Falcons' High Hitting Percentage Earns 10th Sweep Of The Season

Friday, March 26

Buffalo, NY

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

19-1,19-1MAC

Buffalo

4-17,4-17MAC

Bowling Green

Buffalo

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

March 26, 2021 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

Buffalo, N.Y. - The Bowling Green State University volleyball program picked up their 10th sweep of the season on Friday night (March 26) with a 3-0 victory over Buffalo. The win comes on the back of a .469 hitting percentage for the Falcons with a total of just seven attack errors over the three sets while landing 53 kills on 98 attempts. For Bowling Green, the Falcons also saw Katelyn Meyer reach a milestone, logging her 1,000th career kill during the match. With the victory, the Falcons move to 19-1 with one match remaining in the regular season, being tomorrow (March 27) at 2 p.m. against Buffalo that will be streamed on ESPN+.

Set Scores (Box Score PDF)
Set 1 - Bowling Green 25, Buffalo 17
Set 2 - Bowling Green 25, Buffalo 15
Set 3 - Bowling Green 25, Buffalo 19

Play-By-Play Notes

After a back-and-forth beginning, a 3-0 run by Bowling Green created a 12-9 lead for the Falcons in the first set. That lead would stretch a bit further to 15-11 at the media timeout.
The Falcons continued to add points to their lead throughout the set, seeing Buffalo burn both timeouts, but Bowling Green continued to push before they claimed the first set with a 25-17 score with an ace by Alex Laboy.
The second set saw a similar back-and-forth start with the Falcons gaining additional points here and there to create a lead at 15-11 heading into the media timeout once again.
Out of the media timeout, Bowling Green added two more points to extend their run to 5-0 before Buffalo called a timeout with BGSU's lead at 17-11.
The Falcons continued the run, extending it to 10-1, before Buffalo used another timeout with the score at 22-12 in favor of Bowling Green.
The momentum would carry into a set win for the Falcons to move the score to 2-0 with a 25-15 set score.
The third set saw the Falcons come out strong, including a 5-0 run that took the set to the media timeout with the score at 15-5.
The Falcons were able to hold the lead through the set, leading to a 25-19 score to clinch the match sweep.

Falcon Stat Facts

With her first kill of the night that gave the Falcons a 5-4 lead in the first set, Katelyn Meyer tallied her 1,000th career kill in the Orange and Brown. Meyer would end the night with 12 kills, tied with Petra Indrova for the team lead with Jacqueline Askin not far behind with 11.
As a team, the Falcons hit .459 over the course of the match, being above .500 deep into the third set. Individually, everyone that attempted an attack hit at least .346 or better. For the sets, Bowling Green hit .600 in the first set, .342 in the second and then .514 in the third.
The other stat categories saw Hanna Laube lead the team in assists with 42 to average 14 assists per set while Julia Walz paced the team in digs with 18.
As a team, the Falcons also landed six aces over the course of the match including a team-high and new career-best three from Indrova.

Coach Tomic's Take

"This was a great bounce-back win that showed our focus and efficiency, especially offensively. I loved how determined and ready all of our players were to play up to our standards. Our solid serve receive, and better defensive effort allowed Hanna to run a great offense. All the hitters were aggressive and efficient at the same time, which is always our goal."

Up Next

The Falcons will conclude the regular season tomorrow (March 27) against Buffalo. The match is set for a 2 p.m. start and will be available to stream on ESPN+.
From there, the Falcons will shift their attention to the MAC Tournament, which they will host as the top seed on April 2 and 3.

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