Falcons Finish 2-1 at Boise Invitational

Saturday, August 30

Orem, UT

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Utah Valley University

August 31, 2003 | Volleyball

Aug. 30, 2003

Final Stats

Boise, Idaho - After starting off the Boise Invitational with a four-set loss to Boise State on Friday, the Falcons finished strong with wins over Portland on Saturday afternoon in five sets, and Utah Valley State College in four sets Saturday night.

Bowling Green (2-1) opened the match with a first-set loss, 25-30, but captured the final three sets 30-23, 30-24 and 32-30.

Junior Taylor Twite continued her hot tournament with a 20-kill effort against Utah Valley State. To go along with those 20 kills was a .444 hitting percentage as well as a solo block. For the three-match tournament Twite had 56 kills and only 11 errors.

Senior Samantha Rennau had 17 kills in the Saturday night match, as well as, eight digs. For their efforts, Rennau and Twite were named to the all-tournament team.

Senior Nadia Bedricky had her best performance of the weekend with 11 kills and seven digs, to go with two block-assists and a .278 hitting percentage.

Handing out the kills was junior setter Amber Mareski who posted 47 assists.

Up next for the Falcons is a trip to Peoria, Ill., where they will compete in the Bradley Invitational on September 5 and 6.

Notes:

Senior Susie Norris had 31 kills over the weekend, leaving her 22 short of 1,000 for her career. After reaching 1,000 kills she will be one of only seven Falcons to have more then 1,000 kills and digs in their career.

Taylor Twite had an impressive performance this weekend. She had 56 kills but only 11 errors. Her best match coming against Portland State where she registered 22 kills and only one error, to go along with a .636 hitting percentage.

In her final two matches senior Samantha Rennau had 37 kills and 14 digs, helping to lead to two Falcon victories. She joined Twite on the all-tournament team.