutive rallies to cut the deficit to five
• The Yellow Jackets won the next point to claim the first set

Second Set

• Case Western Reserve led 9-4 early in the stanza
• Baldwin Wallace trimmed the deficit to two, 10-8
• The Spartans responded with a 7-2 run, which included two kills by senior middle blocker Amanda Ngo
• After a pair of BW points, CWRU took six of the next eight rallies to claim a 10-point advantage
• First-year defensive specialist Thea Beran and sophomore defensive specialist Sophia Datto recorded service aces during the run
• The visitors tied the match score at one by forcing an attacking error for the 25th point

Third Set

• Ahead 11-10, the Spartans took advantage of six consecutive BW attacking errors to lead 17-10
• The Jackets tied the score at 21 on a CWRU attacking error
• Ngo put down a kill to give the visitors the lead again, but Baldwin Wallace reclaimed the advantage with two points in a row
• The Spartans tied the score at 23, 24, and 25, but back-to-back kills gave the hosts the crucial third set

Fourth Set

• Consecutive kills by first-year outside hitter Elena Stone gave CWRU a 19-15 advantage in the fourth set, its largest of the stanza
• BW battled, winning five of the next six points to tie the score at 20
• Sophomore setter Elena Esquivel used a kill to give the Spartans the lead, but BW quickly reclaimed it
• The teams then traded the next eight points with the Spartans tying the score at 22, 23, 24, and 25
• Two Baldwin Wallace kills ended the match

Spartan Notes

• Wall led the team with 12 kills
• Senior middle blocker Kiya Levy had six kills with no errors on nine attacks
• Ngo finished with eight kills, eight digs, and five blocks
• Esquivel paced the squad with 28 assists and added nine digs
• Datto had a team-high 24 digs
• Case Western Reserve dropped to 6-7 against Baldwin Wallace since 2012

Up Next

The Spartans will next travel to New Concord, Ohio, for the Muskie Invitational hosted by Muskingum University on Friday, September 12 and Saturday, September 13. CWRU faces the host school on Friday at 6 p.m.