Bowling Green State University Athletics
Volleyball Hits the Road for the Weekend
October 18, 2006 | Volleyball
Oct. 18, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - BGSU rides its 15-match winning streak into a pair of road matches this weekend. First up for the Falcons is a friday night battel at Buffalo scheduled for 7 PM. The Brown and Orange will then make a stop at Akron for a 3 PM match on Saturday.
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The Bowling Green State University volleyball squad is on a six-week tear that has seen them rip off 15 consecutive wins, including eight Mid-American Conference contests. Head Coach Denise Van De Walle notched her 200th career MAC win with a sweep at Central Michigan during the streak on October 13th.
Bowling Green is not just winning either, they are dominating the competition evidenced by their 45-7 lead in games won during the streak. The Falcons have only trailed once in the past six weeks, dropping game one at Northern Illinois before rebounding to take a five-game thriller. Ten of the 15 victories have resulted in 3-0 sweeps for the Brown and Orange. As a team BGSU has also posted a .294 hitting efficiency while holding the competition to a dismal .135 percentage.
The Falcons most impressive match was a sweep over Buffalo in which Bowling Green re-broke an all-time school record for hitting efficiency when they posted a .512 hitting pace for the match. BGSU had broken the same record just a few weeks earlier in a win at Oakland.
For the season, the Falcons are 19-2 overall and a flawless 8-0 in MAC action. Falcon fans can find BGSU near the top of the MAC rankings in every single offensive category. The Brown and Orange own the second highest hitting percentage (.278) in the conference, .38 points higher than the third best. Bowling Green's 16.55 kills and 15.16 assists per game averages also slot them in second place.
Senior Chrissy Gothke's .340 hitting efficiency ranks number three in the conference. The Falcon offensive attack is running on all cylindars as Sophomore Kendra Halm (fourth) and Junior Stephanie Swiger (tenth) join Gothke in the MAC top ten for hitting percenrage. Defensively, Halm (first) and Swiger (fourth) are two of the top four blockers in the conference, rejecting opponents attacks at a 1.48 and 1.29 blocks per game pace, respectively. Bowling Green's 2.94 team blocks per game reign supreme in the conference as well.
