Falcons Top Central Michigan To Tie Program Record With 12-0 Start

Thursday, March 4

Mount Pleasant, MI

4:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Central Michigan

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Falcons Top Central Michigan To Tie Program Record With 12-0 Start

March 04, 2021 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

Mount Pleasant, Mich. - The Bowling Green State University volleyball program picked up their record-tying 12th straight win of the season on Thursday (March 4) with a 3-0 sweep over Central Michigan. The win puts the Falcons at 12-0 on the season, tying the record for the best start to a season in program history, matching that of the 2011 team. It is believed that this squad is just the fifth team in BGSU Athletics history to reach 12-0 or better. The win for Bowling Green came from an all-around team effort that filled the stat sheet. The Orange and Brown will look to continue the historic start tomorrow against Central Michigan as the two teams close out the series with a 12 p.m. start. The match is also set to be streamed on ESPN3.

Set Scores (Box Score PDF)
Set 1 - Bowling Green 25, Central Michigan 18
Set 2 - Bowling Green 25, Central Michigan 17
Set 3 - Bowling Green 25, Central Michigan 20

Play-By-Play Notes

The Falcons came out firing against Central Michigan in the first set, jumping out to an 11-6 lead for an early five-point cushion. The lead would hold for the Orange and Brown as they came out with a 25-18 first set score, including a 4-0 run to close it out.
The second set saw more of the same from Bowling Green, again claiming an early five-point lead, this time at 9-4. The Chippewas fought to close the gap, but a 5-0 run later in the set formed a 23-13 advantage for the Falcons that served as enough to take the set at 25-17.
The third set began a bit closer, but another 5-0 run for the Falcons pushed the lead to 11-5. Central eventually closed the gap to 13-10, but that was as close as they would get. The two teams continued to trade points for most of the set, but in the end it was a 25-20 win for Bowling Green.

Falcon Stat Facts

With the win, the Falcons move to 12-0 on the season which ties the program record for wins to begin a season. The Falcons also began 12-0 during the 2011 season, a streak that ended with the first MAC match of the season.
On the attack, Katelyn Meyer led the way for the Falcons with 12 kills while Katie Kidwell wasn't far behind with nine of her own.
Kidwell also landed one of five team aces, seeing Julia Walz and Petra Indrova each land one as well while Taylor Haberland tallied two.
As for the rest of the stat sheet, Walz led the way in digs with 18 while Hanna Laube paced the team in assists with 29 and Madelynn Luebcke had seven total blocks, including two solos.

Coach Tomic's Take

"I am pleased to see our team continue to focus on things in our control and playing one point at a time. We always strive to get better, play as one, and play to win. I don't think today was our best offensive performance, but the credit has to be given to CMU's defense for affecting some of our hitters. There are a couple of other areas that we need to focus on and improve to meet our standards, so we look forward to competing again tomorrow."

Up Next

Bowling Green and Central Michigan will return to the court tomorrow afternoon for a 12 p.m. start to conclude the series. The game will be available to stream on ESPN3.
From there, the Falcons will return home to the Stroh Center on March 11 and 12 to host Eastern Michigan with both matches set to begin at 4 p.m.

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