BGSU Sweep The Ohio Bobcats For The First Time In Six Years

Saturday, October 6

Bowling Green, Ohio

5:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

11-8, 5-1MAC

Ohio

8-11, 3-3MAC

OHIO

Bowling Green

October 07, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: by Edward Perez, BGSU Athletic Communications

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball program swept the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday, Oct. 6 before a crowd of 736 spectators. The Falcons are now 11-8 overall, and 5-1 in the MAC.

This is the first time the Falcons sweep the Bobcats since their opening conference match of the 2012 season.

Set #1: 29-27 Set #2: 25-22 Set #3: 25-9

COACH TOMIC QUOTE:
"This was a big win at home, Ohio is a very good team and I'm glad that our team was mentally prepared and ready physically. We started the first set slow, we dug ourselves a little bit in a hole. This was an example of our team buying into a one-point mentality, we got a couple of point runs to get ourselves back into that set and just stuck with it.

We served really well, we knew that our serving was going to be very important; Ohio leads the MAC in hitting efficiency, so we served tough to take them out system and eliminate some their offensive options."

HIGHLIGHTS
• After a tough fight in the first set, the Falcons became more efficient in their offense, improving from a .116 hitting percentage in the first set to .395 in the second, and .320 in the third set.
• The Falcons were a threat from the end line. As a team, BGSU recorded nine service aces throughout the match. Ryann Cox had three consecutive service aces in the third set that put the Falcons at nine-point lead of 11-2.
• The Orange and Brown were unforgiving in the third set; the team went on a six-point scoring streak for a lead of 22-8. The Bobcats scored one last point (22-9), before the Falcons went on another scoring streak to bring the set (25-9) and match to an end (3-0).
• The Bobcats were denied from even tying the score in the third set.

MATCH LEADERS
• Celena Kanagin led all players in kills with a season high of 13. Jessi Holly contributed 11 kills, and seven assists.
• Isabelle Marciniak recorded 32 assists,10 digs, and two service aces throughout the match
• Kallie Seimet recorded 20 digs agaisnt the Ohio Bobcats; the libero is currently at 441 digs in the 2018 season.

UP NEXT
After consecutive weekends of home matches, the Falcons will travel north to face Central Michigan on Oct. 11, and Eastern Michigan on Oct. 13. When the Falcons return from Michigan, the team will host four straight matches in the Stroh Center before the remaining matches in the 2018 regular season are played on the road.