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Akron 0, Navy 3
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Akron fell to 0-1 on the season with the setback, while Navy improved to 1-0. "We did a handful of things well, but we certainly needed to do a better job of carrying things over from our practice gym to a match situation." said head coach Tom Hanna. "We look forward to having two opportunities tomorrow to doing a better job of being us."
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Ball State 0, Indiana 3
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The Ball State women's volleyball team opened play in the Indiana Invitational with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-22, 25-14) setback to in-state rival and tournament host Indiana Friday evening at University Gym.
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Bowling Green 3, Duquesne 0 // Box Score
Bowling Green 2, UIC 3 // Box Score
The Falcons opened the 2017 season by hosting the first of the two-day Hampton Inn Invitational. After falling in a five-set heartbreaker to UIC, the Falcons rebounded by sweeping Duquesne in front of an electric atmosphere in the Stroh Center.
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Buffalo 3, Canisius 2
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Sophomore Polina Prokudina recorded a career-best 27 kills as the Bulls overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Canisius Golden Griffins in five sets, 3-2, Friday night at Alumni Arena in the nightcap of the Buffalo Invite. The victory improves the Bulls to 2-0 on the season for the first time since 2013. Prokudina recorded the most kills in a match for the Bulls since September 7, 2002.
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Buffalo 3, Hampton 0
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The University at Buffalo volleyball team opened the 2017 season with an emphatic victory on Friday morning as the Bulls swept Hampton, 3-0, in the opening match of the Buffalo Invite. It was the first time since 2013 that the Bulls have won their season-opener.
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Central Michigan 3, St. Francis Brooklyn 0 //
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Central Michigan 3, Hartford 1 //
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Having two wins under your belt is not at all a bad way to start on opening weekend. The Central Michigan volleyball team would tend to agree.
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Eastern Michigan 3, Robert Morris 0 //
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Eastern Michigan 1, Oakland 3 //
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The Eastern Michigan University volleyball team split its opening matches of 2017 against Oakland University and Robert Morris University Friday, Aug. 25, at the Butler Tournament. The Eagles dropped their first match of the season to the Golden Grizzlies, 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 25-27, 11-25), before sweeping the Colonials, 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-21).
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Kent State 0, Iowa State 3
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Kent State put together a solid defensive performance in a 3-0 loss (19-25, 23-25, 18-25) to Iowa State in the 2017 season opener Friday night at the Cyclone Invitational.
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Miami 1, Western Kentucky 3
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In front of a record breaking crowd, the Miami University volleyball team dropped a hard-fought match to Western Kentucky, 1-3 (22-25, 20-25, 27-25, 19-25) to open play the Miami Best Western Sycamore Inn Invitational on Friday. The RedHawks are now 0-1 on the season, while the Lady Toppers are 2-0.
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Northern Illinois 1, Dayton 3
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Despite winning the opening set, the Northern Illinois University volleyball team was unable to hold off Dayton as the Flyers took the next three sets to win in four, 20-25, 25-18, 25-12, 25-14, on Friday night at Victor E. Court.
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Northern Illinois 1, High Point 3
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Freshman Kaylee Martin (Sterling, Ill./Sterling) recorded 12 kills while junior Meg Wolowicz (Manitowoc, Wis./Manitowoc Lincoln) hit .304 with nine kills but the Northern Illinois University volleyball team fell to High Point in its season opener, 25-11, 23-25, 25-20, 25-19, on Friday afternoon in the first match of the NIU Holiday Inn Express Invitational.
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Ohio 3, Murray State 0
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It took just one match of the 2017 regular season for the Ohio volleyball team to see one of its own achieve a career milestone. Senior outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) tallied her 1,000th career kill in the third set as the Ohio volleyball team (1-0) swept Murray State (0-1), 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-23) on Friday (Aug. 25) in the opening match of the Courtyard By Marriott Invitational at Pete Hanna Center.
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Ohio 3, Samford 2
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An Ohio volleyball team (2-0) starting three freshmen and a sophomore faced its first true test of the 2017 campaign on the season's opening day. The Bobcats passed, courtesy of a hard-fought 3-2 (25-19, 17-25, 25-20, 22-25, 15-10) triumph over host Samford (1-1) in the Courtyard By Marriott Invitational on Friday (Aug. 25) at Pete Hanna Center.
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Toledo 2, SIU Edwardsville 3
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Senior Saige Thomas (Corpus Christi, Texas) had a night to remember on day one of the Fort Wayne Invitational as she collected a career-high 24 kills as the Toledo volleyball program fell to SIU Edwardsville in a five-set thriller (25-21, 15-25, 29-31, 25-21, 11-15) on Friday night.
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Western Michigan 1, Tennessee 3
The Western Michigan volleyball team battled a tough Tennessee team to open the 2017 season, but fell short 3-1 (25-20, 22-25, 13-25, 20-25) to the DISH Tennessee Classic hosts on Friday evening.
