Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons End Road Trip At Ohio,Marshall
October 28, 2003 | Volleyball
Oct. 28, 2003
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball team hits the road for the second consecutive week with trips to Ohio and Marshall this weekend. The Falcons will look to end a two-game losing streak after dropping matches to Eastern and Central Michigan this past weekend.
BGSU (11-12, 3-6 MAC) lost a four-set match to EMU 27-30, 30-20, 27-30, 15-30 last Friday night. In the match BGSU had a team-high 102 digs, led by freshman Chrissy Gothke and school-record 30 digs. The 30-dig mark in four games breaks former Falcon Holli Costein's 29 digs in four games (set back in 1990 vs. Northwestern). That's the second time this season Costein has had a school record broken after senior Susie Norris broke her 1,344 career digs record earlier this season.
The following night Central Michigan swept BGSU 26-30, 25-30, 20-30 at Rose Arena. Junior Taylor Twite led the way for the Brown & Orange with a team-high 16 kills, as well as a .480 hitting percentage.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENTS
The Ohio Bobcats (18-3, 9-0 MAC) sit atop the Mid-American Conference standings after defeating Kent State and Miami this past weekend. The Falcons own a 40-12 series lead over the Bobcats, despite being swept last season.
Bowling Green travels to Marshall (15-11, 5-4 MAC) the following night where the Herd have lost two of their last three MAC matches with a win over Buffalo and losses to Central Michigan and Akron. BGSU holds an 8-2 series lead over Marshall, despite the loss they suffered last season at home to the Herd.
SCHEDULE REMINDER
After ending their four game road trip this weekend, BGSU will return home on November 7 when they will play host to Miami and Ball State over the weekend.
