Volleyball Remains First in the MAC with 3-1 Win Over Toledo

Saturday, October 21

Toledo, OH

5:30PM

Bowling Green State University

12-9 (8-2MAC)

Toledo

10-12 (5-5MAC)

Bowling Green

Toledo

October 21, 2017 | Volleyball, The Battle Of I-75

Box Score

By: Jenna Jorgensen (Assistant Director of Athletic Communications)

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Bowling Green volleyball program (12-9, 8-2 MAC) continues to top the Mid-American Conference after a 3-1 (25-22, 25-11, 21-25, 25-21) win over Toledo (10-12, 5-5 MAC) Saturday evening. In the Battle of I-75, junior libero Kallie Seimet tallied her fourth 40+ dig match of the season, and continues to lead the nation with 6.83 digs per set.

Box Score

Statistical Standouts

With 42 digs, junior libero Kallie Seimet led the Bowling Green squad defensively, by averaging 10.50 digs per set on the night. The performance marks her fourth match of the season with 40+ digs.
Freshman Jacqueline Askin notched her sixth double-double of the season by posting a team-leading 10 kills paired with 10 digs, in addition to earning a pair of block assists on the night. It also marks Askin's first double-double since opening MAC play at Miami (Sept. 21).
Standing out at the line was junior Madeline Brandewie, who earned four of the Falcons six service aces against the Rockets, which is a career-high mark for the Columbus, Ohio native.
Offensively, freshman Katie Kidwell led the team with a hitting percentage of .217 on the night, on her way to earning six kills in addition to a team-high of nine total blocks. Kidwell's defensive performance stood out with one solo block and eight block assists on the Falcons 11.0 on the night.
With 11.0 total team blocks, the match against Toledo marked the Falcons fourth consecutive match earning double-digit blocks.
Sophomore setter Isabelle Marciniak was also just one dig shy of earning her tenth double-double of the season when she tallied 35 assists and nine digs in addition to one block and two kills against the Rockets.
Overall, Bowling Green held the edge in hitting percentage (.115-.040), service aces (6-3) and total team blocks (11.0-6.0), while the Rockets held the edge in kills (43-41) and digs (94-80).
The pair of conference foes battled through a total of 18 tie scores and nine lead changes, including a match-high of nine tie scores and five lead changes in the fourth and final set.

Coach Tomic's Take

"I am proud of our team for bouncing back from last night's loss with a win against Toledo. We played two disciplined and efficient sets but had a breakdown in our serve receive in the third set which cost us that set. We struggled offensively in the fourth set too, but our defense led by Kallie Seimet, kept us in the match and gave us opportunities to win. It wasn't our best performance, but we found a way to win which is a good sign of our team's maturation."
"I also want to thank all of our Falcon fans who came to support us, especially our men's cross country team that was our seventh player."

Up Next

The Falcons will now return home to the Stroh Center as they welcome Miami for more Mid-American Conference action on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.
To round out the weekend, the Falcons will hit the road to take on Western Michigan on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in Kalamazoo, Mich.

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