Falcons Win In Five, Advance To MAC Championship Against WMU Saturday

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Falcons Win In Five, Advance To MAC Championship Against WMU Saturday

April 02, 2021 | Volleyball

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By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

Bowling Green, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University volleyball team topped Miami in five sets on Friday night (April 2) in a 3-2 final to advance to the MAC Championship for the second consecutive year. The Falcons were able to snag victories in the second, third and fifth sets to secure the win and advance in the tournament. The Orange and Brown were paced by three players with double-digit kills and two players with double-digit digs as well as nine team aces. The Falcons will now face Western Michigan in the MAC Championship on Saturday (April 3) at 5 p.m. at the Stroh Center.

Set Scores (Box Score PDF)
Set 1 - Miami 25, Bowling Green 15
Set 2 - Bowling Green 25, Miami 21
Set 3 - Bowling Green 27, Miami 25
Set 4 - Miami 25, Bowling Green 22
Set 5 - Bowling Green 15, Miami 12

Play-By-Play Notes

The first set saw Miami jump out to a lead and hold it through the remainder of the set, playing to a 25-15 score.
The second set began close with the two teams trading points. The Falcons were able to use a 4-0 run to create a 15-12 lead heading into the media timeout. The run for the Falcons would stretch to 7-0 and pick up again after just a single point. Miami called timeout with the run at 9-1.
That momentum would carry through the set for the Falcons as they evened the match score at one each with a 25-21 score.
In the third set Miami began with a lead, but a 4-0 for Bowling Green closed the gap to 11-10 before the RedHawks used a timeout.
The Falcons and RedHawks continued to play a close set late into extra points before the Orange and Brown took the set thanks to an ace by Yelianiz Torres.
The fourth set was close as well, but a 4-0 run by the Falcons, including back-to-back aces by Taylor Haberland, gave BGSU a 9-5 lead and forced a Miami timeout.
The Falcons and RedHawks would trade runs, but a 3-0 run late in the set would give BGSU a 22-20 lead, seeing Miami call a timeout. Miami scored the next two points to tie it up with Bowling Green using a timeout of their own.
Miami would continue the run to the end of the set and force a fifth.
In the fifth, the two teams kept it close once again, trading points, but the Falcons were able to hold the lead to the end, capturing a 15-12 final to clinch the win and advance.

Falcon Stat Facts

The Falcons were paced on the attack by the trio of Katelyn Meyer, Jacqueline Askin and Petra Indrova. Meyer led the way with 19 kills followed by Askin's 17 on a .304 hitting percentage. Indrova rounded out the double-digit kills list with 13 and a team-high .323 hitting percentage.
The Falcons also had two players reach double-digit digs seeing Julia Walz top the stat sheet with 22 with Yelianiz Torres not far behind with 20 of her own.
As a team the Falcons were able to land nine aces with Indrova leading the team with three. Torres also had two, setting a new season-high and tying her career-high.
With two service aces, Taylor Haberland is now up to 17 this season, setting a new single season-high for her career.
Bowling Green was also able to register nine team blocks. Katie Kidwell had the most block assists with six, seeing Askin and Madelynn Luebcke with three each.

Coach Tomic's Take

Up Next

Bowling Green will face Western Michigan in the MAC Championship on Saturday (April 3) with a 5 p.m. start. The Falcons and Broncos will face each other for the third time this season after the Orange and Brown swept WMU twice earlier this season.

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