Volleyball's Homecoming Crowd Treated to 3-0 Sweep

Saturday, October 14

Stroh Center

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

11-8 (7-1MAC)

Central Michigan

10-10 (2-6MAC)

Central Michigan

Bowling Green

October 14, 2017 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Jenna Jorgensen (Assistant Director of Athletic Communications)

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – In a dominate 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-10) sweep on homecoming, the Bowling Green volleyball program (11-8, 7-1 MAC) extended its win streak to seven by downing Mid-American Conference foe Central Michigan (10-10, 2-6 MAC) at home.

Box Score

Statistical Standouts

The Bowling Green volleyball program is now on a seven-match win streak, the longest since Sept. 9-17, 2016. With a 7-1 Mid-American Conference record, the Falcons also continue to lead the league outright.
On the night, sophomore Jessi Holly led the Bowling Green squad with 10 kills, making it the third double-digit kill performance of the season for the Upper Sandusky, Ohio native. In addition to her offensive game, Holly also tallied eight digs and four blocks.
At the net, the Falcons posted a total of 16.0 team blocks on the night, which ties their season-high (16.0 at Kent State, Sept. 29). Leading the Bowling Green squad again was freshman Katie Kidwell, who posted one solo block and nine block assists for a total of 10.0 against the Chippewas. The mark is just one shy of her career-best of 11.0 blocks, set at Kent State (Sept. 29).
The Falcons showcased a clean offense that only sacrificed eight attacking errors, a new season-best by three, while as a team, Bowling Green also posted a .260 percentage on the attack.
Strong contributors to the Falcon offense included sophomore Celena Kanagin, who tallied seven kills while hitting a team-high of .368, in addition to senior Nicole Slimko, who earned eight kills while hitting .304.
At the line, sophomore Paulina Iacobelli notched five of the Falcons six service aces, which ties her career-best mark (5 at Ohio, Sept. 30).
A pair of Falcons earned double-digit digs as junior libero Kallie Seimet tallied a team-high of 17, while Iacobelli posted 13 for her eighth straight double-digit dig performance.
The Falcons won the first and third games outright with no lead changes or tie scores, including a 6-1 start in the decisive third set.
Over the course of the three sets, the Falcons held the advantage in kills (35-28), hitting percentage (.260-.018), assists (32-28), service aces (6-1), and total team blocks (16.0-3.0).

Postgame Interviews

Coach Tomic

Jessi Holly

Up Next

The Falcons will be back in action next Friday, Oct. 20 when it travels to Muncie, Ind. to take on Ball State at 7 p.m. Bowling Green will then face Toledo on Saturday, Oct. 21 in the Battle of I-75, in a 5:30 p.m. first serve on the road.

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