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Volleyball Loses To Akron
September 23, 2000 | Volleyball
Sept. 23, 2000
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball team suffered a loss to a defending Mid-American Conference division champion for the second consecutive night, falling to Akron in four games Saturday night (Sept. 23). The Zips, who won the MAC's East Divison last year, downed the Falcons (15-4, 17-15, 8-15, 15-12) at Anderson Arena.
The Zips improve to 6-7 overall and 1-1 in MAC play, while the Falcons drop to 7-4 and 0-2, respectively.
UA was never headed in game one, breaking out to an 11-2 lead en route to the win. In game two, the Zips rallied from a 12-3 deficit to take a 14-13 lead. Then, after BGSU rallied to go ahead by a 15-14 count, the visitors reeled off three points to take the game.
BGSU came back to take game three. The Falcons fell behind, 4-0, then scored five straight points, capped by a Laura Twyman kill. The Zips scored the next three points to retake the lead, but a JoAnna Papageorgiou kill sparked an 8-0 Falcon run on the way to capturing the game.
The Zips roared out to a 6-0 lead in game four, but the Falcons rallied from an 8-1 deficit to take a 12-10 lead. The visitors, however, regrouped to score the next five points for the match victory.
For the Falcons, freshman Susie Norris had 15 kills and 18 digs to lead the team in each category. Papageorgiou also had a double-double, with 13 kills and 14 digs.
Junior Shyann Robinson had 10 kills, while junior Caty Rommeck posted 16 digs for the Falcons. Both Papageorgiou and Rommeck had five total blocks in the match.
Katie Kuzior led the Zips with 25 kills and a .377 hitting percentage. Ashlie Case had 24 digs as all six UA starters hit double digits in that category.
The Falcons, who lost to defending MAC champion Ball State in five games Friday (Sept. 22), complete a seven-match homestand with a pair of contests next weekend. BGSU will face Kent State Friday (Sept. 29) and Marshall Saturday (Sept. 30), with both contests starting at 7:00 p.m. at Anderson.
