Volleyball Goes on Three-Match Win Streak with 3-1 Victory at Ohio

Saturday, September 30

Athens, OH

7:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

7-8 (3-1MAC)

Ohio

8-10 (2-2MAC)

Bowling Green

Ohio

Volleyball Goes on Three-Match Win Streak with 3-1 Victory at Ohio

September 30, 2017 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Jenna Jorgensen (Assistant Director of Athletic Communications)

ATHENS, Ohio – The Bowling Green volleyball program (7-8, 3-1 MAC) was able to rebound from a first set loss to claim a 3-1 (17-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-22) victory over Ohio (8-10, 2-2 MAC) on Saturday evening on the road. In the four-set victory, the Falcons go on a three-match win streak before returning home for a four-match home stretch.

Box Score

Falcon Stat Facts

With 29 digs in tonight's match, junior libero Kallie Seimet reached 1,200 career digs in her time at Bowling Green. The Oregon, Ohio native now ranks eighth in Bowling Green volleyball program history with 1,209 career digs.
With the 3-1 win, tonight's match marks Bowling Green's first road win at Ohio since Nov. 10, 2001.
Sophomore setter Isabelle Marciniak marked her fourth consecutive double-double match as she tallied 42 assists and 13 digs against the Bobcats. The feat is Marciniak's team-leading seventh double-double of the season, while she marked 42 of the Falcons 47 assists on the night.
Defensively, four different Falcons marked double-digit digs, including Seimet (29), Paulina Iacobelli (18), Victoria Iacobelli (14), and Marciniak (13). It is a new season-high mark for Paulina Iacobelli, who has tallied double-digit digs in the Falcons last four consecutive matchups.
At the net, senior Nicole Slimko led the team with 16 kills, paired with a hitting percentage of .302, also a team-high of the night. A native of Crystal Lake, Ill., Slimko was a well-rounded presence on the court, also posting four total blocks.
Freshman Katie Kidwell also had a strong performance when she earned seven kills and four total blocks, while hitting .286. On the weekend, Kidwell earned a team-leading 15 total blocks.
Paulina Iacobelli tallied five of the Falcons seven service aces on the night, a new career-high for the sophomore. It is the most aces in a match by a single player since Iacobelli's four against Xavier (Aug. 26).
On the night, Bowling Green held the advantage in service aces (7-6) and total team blocks (7.0-4.0), while Ohio held the edge in kills (66-44), attack percentage (.201-.170), assists (66-47), and digs (107-91). The pair of conference rivals also battled through a total of 21 tie scores and seven lead changes.

Play-by-Play

It was a very back-and-forth start to the match, where the teams tallied five tie scores until they were tied at 6-6. The Bobcats began to inch ahead as the Falcons called its first timeout trailing 10-6, before the Falcons went on a scoring run.
Despite narrowing Ohio's lead to 16-13, the Falcons were able to battle through long rallies, although the Bobcats ultimately took the set by a score of 25-17.
The Falcons turned it around in the second set, by starting with a 5-0 lead and continued to lead outright over the course of the game. In a set which the Falcons climbed to a dominate 16-9 lead, Bowling Green was able to rebound offensively. A persistent Falcons defense pressured Ohio to hit the ball out of bounds for the set point and claim a 25-21 win.
The Falcons were able to gain a 15-11 lead in the third set, and only sacrificed one lead change on its way to a 25-22 victory.
An ace by Paulina Iacobelli lifted the Falcons to a 5-0 start in the fourth set. It was a tough game, as the teams fought through a match-high 10 tie scores and four lead changes, before the Falcons were able to round out the 3-1 win at 25-22.

Coach Tomic's Take

"I am so proud of our young team for showing such composure and grit this weekend. Some of our players struggled offensively, but we had other players step up and carry the load for them, which shows the strength of our team. Our serve and serve receive were outstanding and made a big difference to help us win both matches this weekend. Even though we didn't execute all aspects of our game plan as we wanted, we were able to win the points that matter, especially those at the end of each set."

Up Next

The Bowling Green volleyball program will now return to the Stroh Center for a four-match stint, as they welcome Buffalo and Akron next weekend on Friday, Oct. 6 and Saturday, Oct. 7, respectively.

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