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Buffalo Bulls (14-11, 6-8 MAC)
The University at Buffalo volleyball team returns to Broadview Arena for their final home match of the season on Tuesday evening against the Akron Zips (11-15, 6-8 MAC). The match will begin at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
LAST TIME OUT: The Bulls are coming off a pair of tough losses to the Ball State Cardinals. The Bulls were swept at home against the Cardinals on Friday and Saturday.
Hailey Campagna led the offense with 4.50 kills and 5.17 points per set against the Ball State Cardinals. Against the Cardinals, she recorded a .277 hitting percentage (27-9-65). In Friday's match, she averaged 5.00 kills per set.
Manoela Forlin averaged 3.00 kills per set with 3.33 points per set. She also added 3.00 digs per set.
THE BULL-ETIN BOARD
• Buffalo and Akron are tied for seventh in the conference standings at 6-8.
• Buffalo's MAC Tournament hopes are still alive. With a win over Akron and a win against Ohio on Friday, the Bulls will clinch the sixth and final seed of the conference tournament.
• Over the last five matches,
Hailey Campagna leads the team with 4.06 kills per set with a .249 hitting percentage (73-29-177). She's also averaged 4.39 points per set in that stretch.
• The Bulls are currently in seventh place in the MAC standings. The top-6 qualify for the conference tournament.
• Buffalo is 6-2 at home in 2026, their most home wins since 2024.
• Buffalo's 14 wins are the most in a season since they recorded 16 wins in 2024.
• Buffalo and Bowling Green are the only schools with two players in the top-10 points per set in conference play. Bowling Green features the top two scorers, with Avery Hobson averaging 4.36 points per set and Anastasija Bozic adding 4.34 points per set. Buffalo's
Hailey Campagna is fifth with 3.86 points and
Manoela Forlin is sixth with 3.82 points per set.
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Manoela Forlin reached the 1,000 career kills mark against Toledo on Sept. 27th. She's the first Bull to do so since Katrin Trebichavska (2022-24), when she recorded 1,120 kills, the fifth most in program history. Forlin is now fourth in program history with 1,146 career kills and is currently fourth in program history with 1,309.0 career points. She will continue to climb the record book as she needs 55.5 points to pass Katrin Trebichavska's (2022-24) 1,364.0 points for third.
Akron Zips (11-15, 6-8 MAC)
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Ohio Bobcats (14-11, 7-7 MAC)
Ohio volleyball is back in action for its final two matchups of the regular season. The Bobcats wrap up their Battle of the Bricks series at Miami on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. ET. Ohio will conclude the regular season with its Senior Day game against Buffalo on Friday, Nov. 13 at 5 p.m. ET. Ohio has a 14-11 overall and 7-7 conference record heading into the final week of the regular season. The Bobcats have a .242 team hitting percentage and average 13.48 kills, 12.47 assists, 1.40 aces, 12.83 digs and 1.61 blocks per set.
Miami RedHawks (18-7,10-4 MAC)
Miami Volleyball has clinched a berth in the MAC Tournament and wraps up the regular season this week, hosting Ohio at 6 p.m. Thursday before heading to Western Michigan for a match on Friday. The RedHawks defeated Kent State 3-0 last Saturday and Ohio 3-1 on Sunday.
Western Michigan Broncos (16-9, 8-6 MAC)
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Kent State Golden Flashes (11-4, 5-9 MAC)
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Ball State Cardinals (18-7, 9-5 MAC)
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Toledo Rockets (20-4, 12-2 MAC)
Women's Volleyball closes out the regular season with a road match at Central Michigan on Friday before returning home to host Bowling Green in the Battle of I-75 on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The Rockets are currently atop the MAC standings and will play to win their first-ever regular-season championship on Friday evening against the Chippewas. Toledo went 2-0 last week, earning a 3-2 reverse sweep over Bowling Green on Tuesday before closing out the week with a 3-0 sweep over Eastern Michigan.
Ava Siefke continues to pace the offense with 227 total kills, averaging 2.64 kills/set, while
Grace Freiberger is firing off 4.20 digs/set to lead the defense.
Central Michigan Chippewas (0-2, 0-14 MAC)
MAC PLAY WINDING DOWN: Central Michigan hosts Toledo and Western for Central Michigan's final two matches of the 2026 season. On November 4th, Toledo clinched a spot in the 2026 Mid-American Conference Tournament. Western Michigan enters the weekend at 8-6 in conference play, holding the 5th place spot. The top six teams qualify for the tournament. CMU enters the weekend in search of the first win in the 2026 season.
RECAPPING THE MATCHES AT AKRON: The Chippewas traveled to Akron, Ohio over the past weekend to take on the Zips for the last road trip of 2026. CMU fell in both matches, 0-3, to the Zips but looked stronger in each set as the weekend went on. In the first set of the weekend, CMU fell 7-25 to the Zips, but came back to score 17 & 19 points in the next two sets. On night two, the Chippewas forced extra points in the third set, ultimately falling 17-25, 15-25 and 24-26. Over the two matches in Akron, Taylor Cripe continued to be a dominant offensive force for CMU - as she has been all season & truthfully over her career as a Chippewa. Cripe tallied 30 kills in the six sets - 5/set. She hit .269 over the stretch and notched two aces. The sophomore recorded her 34th career double-digit kill game in the second match and her 19th in the 2026 season.
CELEBRATING THE SENIORS: Jaliyah Cohnes and Cecilia Bustamante will be celebrated on Saturday afternoon in a senior day celebration for the Chippewas.
Eastern Michigan Eagles (10-16, 4-10 MAC)
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Bowling Green Falcons (18-7, 10-4 MAC)
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