Tyler's Career-High 17 Kills Leads Falcons To Four-Set Win Over EMU

Saturday, October 22

Ypsilanti, Mich.

4:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

14-8,9-2MAC

Eastern Michigan

4-19,3-8MAC

Bowling Green

Eastern Mich.

Photo by: Luke Allen, BGSU Athletics

Tyler's Career-High 17 Kills Leads Falcons To Four-Set Win Over EMU

October 22, 2022 | Volleyball

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By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Bowling Green State University volleyball program picked up a four-set win over the Eastern Michigan Eagles in Ypsilanti on Saturday (Oct. 22). The Falcons captured wins in the first two sets before EMU forced a fourth set with a third set victory. A late 6-0 run in the fourth set was able to swing the score, and the match, in favor of the Falcons. The win moves the Falcons to 14-8 on the season while being 9-2 within the Mid-American Conference.

On the attack, Mia Tyler led the way for the Orange and Brown with a career-high 17 kills. Lauryn Hovey followed closely with 12 kills, in addition to 14 assists for one of two BGSU double-doubles. Jaden Walz added to the effort with the second Falcon double-double while Yelianiz Torres hit the 20-dig mark for the second consecutive match.

How It Happened
Set 1: Bowling Green 25, Eastern Michigan 23

Eastern Michigan moved out in front early in the first set, but a 3-0 run for the Falcons tied it up at 5-5.
The Falcons and Eagles traded points before a 4-0 run pushed EMU ahead 12-9. However, a 3-0 run for Bowling Green brought the score back to a tie, this time at 12-12.
EMU tallied the next point, but another 3-0 stretch for the Falcons gave the lead back to BGSU at the media timeout, leading 15-13.
The ties quickly returned with the scoring being knotted up at 17-17 with the two teams beginning to trade points from there to a 19-19 tie. EMU moved ahead 20-19 to prompt a timeout from the BGSU bench.
Out of the timeout, the Falcons went on a 3-0 run to take a 22-20 lead and force Eastern Michigan to use a timeout.
Bowling Green maintained the lead through the end of the set, winning 25-23 to go up 1-0 on the match.

Set 2: Bowling Green 25, Eastern Michigan 16

Eastern Michigan moved out to a slim lead in the second set, but a 8-1 stretch, including a 6-0 run, for the Falcons moved BGSU out in front 9-4 to prompt a timeout from EMU.
The Orange and Brown stayed out in front before a 4-0 run for Eastern Michigan pulled the score to 14-12 BGSU.
The Falcons held the lead to the next stoppage, coming from an Eastern Michigan timeout with the score at 17-13.
Bowling Green put together a 4-0 run late in the set to move ahead 23-15 before capturing the second set by a score of 25-16.

Set 3: Eastern Michigan 26, Bowling Green 24

The third set saw a 4-0 run for the Falcons early in the set to take a 6-2 lead. The lead for Bowling Green grew to 14-10 before a timeout by EMU.
A 3-0 run by Eastern Michigan later in the set cut into the lead at 19-17 and brought a BGSU timeout.
The Eagles came back to take the set in extra points by a score of 26-24.

Set 4: Bowling Green 25, Eastern Michigan 20

The fourth set saw EMU's momentum carry over, jumping out to a 5-1 lead before a timeout from the Falcons.
Bowling Green chipped away at the EMU lead, tying the match at 15-15.
The Falcons soon went on a 3-0 run to take a 19-18 lead and force a timeout from the Eagles' bench. The run continued out of the timeout for the Falcons, stretching to 6-0 with a 22-18 lead.
The run carried into a 25-20 set win to clinch the match 3-1 for Bowling Green.

Falcon Stat Leaders
Kills: Mia Tyler (17)
Assists: Jaden Walz (26)
Digs: Yelianiz Torres (23)
Aces: Lauryn Hovey (2)
Blocks: Alexis Mettille (4)

Falcon Stat Facts

Mia Tyler led the attack for the Falcons, finishing the match with a career-high 17 kills. Tyler registered a career-high last night as well with 13 kills, giving her 30 for the weekend.
Alexis Mettille also registered a career-high for kills with eight. The eight kills came on 13 attempts without errors for a .615 hitting percentage. Mettille added a team-high four blocks with one solo and three assists.
Katelyn Meyer produced a team-high 42 attack attempts for the match, landing 10 for the Falcons.
Petra Indrova finished the match with 30 attack attempts, bringing her career total to 3,338. That mark puts Indrova inside the Top 10 all-time for career attack attempts.
Lauryn Hovey ended the match with another double-double, her seventh of the season in addition to two triple-doubles, concluding with 14 assists and 12 kills.
Jaden Walz also logged a double-double for the Falcons, her eighth of the season, finishing the match with 26 assists and 11 digs.
For the second consecutive match, Yelianiz Torres surpassed 20 digs, ending with 23 for her ninth 20-dig match of the season. Torres also matched her career-high for assists with nine.

Quote From Coach Tomic
"Today was so much more than simply executing our game plan. Playing the same opponent on their home court less than 24 hours ago after a heartbreaking loss, required a lot of mental toughness and pride. We found a way to play with a chip on our shoulders and showed that we learned a valuable lesson. We are very proud of our team and who we are becoming on this journey we are taking together."

Up Next
The Falcons will return home next weekend to host Ball State on Friday (Oct. 28) and Toledo on Saturday (Oct. 29). The match against Ball State will be the Pink Game for the Falcons while Saturday against Toledo will be Voll-oween.

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