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Falcons Fall In Three Versus Marshall In MAC Quarter-Finals
November 19, 2004 | Volleyball
Nov. 19, 2004
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball team ended their 2004 season with a 3-0 loss to Marshall in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Friday afternoon inside Anderson Arena. Taylor Twite led the Falcons with 18 kills in the loss.
Marshall used a 4-0 spurt to take an early 12-8 lead early on game one, but kills by Taylor Twite combined with two Herd errors knotted the score back at 12-12. Marshall once again regained a substantial lead at 20-17 following a kill by Christin Bimberg. MU maintained that same three-point lead at 27-24 before a kill by Melissa Mohr and a Herd error got the Falcons within one, 27-26. MAC Freshman of the Year Kelly-Anne Billingy pounded out one of her eight kills in game one to close it out, 30-26.
Game two was nip-and-tuck throughout with 15 different tie scores as well as 11 lead changes. Marshall posted their largest lead of game two at 24-21 following a kill by Stephanie Cahill. BGSU stormed back with a run of their own recording four straight points with the help of three Marshall attack errors to take a 25-24 advantage. But the Herd would not be stopped. They finished on a 6-3 run to capture game two, 30-28.
The Marshall offense seemed to be in complete control of game three, racing out to a 17-11 advantage, and looked to be cruising home with a 3-0 sweep over the Falcons. Bowling Green would not go down without a fight. A 6-0 run got BGSU to within one at 18-17, and continued the run to take a three-point lead at 23-20. The game of runs continued as Marshall used a 9-4 run to gain a 29-27 lead, but kills by Mohr and Maggie Karges gave BGSU a 30-29 advantage. Bowling Green maintained that one-point lead at 32-31, but a 3-0 run to close out game three gave Marshall a 3-0 sweep over the Falcons, 34-32.
For the match Twite led the Falcons with 18 kills and finishes her career with 960 kills. Mohr (9), Karges (7) and Nofzinger (6) also helped offensively.
Marshall was once again led by Billingy, who posted a match-high 20 kills.
The loss to Marshall concludes the 2004 season for the Falcons, as they finish the season, 17-14. The Falcons will also say goodbye to three seniors, Amber Mareski, Melissa Mohr and Taylor Twite.
