Falcons Tally Eighth Sweep Of The Season With Win Over Eastern Michigan

Thursday, March 11

Bowling Green, Ohio

4:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

14-0,14-0MAC

Eastern Michigan

6-7,6-7MAC

Eastern Mich.

Bowling Green

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Falcons Tally Eighth Sweep Of The Season With Win Over Eastern Michigan

March 11, 2021 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

Bowling Green, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball program picked up their 14th win of the season on Thursday night (March 11) behind a 3-0 final against Eastern Michigan. The win pushes the Falcons to 14-0, continuing the best start in program history while also now having the best conference start in program history. The 14-0 record is believed to now be tied for the second best start in all of BGSU Athletics history with the 1942-43 men's basketball team. The Falcons and Eagles will return to the court tomorrow for another 4 p.m. start with the game set to be streamed on ESPN+.

Set Scores (Box Score PDF)
Set 1 - Bowling Green 25, Eastern Michigan 20
Set 2 - Bowling Green 25, Eastern Michigan 13
Set 3 - Bowling Green 25, Eastern Michigan 17

Play-By-Play Notes

After a back-and-forth start, the Falcons were able to use a 4-0 run to reclaim the lead at 14-11 just before the media timeout at 15-12.
Out of the timeout the Falcons continued to build on the lead, stretching it to 21-15 before an Eastern Michigan timeout.
The Falcons were able to hold the lead to the end of the set, taking the early 1-0 advantage in the match.
In the second set, Eastern Michigan claimed the first point, but the Falcons answered with a 7-0 run before the EMU bench called timeout to halt the action.
The runs continued for the Falcons to push the lead to 14-4 before the Eagles burned their second timeout of the set.
The momentum carried through the set as the Falcons were able capture a 25-13 final to move their lead to 2-0 in the match.
The third set began like the first with the two teams going back-and-forth, but a 4-0 run by Bowling Green created space with Eastern Michigan calling a timeout with the score at 13-10.
The Orange and Brown were able to hold the cushion and extend it along the way for the rest of the set, playing to a 25-17 final to claim the 3-0 win.

Falcon Stat Facts

With the win, the Falcons move to 14-0 on the season to mark the best conference start in program history. The 14-0 record surpasses the 13-0 start that was accomplished by the 1992 team.
The 14-0 start also ties the 1942-43 men's basketball team for what is believed to be the second best start in BGSU Athletics history. Only the 1964 men's tennis has a better start to a season at 15-0.
The 3-0 win is already the eighth sweep victory for the Falcons this season through just 14 matches, accounting for over half the wins during the current streak. For comparison, Bowling Green had seven sweeps during the entirety of the 2019 campaign.
As a team, the Falcons registered a .307 hitting percentage being led by Petra Indrova who landed a team-high 15 kills with a .353 mark. She was joined in double-digits kills by Jacqueline Askin with 10 with Katie Kidwell not far behind with nine.
Kidwell also tied Hanna Laube for the team-lead in block assists, each tallying three over the course of the contest. In total, six different Falcons had at least one block assist.
Laube once again paced the Orange and Brown in assists with 38 over the three sets, averaging 12.67 assists per set.
In the digs department, Julia Walz was atop a team effort with 15 while four other players had at least five kills or more. For Walz, the 15 brings her career total to 985 digs, now needing another 15 to reach 1,000 career digs in the Orange and Brown.

Coach Tomic's Take

Up Next

The Falcons and Eagles will be back at the Stroh Center on Friday (March 12) for another 4 p.m. start to conclude the series for the week.
Next up on the schedule for Bowling Green will be a home series against Akron next week on Friday and Saturday (March 19 and 20). The first match is set for a 6 p.m. start while the second is scheduled for 5 p.m.

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