Falcons Fall In Five To Ball State In The MAC Championship

Sunday, November 24

Bowling Green, Ohio

4:30 PM

Bowling Green State University

Ball State (Championship)

Photo by: Larry Clapper

November 24, 2019 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

Bowling Green, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball program faced Ball State for the MAC Championship on Sunday (Nov. 24), falling by a score of 3-2. The Falcons close the tournament as the runner-up and will wait to hear what the postseason brackets will look like. The NCAA Selection Show will be on ESPNU on Dec. 1 at 8:30 p.m. with the NIVC selecting their competitors soon after.

Set Scores (Box Score PDF)
Set 1 - Bowling Green 25, Ball State 21
Set 2 - Ball State 25, Bowling Green 17
Set 3 - Ball State 25, Bowling Green 18
Set 4 - Bowling Green 25, Ball State 18
Set 5 - Ball State 15, Bowling Green 5

Play-By-Play Notes

Ball State began the match on top in the first set, jumping to a 12-7 lead before the first stoppage, coming via a Bowling Green timeout.
The Falcons went on to have a 3-0 run later in the set to move the score to 17-16 Ball State with the Cardinals using a timeout to break the action.
The next pause came with the score at 21-21 with the Falcon bench being the one to call the timeout.
Out of the timeout, the Falcons rattled off two points to gain a 23-21 lead followed by a Ball State timeout.
The run continued into a 4-0 run to give the Falcons the first set for a 1-0 advantage.
The second set saw Ball State jump to another lead before the first stoppage, being a media timeout, with the score at 15-11 Cardinals.
Ball State's increased in the set to 22-16 late when the Falcons took a timeout to pause the match.
From there, the Cardinals closed out the set for a 25-17 win to even the match at a set apiece.
Towards the beginning of the third set, the Falcons went on a 3-0 run to take an 8-7 lead.
Ball State battled back to bring the score to 15-12 when a media timeout broke the action.
The lead continued to grow for the Cardinals, going up to 19-13 before the Falcons called a timeout.
Momentum for Ball State carried through the timeout, moving up to 23-14 before another BG timeout.
Out of the timeout, Bowling Green went on a 3-0 run to cut the lead to 23-17 with Ball State calling a timeout of their own.
The Cardinals closed out the set with a 25-18 score for the third set to take a 2-1 advantage.
In the fourth set, the score swayed back-and-forth before Ball State took a 9-7 lead with Bowling Green calling a timeout.
Two 3-0 runs that were separated by one Ball State point gave the Falcons a 13-10 lead with the Cardinals taking a timeout of their own.
The Falcons went on another 3-0 run to 18-14 with the Cardinals calling a timeout.
The Falcons closed out the set with a 25-18 victory to force a fifth set at the Stroh Center.
The fifth set began with Ball State ahead 5-1 before the Orange and Brown stopped the action with a timeout.
The next timeout also came from the Falcon bench with the score at 10-3 Cardinals.
Ball State's lead stayed intact with a 15-5 fifth set win to take the match.

Strong Individual Performances

Isabelle Marciniak led the Falcons in the match, recording 45 assists while also having seven digs and three block assists. Marciniak's career assist total now stands at 3,848.
As for digs, Julia Walz paced Bowling Green with 34, moving her season total to 644 on the year, placing her fifth all-time for single season digs, surpassing Chelsey Meek's 2007 total of 629.
Katelyn Meyer moved up the all-time list for single season attack attempts with 54 on the night, now with 1,287 which puts her fifth all-time. Of the 54 attempts, Meyer landed a team-high 19 kills.
Katie Kidwell was atop the block list, recording seven total blocks, one solo and six assists, while also having 14 kills.
Also in kills, Petra Indrova joined in on double-digit kills with 10.

Up Next

The Falcons will await to see what the postseason holds until Dec.1 when both the NCAA and NIVC announce the fields for each tournament.

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