Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Hit Road For Pair Of MAC Matches
October 19, 2004 | Volleyball
Oct. 19, 2004
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball team travels north for a Friday night showdown with Central Michigan (Oct. 22) followed by a Saturday night match with Western Michigan (Oct. 23). Both matches are set to begin at 7:00 p.m.
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RECAP OF PAST WEEK
The past week saw complete opposites. On Thursday the Falcons swept Central Michigan, only to be swept by Ohio a few days later.
The win over CMU matched last years win total of 12, and even though the match went only three games, five Falcons nearly recorded double-figure kills. Taylor Twite led the team with 15, with Stephanie Swiger (9), Emily Manser (9), Maggie Karges (8) and Amber Mareski (8) also chipping in. For the match BGSU hit .275.
Defensively Maggie Karges record 19 digs (6.33 digs/game) to lead the team, with Chrissy Gothke (18) and Manser (11) also posting double-digit digs.
On Sunday the Falcons ran into the defending MAC Champs and fell in three games (30-19, 30-15, 30-25). The Falcons were outmatch the first two games, with Ohio hitting .324 and .731 in the first two games. BGSU nearly pulled off the game three win behind 16 kills as a team, but the Bobcat offense was too much.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENTS
Central Michigan (5-15, 2-7 MAC) is earned their second conference win of the year after downing Buffalo in three games (30-21, 31-29, 30-25). With the win last week, BGSU now owns a 20-19 series advantage over the Chippewas.
The Falcons will see Western Michigan (10-8, 4-3 MAC) for the first time this season on Saturday (Oct. 23) night. WMU is coming off back-to-back wins over Buffalo and Akron the past weekend. The Broncos own a 26-16 series lead over BGSU.
THREE FALCONS EARN MAC POW
In only seven weeks of volleyball action, the BGSU volleyball team has earned three of the seven MAC Player of the Week nominations. Melissa Mohr (Sept. 13), Emily Manser (Sept. 27) and Taylor Twite (Oct. 11) have all earned the award. The last time the Brown & Orange have earned the award on three different occasions was back in 2001 when Kristin Gamby, Susie Norris and Caty Rommeck were named East Division Player of the Week.
MILESTONE FOR MARESKI AND TWITE
Senior setter Amber Mareski recorded her 2,800th career assist over the past weekend. For her career she now owns 2,828 assists in her BGSU career, which ranks fourth all-time in school history.
1. 4,406 Linda Popovich 1986-89 2. 3,779 Carey Amos 1989-92 3. 3,407 Jodi Olson 1993-95 4. 2,828 Amber Mareski 2001-SA 5. 2,766 Natalie Becker 1998-2001
Senior Taylor Twite also reached a milestone over the past week. In the win over CMU last Thursday, the middle-hitter recorded her 800th career kills and has 807 kills in her career, which ranks 14th in school history.
10. 1,110 Caty Rommeck 1999-2001 11. 1,024 Kristin Gamby 1999-2002 12. 1,015 Heather Murphy 1996-98 13. 858 Nicky Mudrak 1990-93 14. 807 Taylor Twite 2002-SA 15. 787 Jessica Andrasko 1991-94
HOME SWEET HOME
Anderson Arena has been very kind to the BGSU volleyball team this year. The Falcons are 4-1 this year at home with wins over Cleveland State, Toledo, Central Michigan and Northern Illinois.
FALCONS IN THE MAC
With 12.61 assists per game, Amber Mareski ranks third in the MAC. She has 895 assists on the season.
Melissa Mohr ranks sixth in the MAC in blocks per game with 1.19. She has 13 solo blocks and 73 block-assists on the season. Mohr also ranks seventh in the MAC with .39 aces/ game.
Taylor Twite ranks 12th in kills per game with 3.59 and ninth in hitting percentage with a .312.
BGSU as a team ranks third in the conference with a .229 hitting percentage, fourth in assists (14.38), fourth in service aces (1.74) and fifth in digs (17.65).
SERVES UP
When looking at deciding factors in wins and loses, most will notice a difference in kills and digs, but this year the service game has been the most telling stat for the volleyball program. Heading into this week, the Falcons are 10-1 when out serving the opponent, compared to a 2-7 disadvantage in games they do not.
On the year BGSU has 118 aces compared to only 86 for their opponents. Melissa Mohr (28), Emily Manser (20) and Chrissy Gothke (20) lead the team in aces.
1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE.
Denise Van De Walle and the USA National Sitting Volleyball team came away with the bronze medal two weekends with a four game victory over Slovenia (25-20, 10-25, 25-18, 25-20) on the final day of competition at the 2004 Paralympic Games, but their adventure did not stop there. On Monday, October 18, Team USA visited with President Bush and were congratulated for their great accomplishment.
