Falcons Volleyball Set For Last Pair Of Home Matches Versus Akron And Buffalo

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University volleyball program will play their last pair of regular season matches in the Stroh Center when they face Akron (11-10, 3-7 MAC) on Friday, Oct. 26, and Buffalo (13-9, 5-5 MAC) on Saturday, Oct. 27.

Several Halloween related events will take place during Friday's match including the Student Athlete Advisory Committee's trick-or-treat event, a candy jar guess, and a costume contest.

Free entry to Saturday's match against Buffalo is included with the purchase of a ticket to the BGSU hockey team's game against No. 4 Ohio State.

Stick around the Stroh Center after Saturday's match and help honor seniors Madeline Brandewie, Ryann Cox, Isabel Kovacic, and Kallie Seimet for their hard work and dedication during their time as BGSU student-athletes.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
• Live stats throughout the weekend will be provided by BGSU Athletics.
• Both matchups will be streamed on ESPN+.
• The Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization (BGRSO) will be in the Stroh Center to provide live coverage of an action-packed weekend for the Falcons volleyball program.
• All links can be accessed at the top of this page, or by visiting the volleyball schedule page at BGSUFalcons.com.

COACH TOMIC QUOTE
"We are excited and sad at the same time that we are playing our last two home matches this weekend. I want to thank our loyal Falcon fans who have been so supportive and helped us create a true home court advantage, and I hope they can do that again for us on Friday and Saturday.

Senior Night is also a bittersweet event because our four seniors will be stepping onto the Stroh Center court in Bowling Green uniforms for the last time in their careers. Ryann, Madeline, Isabel and Kallie invested four years of their lives in helping us build a championship program at BGSU and we will forever be grateful. All four of them are outstanding young women who are great Falcon ambassadors and will be proud Falcon alumnae soon.

We are very familiar with Akron and Buffalo because we have already played them once over the opening MAC weekend. Everyone is in the final stretch of the season and everyone is trying to either secure their spot in the MAC Tournament or get the best seed, so everyone will bring their best game every night. The key for us is to execute our game plan and for each player to do their job. Whenever we did that this year, we were successful and earned a win, which I hope we will do again this week.

SCOUTING THE AKRON ZIPS
• The Akron Zips hosted the Falcons in the James A. Rhoades Arena in the opening weekend of the MAC season. After winning the first set, the Falcons gave up the second and third set, but several Falcon athletes stepped up to rally the Orange and Brown to a win.
• Madeline Brandewie's hitting efficiency was at .444 after contributing a career high of 20 kills.
• Isabelle Marciniak put up 45 assists for her teammates, while chipping in six of her own kills.
• On the defensive end, Kallie Seimet ended the match with a 31 digs. Seimet also scored two points from service aces.
• The Falcons have defeated Akron in each of their previous eight meetings, sweeping them in four of those occasions.
• Akron have lost five of the eight conference matches that followed the Zip's initial contest against the Falcons this season.
• The Zips are 11-10 overall, and 3-7 in the MAC, with six matches left to play in the regular season.

SCOUTING THE BUFFALO BULLS
• The Falcons kicked off the 2018 MAC season with a sweep over Buffalo, marking the Falcons' fifth consecutive win over the Bulls.
• The Bulls will enter Saturday's contest with an updated record of 13-9 overall, and 5-5 in the MAC.
• The MAC named middle blocker Kristina Nieves Defensive Player of the Week in the East Division on Monday.
• Over the weekend, Nieves posted a double-double of 11 kills and 10 blocks in the Bulls' win against Eastern Michigan, and had no attack errors versus Central Michigan to cap the night off with a .500 clip, six kills and four blocks.

STATISTICAL LEADERS FOR THE FALCONS
• Kallie Seimet continues to lead the NCAA in digs per set with an updated average of 6.63. The libero from Oregon, Ohio is currently at 550 digs this season, making her third in the NCAA total digs category.
• The Falcons rank second in the NCAA in digs per set and 11^th in team digs. The Orange and Brown are averaging 19.25 digs per set, and have registered 1,598 digs in the 2018-19 season. On the offensive end, the Falcons are third in team attacks per set, averaging 40.2.
• Isabelle Marciniak has put up 662 assists for her teammates this season. After playing in 71 sets this season, the setter is averaging 8.94 assists per set.
• Katelyn Meyer leads the Falcons in kills with 183. Katie Kidwell (161), Madeline Brandewie (157), and Isabel Kovacic (145) all trail closely behind.
• Katie Kidwell has been involved in 95 blocks. Kidwell is up to 18 solo blocks and 79 block assists this season.

FALCONS PICKED TO FINISH SECOND IN MAC EAST
• Bowling Green was picked to finish second in the East Division, as voted on by the conference's 12 head coaches.
• The Falcons received three votes to win the regular season, and one vote to win the 2018 MAC Tournament.
• Ohio was picked to win the East Division, regular-season title, and tournament title. Ball State was picked to win the MAC West.
• Additionally, senior libero Kallie Seimet and sophomore middle blocker Katie Kidwell were selected to the seven-member Preseason East All-MAC Team.
• Seimet averaged 6.81 digs per set last year to lead the country. In fact, it marked the second-straight season that a Falcon led the nation in the category, as Madeline Garda averaged 6.66 digs per set in 2016.

UP NEXT
The Falcons will play their remaining four conference matchups on the road.

Remaining Schedule:
Nov. 1 at Miami, 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 3 at Northern Illinois, 8:00 p.m.
Nov. 9 at Ohio, 7:00 p.m.
Nov. 10 at Kent State, 5:00 p.m.
Nov. 15-18: MAC Tournament (Oxford, Ohio)

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