Women's Volleyball

Bowling Green Defeats Binghamton in Opening Round of 2024 NIVC

2024 National Invitational Volleyball Championship
Bowling Green, Ohio | The Stroh Center
Wednesday, Dec. 4
Round 1: Bowling Green 3, Binghamton 1
Thursday, Dec. 5
Round 2: Bowling Green vs. Wright State, 7 p.m.
 
Recap courtesy of Bowling Green's Athletic Communications Department

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University volleyball team topped the Binghamton Bearcats Wednesday night (Dec. 4) at the Stroh Center, 3-1, in the first round of the NIVC. The Falcons jumped out to a strong start in the first set, hitting .441 for the 1-0 lead. Bowling Green began the second set with a season-best 10-0 run, propelling the team to a 2-0 match advantage. Binghamton fought back and forced a fourth set, but the Falcons came away with a 25-15 set score to secure the match. Bowling Green now advances to the second round of the NIVC, hosting Wright State Thursday night (Dec. 5) at the Stroh Center for a 7 p.m. first serve. 

Falcon Stat Leaders 
Kills: Mia Tyler (14)
Assists: Amanda Otten (38)
Digs: Sydnie Hernandez (13)
Aces: Amanda Otten (4)
Blocks: Jessica Andrews (5)

Falcon Stat Facts
  • The win marks the first postseason (NCAA or NIVC) win for the Falcons since 2019 when Bowling Green topped Purdue Fort Wayne in the first round of the NIVC. BGSU is now 8-6 in the NIVC all-time.
  • With the win, the Falcons now have 22 wins this season, tying for the most during Coach Tomic's tenure at Bowling Green. 
  • As a team, the Falcons landed 10 aces in the match, the most for Bowling Green in a four-set match this season and the second time this year with double-digit aces, landing a season-high 14 against UMBC on Sept. 6.
  • Jessica Andrews led the team in blocks with five in the match, including four block assists. Andrews now has 122 block assists this season, moving up to seventh during the Rally Scoring Era for single-season blocks. She passed herself on the list, totaling 120 during her freshman season in 2022. 
  • Andrews also moved up the single-season list for total blocks during the Rally Scoring Era. Andrews now has 141, passing Katie Kidwell's 2017 season for sixth on the list and tying her own mark from 2022 for fifth. 
  • Andrews added a solo block on the night as well. Now with 20 solo blocks this season, she moved up to a tie for ninth during the Rally Scoring Era, matching Jelena Sunjic's mark from 2015.
  • Lauryn Hovey landed three aces for the Falcons, bringing her season total to 53. Hovey moved up to fifth on the all-time single-season aces list. She passed Holli Costein's 51 from 1990 and now trails Costein's 54 from 1992 for fourth. Hovey filled the stat sheet as well with 11 kills and nine digs, just missing a double-double.
  • Mia Tyler landed a team-high 14 kills in the match, bringing her season total to 312, a new career-high in a single-season for her time as a Falcon. Tyler also hit a season-best .367 in the match, landing her 14 kills on 30 attacks with just three errors. 
  • Amanda Otten filled the stat sheet for the Falcons, recording a double-double with 38 assists and 11 digs. The double-double is Otten's team-leading seventh of the season. She added six kills and a team-leading and career-high four aces in the match as well. 
  • Sydnie Hernandez stepped into the libero role for the Falcons in the match and led the team in digs while finishing second in assists. Hernandez matched her career-high for digs with 13 while also setting a new career-high for assists with six. 
  • Jordan Newblatt added to the Bowling Green attack with 10 kills in the match while also registering four assists to not only set a new season-high, but match her career-high.
  • Alexis Mettille landed eight kills for the Falcons while missing her career-high in digs by one with six. She added a pair of aces and a block assist. 
  • Avery Anders and Isabelle Laube added to the Bowling Green winning effort in the back line. Anders totaled seven digs with an ace while Laube registered two digs and two assists for the Falcons.  
  • The Falcons are now 2-0 all-time against Binghamton, defeating them in three sets in 2008.

Up Next
The Falcons will continue on to the second round of the NIVC, hosting Wright State on Thursday (Dec. 5). The Falcons and Raiders are scheduled for a 7 p.m. start at the Stroh Center.