WESTERVILLE, Ohio - The Capital volleyball team fell to No. 15 Otterbein in straight sets Saturday afternoon at the Rike Center, 3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 25-20), in its OAC season finale. The Comets finished the season at 3-20 overall and 0-8 in the OAC.
Otterbein jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the opening set, scoring four straight. Capital cut the deficit to 7-6 on a kill by Abby Reed, but the Cardinals answered with a 4-1 run to lead 11-7. Otterbein built a 22-14 lead and went on to win 25-16.
Capital led 2-1 early in the second set before Otterbein scored seven straight points, three of them on aces, to go ahead 8-2. The Comets could not climb back, leading Otterbein to win the set 25-11.
Capital pushed back the hardest in the third set. Otterbein built a 17-7 lead after scoring five straight points, but Capital stayed in the set, scoring seven of eight points to pull within 24-20 on kills from Reed, Ava Knight and Chloe Preocanin and an ace from Reed. Otterbein scored the next point to close out the sweep on a 25-20 win.
Knight led Capital with nine kills and added an ace and six digs. Shy Black had a team-high 14 digs and three assists, and Chloe Preocanin added four kills and 10 digs. Setter Carlee Thompson dished out nine assists, Stefanee Stacey added six, and Abby Reed had four kills and an ace.
