Seimet Earns Career-High Mark in Victory over NKU

Saturday, September 9

Highland Heights, KY

10:00 AM

Bowling Green State University

2-5

Seattle

2-6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Bowling Green	28	25	18	18	10	2
Seattle U	26	12	25	25	15	3

September 09, 2017 | Volleyball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: Jenna Jorgensen (Assistant Director of Athletic Communications)

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Bowling Green volleyball program (3-5) finished second in the NKU Invitational after rounding out the tournament with a hard-fought five-set win Saturday evening against the home team. Junior libero Kallie Seimet marked a career-high 36 digs against the Norse, while sophomore Celena Kanagin and freshman Katie Kidwell were named to the NKU Invitational All-Tournament Team.

Bowling Green opened the day with a tough 3-2 (28-26, 25-12, 18-25, 18-25, 10-15) loss to Seattle, but rebounded in the evening to defeat Northern Kentucky with a 3-2 (25-22, 25-23, 16-25, 21-25, 15-8) victory.

Box Score vs. Seattle
Box Score vs. Northern Kentucky

Notes vs. Seattle

Three Falcons tallied double-digit kills in the opening match of the day, including a team-high of 12 from freshman Katie Kidwell, as well as sophomore Celena Kanagin and freshman Jacqueline Askin with 10 apiece.
Sophomore Paulina Iacobelli marked two aces in the opening set, helping the Falcons win in extra point play by a 28-26 mark.
With a team-high of 22 digs, junior libero Kallie Seimet marked her fifth 20+ dig match of the season.
In addition to leading the team in kills, Kidwell also topped the Falcons with five block assists on the team's 8.0 against the Redhawks.
A native of Louisville, Ky., Askin marked her fifth match of the season in which she earned double-digit kills. Askin also tallied two service aces, and now leads the team with eight on the year.
The Falcons ultimately held the advantage in total team blocks (8.0-6.0), while Seattle held the edge in kills (72-56), hitting percentage (.306-.258), digs (70-60) and service aces (7-5).
The Falcons marked its best hitting percentage of the match in the dominate second set, by earning a .444 to claim the win 25-12. The fifth set was close second as the team hit .400.
Although the Falcons opened the fourth on a four-point streak, the pair of non-conference rivals battled through eight tie scores and three lead changes as Seattle forced a fifth set.
A narrow match, the team's tallied 32 tie scores and 12 lead changes, including a high of 10 ties and six lead changes in the marathon of an opening set.

Notes vs. Northern Kentucky

In the Falcons third consecutive five-setter in the NKU Invitational, Bowling Green earned its first five set win of the 2017 season in a 3-2 (25-22, 25-23, 16-25, 21-25, 15-8) final.
Sophomore Jessi Holly marked her first double-double of the season by tallying a team-leading 15 kills and 13 digs against the Norse. A native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Holly hit .217 in addition to marking one service ace, one assist and two total blocks in the five-setter.
Junior libero Kallie Seimet set a new career-high when she tallied 36 digs against Northern Kentucky. Her previous career-high of 34 was set on Oct. 30, 2015 against Kent State. In the 2017 campaign, Seimet has now marked 186 digs and averages 5.81 digs per set.
Four Falcons notched double-digit kills including Holly (15), freshman Katie Kidwell (14), sophomore Celena Kanagin (14) and freshman Jacqueline Askin (11).
A native of Spring Grove, Ill., Kanagin marked a new match-high for the Bowling Green squad by hitting .355 in tonight's match. On the weekend, the sophomore tallied 35 kills while hitting .351 in addition to jumping for six total blocks, earning her a spot on the NKU Invitational All-Tournament Team.
After totaling 36 kills while hitting .312, freshman Katie Kidwell was also honored with an NKU Invitational All-Tournament Team recognition. The native of Watseka, Ill. tallied 12 total blocks, averaging 0.80 blocks per set, in addition to earning 42.5 points on the weekend.
On the night, the Falcons held the advantage in kills (66-58), attack percentage (.212-.186), and assists (64-57), while the Norse edged the Falcons in total team blocks (11.5-9.0), digs (89-85) and service aces (7-4).
The Falcons claimed the first and fifth set wins outright, not sacrificing any lead changes or suffering any tie scores. On the night, the teams battled through a total of 10 tie scores and four lead changes.

Head Coach Tomic's Take

"I am extremely proud of our team to bounce back and beat a very good NKU team on their court after two truly heartbreaking five-set losses. Playing 15 sets in two days against tough competition was challenging physically and mentally. Our young team grew tremendously from this experience and was finally able to get through a mental barrier of winning the fifth set."

NKU Invitational All-Tournament Team

MVP: Shannon Boyle (Sac State)
Lanna Brown (Sac State)
Bridget Murdock (Sac State)
Celena Kanagin (BGSU)
Katie Kidwell (BGSU)
Haley Libs (NKU)
Katarina Marinkovic (Seattle U)

Up Next

The Falcons will remain on the road as they travel to Richmond, Va. to compete in the VCU Invitational from Sept. 15-16. Bowling Green will open the tournament with play against host-VCU on Friday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m., then will compete in a doubleheader on Saturday against Northwestern (10:30 a.m.) and Seton Hall (4:30 p.m.).

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