Bowling Green State University
OHIO
Falcons Swept In Three By Conference Leader
October 31, 2003 | Volleyball
Oct. 31, 2003
ATHENS, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball team, though falling in three sets, hung with division leader Ohio University on Friday night at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio. The three-set loss (25-30, 21-30, 29-31) drops BGSU to 11-13 overall and 3-7 in MAC action.
In game one neither team was able to gain more then a two point advantage until a 4-1 run gave OU a 18-15 lead. The Falcons got as close as 21-18 after a Samantha Rennau kill and an OU attack error, but OU closed out game one with a 5-2 run, capturing game one 30-25.
Much like game one, game two began with several lead changes, knotting the score at 12. The Bobcats (20-3, 10-0 MAC) then went on a 7-3 run to take a 19-15 lead. The Falcons rallied back to within two at 20-18 with the help of two Bobcat attack errors, before Ohio put together the final run of game two, ending with a 10-3 run, capturing game two 30-21.
BGSU (11-13, 3-7 MAC) came out determined in game three, racing out to a 15-9 lead after a Taylor Twite kill. OU put together a run of their own to get within one at 19-18. Following a timeout, BGSU countered with a 10-8 run and a 29-26 lead after a Susie Norris kill. With an OU kill and back-to-back Bowling Green errors to tie the score at 29, OU slammed home two straight kills to complete the 5-0 run to win game three 31-29.
For the match Norris added her 17th double-double of the season with 17 kills and 14 digs, to go along with a .270 hitting percentage.
With a team-leading 17 digs versus OU, freshman Chrissy Gothke became only the sixth Falcon in school history to eclipse the 400 dig plateau in one season. She currently has 404 digs, 58 shy on the school record 462, held by current Falcon Susie Norris, set back in 2000.
The Falcons return to action tomorrow night when they travel to Huntington, West Virginia to face-off with the Thundering Herd of Marshal. The match is set for 8:30 p.m.
