Oakland Beats Bowling Green On Tuesday Night

Tuesday, August 28

Bowling Green, Ohio

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

0-4

Oakland

3-1

Oakland

Bowling Green

August 28, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: by James Nahikian, BGSU Athletic Communications

Final Statistics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University volleyball team dropped its home opener on Tuesday (Aug. 28) night at the Stroh Center. Oakland University defeated the Falcons, 3-1 (20-25; 25-15; 17-25; 21-25). The match was Bowling Green's first at home in 2018.

COACH TOMIC QUOTE
"We don't like to lose. It's disappointing … But we have to look at some positives. We won our first set, and I think we have to start there. We played really well in that second set that we won. There were some bright spots – I thought that Jacqueline Askin played outstanding. Madeline Brandewie, after a slow start, she got better and better and had a nice hitting percentage."

COACH TOMIC INTERVIEW

FALCONS TAKE THE SECOND SET
• Bowling Green won its first set of the season tonight, as the Falcons dominated the second set, winning it by a score of 25-15 to even the match heading into the break.
• The Falcons quickly doubled up the Golden Grizzlies to seize control of the set. BGSU built up leads of 10-5 and 12-6. Oakland would trim the lead to four points at 16-12, but the Falcons went on to take the next three points before running away with the set.
• Jacqueline Askin, on her birthday, took over the set offensively for the Orange and Brown. The sophomore racked up five kills and hit .417 with no errors. She also added one dig and one block across the set. Askin finished the match with a season-high 11 kills.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
• Madeline Brandewie led the Falcons in kills (12) and hitting percentage (.304). She also racked up three blocks.
• Katie Kidwell recorded a team-high six blocks. The sophomore had a well-rounded performance, adding nine kills and six digs, as well.
• Kallie Seimet registered a team-best 30 digs, which averages out to 7.5 digs per set.
• Setter Isabelle Marciniak established a new season high in assists, as she led the Falcons in the category with 42.

UP NEXT
• The Falcons head to Pittsburgh this weekend to take part in the Duquesne Tournament.
• On Aug. 31, BGSU will take on Duquesne (11 a.m.) and Youngstown State (5 p.m.), before concluding the weekend with a 1 p.m. match versus UNLV on Sept. 1.