Falcons Volleyball Downed By Buffalo In Five Sets

Saturday, October 27

Bowling Green, Ohio

5:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

15-10,9-3MAC

Buffalo

14-10, 6-6MAC

Buffalo

Bowling Green

October 28, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: by Edward Perez, BGSU Athletic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball program were defeated in five sets (2-3) by the Buffalo Bulls on Saturday, Oct. 27. Falcons volleyball is now 15-10, and 9-3 in the MAC, with four games remaining in their regular season schedule.

Set #1: 25-18 Set #2: 23-25 Set #3: 16-25 Set #4: 25-19 Set #5: 15-11

COACH TOMIC QUOTE
"It's a tough loss because it was senior night, and I really wanted our four seniors to finish their career here in the Stroh, with a win, but I have to credit Buffalo. They came ready to compete, which we expected; I knew they were going to play well against us

We have a lot of respect for Buffalo, they had a tough loss last night, and we knew they were going to be ready... I thought they outplayed us defensively, we just struggled in different areas; some rotations are still weak for us."

HIGHLIGHTS
• The Falcons jumped on 13-6 lead in the opening set. Jessi Holly led the team's attack with four kills to push the Orange and Brown to win the first 25-18. Isabel Kovacic, Madeline Brandewie, and Katie Kidwell all contributed three kills in the first set. The team ended the first set with .282 average in hitting efficiency.
• After losing up the first set, the Bulls became alive in the following sets and forced Bowling Green to give up the second and third. The Bulls went on a six-point scoring run to open the third set.
• Down 2-1, the Falcons leveled the match after winning the third set by a six-point margin.
• In a nutshell, Saturday's match was contest that tested both team's blocking abilities. In the end, there was a combined total of 48 blocks between both teams; Bowling Green, led by Katie Kidwell (8) and Katelyn Meyer (5), finished with 20 total blocks, Buffalo ended with 28.

FALCON STANDOUTS
• Katelyn Meyer (15) and Jessi Holly (11) led the Falcons in attack with a combined 26 kills. Meyer was one kill of matching her career high of 16 (vs. Eastern Michigan, Oct. 13).
• Isabelle Marciniak put up 39 assists for her teammates, improving her season total in the assists category to 732.
• Katie Kidwell got up high to lead the team defensively in blocks with eight.

UP NEXT
The Falcons will play their remaining regular season matches on the road. The Falcons will face Miami (Ohio) on Thursday, Nov. 1, and Northern Illinois on Saturday, Nov. 3.