Bowling Green State University
IPFW
Falcons Unstoppable In Anderson Arena
October 02, 2007 | Volleyball
Oct. 2, 2007
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Falcons picked up a huge victory, sweeping the Mastodons (30-22, 30-19, 30-26) and remain undefeated on their home court now 6-0 in Anderson Arena. The Falcons' offense was integral in the win over IPFW hitting a .307 for the night, BGSU's fourth best this season and only allowing the Mastodons .123.
The Falcons dominated the match from the first whistle winning the first point of the match and never letting go of the lead in game one. The Falcons extended their lead to five, 13-8 after a kill from Kendra Halm. The Falcons continued to fire away at the Mastodons who kept the game close until a five point Falcon run ending with a Sam Fish kill finishing off the Mastodons in game one. BGSU offense was unstoppable terminating 19 kills good for a .372 hitting percentage in game one.
In game two the Mastodons, took their only lead all night over the Falcons, 5-3. The Falcons answered with a five point run started from a Meghan Mohr kill. The Falcons later put together another five point run giving them an 18-11 lead. The Falcons never let down stringing together back to back three point runs to give them game point. The Mastodons were able to fight off one Falcon game point but Mohr put a way a kill from Fish to end game two, 30-19. The Falcons defense shined in game two at the net and in the back court keeping the Mastodons to -.019, with four blocks and 25 digs as a team.
The Mastodons kept game three the closest of the match until the Falcons broke the game open with a four point run taking a 19-12 lead. The Mastodons weren't done yet later putting together a six point run bring them within two of the Falcons, 21-19. The Falcons finished game three for the win, 30-26.
 Kendra Halm hit a season high .500 with 11 kills against IPFW  |
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The Falcons were on fire with three players in double digits. Leading the way with 15 kills a piece were Stephanie Swiger hitting a .414 and Corey Domek hitting a .444. Kendra Halm had 11 kills with only one error in 20 attempts hitting a season high .500 and five blocks. Mohr had seven kills for the night. Fish ran the Falcon offense collecting 47 assists and three kills with no errors. Defense was relentless with three players in double digits as well. Chelsey Meek led the way with 24 digs followed by Mohr with 15 and Simon with 13.
"It felt good to play so well after this past weekend's matches," said BGSU Head Coach Denise Van De Walle. "We passed the ball better than we have in a long time. Sam did a great job spreading the ball around. We attacked very smart out of the middle. Both Kendra and Swiger were on fire. Then we had Domek crushing the ball on the outside. I thought we were tough to defend tonight. Chelsey had a great night in the backcourt picking up 24 digs. That's exactly what we want her to do. She has been so steady and stable for us. Defensively Meghan had a really good night. She had 15 digs. I'm happy to say it was a great night all the way around," said Coach Van De Walle.
This is the Falcons second sweep over the Mastodons this season, also giving the Falcons a 6-5 lead in the all-time series.
The Falcons will put their undefeated home court on the line once again when they host Akron on Friday (Oct. 5) at 7:00 p.m. and Buffalo on Saturday (Oct. 6) at 3:00 p.m. for the second and third matches of the BGSU home five game stretch.
