Toledo Picks Up Come-From-Behind Victory Over Falcons

Friday, October 22

Bowling Green, Ohio

7:00 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

Toledo (Pink Out)

October 22, 2010 | Volleyball

By: by Jason Knavel, Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications

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Bowling Green, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University volleyball team earned a win in the opening set of Friday night's volleyball match against rival Toledo but the Rockets rallied to defeat the Falcons 22-25, 25-19, 25-18, 27-25.

Along with winning that opening set, Bowling Green had three set points in the fourth to push the match to a fifth frame but the Falcons were unable to come up with the one point they needed. After Toledo took a 22-20 lead in the fourth, the Falcons stormed back with four in a row, including back-to-back blocks by Danielle Tonyan and Kari Galen, to take a 24-22 lead. But Toledo scored two in a row to tie it. Galen came back with a big kill to put the Falcons on top 25-24 but an attack error followed by a bad set gave Toledo a match point with a 26-25 lead. The Rockets' Sondra Parys picked up the deciding kill for the win.

In the opening set, Bowling Green built a five-point lead at 17-12 but Toledo stormed back to take a couple of one-point leads. With the score tied at 22-22, Tonyan and Lindsey Butterfield had consecutive kills and Toledo had an attack error for the 25-22 win.

The Falcons struggled to find consistency in the middle two sets, falling behind early in both and never making a serious run at Toledo.

Tonyan led Bowling Green with 14 kills and Spitler and Paige Penrod ended with 10 each. Ashley Dunn had 22 digs and an ace from the libero position and Madison Nitta had four aces to go with five digs. Penrod had 14 digs to go with her 10 kills for a double-double and Laura Avila also had a double-double with 40 assists and 10 digs. Galen ended with five kills and a team-high three blocks.

Toledo improves to 8-12 with the win and 3-6 in MAC play. Bowling Green, now 7-17 overall and 1-8 in league action, hosts Ball State Saturday night at 7 p.m.