Women's Volleyball

Buffalo Hands WMU First Home Loss on Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, Oct. 24 Volleyball Results
Buffalo 3, Western Michigan 2
Bowling Green 3, Central Michigan 0
Miami 3, Akron 2
Toledo 3, Ohio 1
 
Recaps courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments

Buffalo | Box Score
KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The University at Buffalo women's volleyball team (12-9, 4-6 MAC) took down the Western Michigan Broncos (14-7, 6-4 MAC) on Saturday afternoon in five sets. With the win, this marked Western Michigan's first home loss since Oct. 10, 2025, snapping their 13-home match win streak.

The Bulls were led offensively by Sydney Bell and Hailey Campagna as they both had 15 kills. Manoela Forlin added 11 kills to go with her 15 digs, good for her 19th career double-double. Campagna added 10 digs for her third double-double of the season. Abbie Willis was efficient on the attack with nine kills on 18 attempts with a .444 hitting percentage. Maddie Mitchell had her 22nd career double-double with 34 assists and 16 digs. Today's match marked the third time the Bulls had three players record a double-double on the season. Bell and Abisola Adebayo had two blocks each.

The Bulls are back in action next Friday for a pair of matches at Central Michigan. Both matches will be on ESPN+.


Bowling Green | Box Score
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Senior Avery Hobson recorded a match-high 11 kills on 23 attempts to hit at a .391-clip lead the Falcons to their sixth consecutive victory with a 3-0 sweep over Central Michigan in Mid-American Conference volleyball action on Saturday afternoon inside the Stroh Center.

Bowling Green won by set scores of 25-9, 25-14 and 25-15 as they improved to 17-4 overall and 9-1 in conference action. With the loss, Central Michigan dropped to 0-23 overall and 0-10 in MAC play, continuing a 31-match losing streak dating back to the 2025 season.

The Falcons registered 14 total blocks with redshirt junior Helen Wilford recording a solo block and seven block assists while sophomore teammate Cecily Waynar was credited with three solo blocks and three block assists. Senior Amanda Otten added four block assists to go along with a match-best 22 assists which helped Bowling Green finish with a .283 team attack percentage.

Falcon Facts
  • Bowling Green has won each of the last three meetings with Central Michigan and lead the all-time series with a 40-28 record. BGSU has won 13 of the last 16 matchups dating back to 2016.
  • Saturday's victory marks the second time in the last seven seasons that BGSU has won nine of its first ten conference contests and the first time since the 2021 campaign.
  • Otten sits 74 assists away from surpassing Amber Mareski (2002-04) for third-most in the Rally Scoring Era and sixth place on Bowling Green's all-time leaderboard.
The Falcons gear up for a two-match weekend at Ball State inside Worthen Arena on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30-31. First serve between the Falcons and Cardinals is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday while Saturday's match is slated for a 3 p.m. start. Both matches will stream live on ESPN+.


Miami | Box Score
OXFORD, Ohio— The Miami University volleyball team (16-5, 8-2 MAC) took down Akron (8-14, 3-7 MAC) in a five-set battle (25-22, 25-16, 21-25, 22-25, 15-11) on Saturday afternoon to secure its eighth-straight win.

Lauren Coyne (13), Chelsea Williams (12) and Lydia Michelin (10) each recorded double figures in kills for the Red and White. Holland Van Deusen had a team-high 24 assists and three service aces, while Kamryn Utley added 20 assists for the RedHawks. Defensively, Coyne led Miami with five blocks and Grace Kreutz led all players with 17 digs.

NOTES:
  • Miami extended the longest winning streak in the MAC to eight and now owns its longest conference win streak since 2019, when the RedHawks won nine MAC matches in a row.
  • Miami served eight aces compared to just four from Akron.
The Red and White continue conference play at home against Toledo on Friday, Oct. 30 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 31 at 4 p.m.


Toledo | Box Score
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's volleyball team picked up a 3-1 win (25-14, 16-25, 25-20, 25-21) over Ohio in front of 2,065 fans at Savage Arena on Saturday evening. This marks the third contest this season that the Rockets have totaled over 2,000 fans at a match.

Ava Siefke led the Toledo (16-4, 8-2 MAC) offense with a season-high 18 kills on a .353 clip. Sophie Catalano added in nine kills of her own while Kayla Ozanich tallied eight terminations on the night. Grace Freiberger and Jessica Costlow each tallied double-figure digs and had three service aces. Freiberger posted a team-high 13 digs to extend her streak of double-figure digs to 20 consecutive matches while Costlow poured in 11 digs. Maddy Bach led the way with 22 assists to go with six digs while Janelle Green poured in 14 helpers and seven digs.

Toledo heads to Oxford, Ohio for a pair of MAC matches against Miami next weekend on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 30-31. First serve on Friday is set for 6:30 p.m.