GAMBIER __ The Bluffton University volleyball team went the distance in a five-set win at Kenyon that marked program victory #1,000 for the Beavers. Bluffton moved to 4-1 on the season, while the Owls of Kenyon fell to 0-4.

The visitors took set number one, 25-20, and had leads of 23-21 and 15-10 in the second and third sets, but Kenyon used a pair of late runs to take a 2-1 lead over the Beavers. Bluffton bounced back with a 25-19 victory that sent it to the fifth where the Beavers left nothing to chance with a dominating 15-7 shellacking in the clincher.

Bluffton will now take its talents to the Blue Angel Bash in Milwaukee, Wis. on Friday, Sept. 6. The Beavers meet up with Marantha Baptist, Ripon, Lawrence and host Mount Mary as they travel to the cheese capital of the world.