Bowling Green Bests Broncos For Third Consecutive Sweep

Friday, January 29

Kalamazoo, MI

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

4-0,4-0MAC

Western Michigan

2-2,2-2MAC

Bowling Green

Western Mich.

Photo by: Isaiah Vazquez/BGSU Athletics

January 29, 2021 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

Kalamazoo, Mich. - The Bowling Green State University volleyball program was able to complete the series sweep over Western Michigan with another 3-0 victory on Friday night (Jan. 29). The 3-0 win gives the Falcons an undefeated week against the Broncos after winning both matches by that score. The Falcons advance to 4-0 on the season, holding the same record in the MAC, while registering their third sweep win of the young season, keeping the pace of the record setting start to the 2011 season in both regards. Bowling Green will now prepare to return home for a two-match series next week against Miami on Thursday and Friday (Feb. 4 and 5). Both matches will be streamed on ESPN3 or ESPN+.

Set Scores (Box Score PDF)
Set 1 - Bowling Green 25, Western Michigan 23
Set 2 - Bowling Green 25, Western Michigan 16
Set 3 - Bowling Green 26, Western Michigan 24

Play-By-Play Notes

Western Michigan gained an advantage early with a 5-0 run to take an 8-5 lead, but the Falcons quickly surged back to close the gap with a 3-0 run of their own to tie it up at 8-8.
The Falcons and Broncos continued to trade points through the first set up until the media timeout where the score was 15-13 favoring Western Michigan. The trading of points continued through the set up until Bowling Green clinched the set at 25-23.
In the second set, the Orange and Brown rolled the momentum into the second set, using a 5-0 run to push the score to 8-2 and force the Broncos to take a timeout.
From there the second set saw both teams trade points with the Falcons maintaining their cushion, eventually taking the set in a 25-16 final.
The Falcons were able to carry that momentum into the third set, but a 4-0 run for Western Michigan allowed them to tie the set at 8-8.
The third set would turn into one of runs seeing Bowling Green use a 3-0 run before a 4-0 by Western Michigan, eventually turning the score to 20-18 late in the set.
Trading points, the Falcons needed an extra point to capture the sweep, but was able to do so with a 26-24 final in the third set to snag the win.

Strong Individual Performances

Petra Indrova led the way for the Falcons in kills with 13 with Katelyn Meyer not far behind with 12 of her own. Indrova also had two aces on the night along with nine digs and three blocks, setting a new career-high.
As for assists, it was Hanna Laube atop the stat sheet with 32 over the three sets, averaging just over 10 per set.
Leading the team in digs, Taylor Haberland logged a season-high 13 while adding an ace and an assist to her stat line as well.
After just one block assist last night, Katie Kidwell had five tonight to bring her career total to 422 total blocks, tying her for seventh in program history with Stephanie Swiger.

Coach Tomic's Take

"Our team showed again how gritty and resilient we are, especially in the first and third set. Whenever one of our players struggled, another one stepped up and helped carry the team. Our side out game and blocking were better tonight than yesterday. Our offense came through for us when we needed it the most. Our aggressiveness behind the serving line helped our blocking and getting transition opportunities. This was another great team win that we will enjoy for 24 hours and then focus on getting better and preparing for Miami."

Up Next

The Falcons will be back at the Stroh Center next week to host Miami on Thursday and Friday (Feb. 4 and 5). The first match is set to begin at 6 p.m. while Friday's will start at 5 p.m.

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