Saturday’s Volleyball Results
Bowling Green 3, Ohio 1
Miami 3, Kent State 1
Toledo 3, Buffalo 2
Stories courtesy of MAC Sports Information Departments
Bowling Green 3, Ohio 1
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ATHENS, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University volleyball team topped the Ohio Bobcats in a 3-1 final on Saturday (Oct. 14) in Athens, Ohio to get back into the win column. The victory marked the 200th in Head Coach Danijela Tomic's career at the helm of the Falcons. BGSU took the first and second sets before Ohio forced a fourth with a third set win. Bowling Green was dominant in the fourth set, registering a .321 hitting percentage and a 25-13 set score to secure the win.
Jaden Walz paced the Falcons with her fifth double-double of the season, recording 41 assists and 10 digs for the Orange and Brown. Lauryn Hovey led the attack with 19 kills followed closely by Mia Tyler (12) and Kat Mandly (11) with Mandly adding a team-high four aces. On the defensive side, Helen Wilford registered a career-high eight block assists for the Falcons.
The Falcons registered a 4-1 start to the match, tallying two pairs of points split by one Bobcat tally. Trailing 4-1 early, Ohio took the first timeout of the match.
Out of the timeout, OU worked their way back into the set with a 4-1 stretch of their own, tying the score up at 5-5, but Bowling Green logged a 3-0 run soon after to reclaim the lead at 9-6.
Ohio stayed within a few points, but back-to-back BGSU points pushed the advantage to 15-12 Bowling Green with Ohio taking their second timeout of the set.
Coming out of the timeout, the Bobcats recorded a 3-0 run to tie the match up once again, this time at 15-15.
The Falcons were able to work back in front before a 6-0 run closed out the first set in favor of the Falcons, 25-18, to give BGSU the 1-0 match lead.
Ohio opened the set second with four straight points for a 4-0 lead, forcing the first Bowling Green timeout of the day.
The Falcons responded out of the timeout with a 3-0 run to work the Ohio lead down to just one at 4-3.
The Orange and Brown continued to chip away at the Bobcat lead, tying the match up at 6-6 with a 6-2 stretch after falling behind 4-0 to start the set.
From there, the two teams began a run of ties, being knotted up at 7-7, 8-8, 9-9 and 11-11.
The Falcons were able to spell a 4-0 run to end the run of ties and take a 15-11 lead and prompt an Ohio timeout.
Ohio drew within one, chipping away to a 17-16 score, but another 3-0 run pushed the Falcons' lead back to 20-16.
The Bobcats narrowed the lead once again, bringing the score to 22-21 BGSU with a Bowling Green timeout.
Out of the timeout, Lauryn Hovey landed her 12th kill of the match to force Ohio to take a timeout after just one point with BGSU leading 23-21.
The Falcons were able to hold off the Bobcats push to take the second set and move in front 2-0 for the match.
The third set began close between the two teams before a 3-0 run pushed Ohio out in front 7-5, including an overturned call on a challenge.
Another 3-0 run for Ohio later in the set extended their lead to 14-10 with the Falcons taking a timeout.
The run continued through the timeout for the Bobcats, stretching to 6-0 with the score at 17-10.
The Falcons started to chip away at the lead, tallying a pair of points to trim the score to 21-16 and force an Ohio timeout.
Ohio closed out the set with a 3-0 run to force a fourth set.
Ohio landed the first point of the fourth set, but the Falcons responded with a 6-0 run to move out in front 6-1 and force an Ohio timeout.
The Bobcats landed the first point out of the timeout, but Bowling Green answered with two of their own to extend their advantage to 8-2.
The Orange and Brown put together another 3-0 run to push their lead to 11-3 and prompt the second Ohio timeout of the set.
Out of the timeout, Ohio recorded a 3-0 run of their own to trim the BGSU lead down to 11-6.
The Bobcats tallied a 4-0 run later in the set to close the gap to 15-11 BGSU, forcing a timeout by the Falcons.
The Falcons answered out of the timeout with a 3-0 run, coming from two kills by Hovey and a block solo from her as well to push the BGSU lead to 18-11.
After the OU points, BGSU put together another 3-0 run, making it a 6-1 stretch, to bring the advantage to 21-12.
Bowling Green was able to register a 3-0 run to close out the set and take the match 3-1.
BGSU will stay on the road for their next contest facing Miami (OH) on Tuesday (Oct. 17) at 7 p.m. The Falcons will then return home to host Kent State next weekend.
Miami 3, Kent State 1
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KENT, Ohio — The Miami University volleyball team (5-15, 1-7 MAC) won a four-set match (25-21, 26-28, 25-19, 26-24) to Kent State University (5-15, 1-8 MAC) Saturday evening.
The start of the match consisted of back-and-forth action, and Miami gained their largest lead at 11-9 after Kent State made a service and attack error. No team led by more than two points until Miami took a 20-17 advantage. A late kill from Gentry Warrick and a Golden Flashes attack error gave Miami a 25-21 first set win.
Kent State jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the beginning of the second set. The Golden Flashes stretched their lead to 18-9 before the Red and White went on a 12-3 run to even the score at 21 apiece. Despite the push from Miami, Kent State went on to close out the set 28-26.
The RedHawks came out strong in the third set and claimed a 7-1 lead. The Golden Flashes came within three at 9-6, but a Gracie Norris service ace and Breannah Peterson kill kept Miami in control. The Red and White led 20-14 as the end of the set approached, and Chelsea Williams sealed the third with three late kills to give Miami a 25-19 win.
The fourth set began with close gameplay, as the score was tied at 8-8. The Golden Flashes looked to seal the set at 18-13, but the RedHawks didn't give in and used a flurry of kills to come within three at 23-20. Miami finished the set with three consecutive service aces (one from McCrary and two from Cermack) and a Williams kill to win the final set 26-24.
The RedHawks host Bowling Green for some midweek conference action on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.
Toledo 3, Buffalo 2
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TOLEDO, Ohio –Toledo (8-11, 6-2 MAC) went the distance with Buffalo (16-4, 6-2 MAC) in Mid-American Conference volleyball action for a second-straight match, but the Rockets prevailed on Saturday to end their weekend with a victory.
Saturday's match followed a similar script to Friday's match, though the ending changed in Toledo's favor. After winning the first two sets by scores of 25-19 and 25-23, respectively, the Rockets stumbled in the third and fourth sets. Buffalo won the third set, 25-21, before winning the fourth set handily, 25-15, to force a fifth frame. Toledo squandered an early lead but, facing an 11-8 deficit, dug in its heels and came back to win, 15-13, to come away with a big conference victory.
Taylor Alt provided the match-clinching kill, one of 20 terminations the senior outside hitter tallied on Saturday. Alt moved into second place in school history in career kills, with her total of 1,528 moving past Kate Bean's (2003-06) 1,515 kills. L.G. Bass (1984-87) is Toledo's all-time leader in career kills with 1,546. Alt needs just 19 kills to become Toledo's all-time leader.
Freshman Macy Hatkevich turned in a career-high 49 assists and added 11 digs, her third straight double-double and sixth of the season. Fifth-year senior Ryann Jaqua tied her season-high with 28 digs and brought her career total to 2,082. She trails former Toledo standout and current assistant coach Maurissa Leonard's (2015-18) 2,260 career digs for most in school history.
Sophomore Izzy Granger (12 kills) and senior Abby Erickson (11 kills) both reached double figures in terminations. Erickson had a terrific weekend, averaging 2.00 kills/set while attacking at a .472 clip. Senior Claire Eiden tied her career-high with 13 digs.
Toledo visits Ball State on Tuesday night before heading to Akron next weekend.
Buffalo scored the first four points of the match, but Toledo answered right back with four straight points of its own. After the Bulls went up 6-4, the Rockets used an 8-1 run to take a 12-7 lead. Though its lead dwindled to two at one point, Toledo held onto the lead for the rest of the first set and would win, 25-19, to take a 1-0 lead in the match. Abby Erickson led all players with five kills in the first set.
The Rockets were doubled up early, as the Bulls took a 6-3 lead in the second. Unfazed, Toledo scored 11 of the next 13 points to make it 14-8, with Jada Bouyer providing three of the 11 points during that stretch. The lead didn't quite last until the end of the set however, as Buffalo scored four straight points late to tie the score at 22-22. Bouyer responded with a termination to put UT up 23-22, which proved to be enough of a spark to lead to a 25-23 win.
Both teams traded leads early, but Buffalo was able to pull away midway through the third set to go up 15-12. Taylor Alt recorded back-to-back kills to put Toledo within one, but that would be the closest it would get. The Bulls were able to score points in bunches to keep themselves ahead, and went on to win the third set by a score of 25-21.
Toledo wasn't able to challenge Buffalo in the fourth set, as UB quickly opened up a 9-3 lead. The Bulls hit .407 in the fourth set, the highest single-set attack percentage for either team, and led wire-to-wire in there 25-15 victory to extend the match.
The Rockets jumped out to a 6-3 lead in the fifth and appeared to have momentum on its side before Buffalo scored four straight points to take a 7-6 advantage. Bouyer tied the score with a kill, but a 4-1 Buffalo run put Toledo in an 11-8 hole. The Bulls coughed up their lead, though, with four untimely errors to hand the Rockets a 12-11 lead late in the match. The Rockets never trailed again, and Alt's final kill of the night clinched the match.
