Bowling Green Bests Northern Kentucky To Begin Hampton Inn Invitational

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Bowling Green Bests Northern Kentucky To Begin Hampton Inn Invitational

September 01, 2022 | Volleyball

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By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University volleyball program began the Hampton Inn Invitational with a four-set victory over Northern Kentucky on Thursday night (Sept. 1) at the Stroh Center. The Falcons battled from behind to capture a first set win after being down by as many as eight points in the set. That momentum carried into a second set victory as well for the Falcons to put BGSU up 2-0. Northern Kentucky responded in the third set, winning to force a fourth, but a hitting percentage north of .500 in the fourth set for the Falcons propelled the Orange and Brown to a win.

The match marked the first of three for Bowling Green over the course of the weekend. The Falcons will be riding a two-match win streak, now 2-2 on the season, into a matchup with No. 22 Western Kentucky on Friday (Sept. 2). The Battle of the Bowling Greens is set for a 7:00 p.m. first serve at the Stroh Center.

How It Happened
Set 1: Bowling Green 27, Northern Kentucky 25

The first set began with Northern Kentucky creating a lead at 8-4 and forced a BGSU timeout. A 3-0 run by the Falcons out of the timeout pulled it within one at 8-7, but the Norse pushed ahead once again at 16-10 before another Bowling Green timeout. The run continued for NKU to an 18-10 advantage.
The Falcons began to chip away, starting with a 5-0 run to cut the lead down to 18-15. NKU responded with a 3-0 run to move the lead back to 21-15, but Bowling Green stormed back once again.
The Orange and Brown continued to work at the NKU lead, tying it up at 24-24 and forcing the first set into extra points. Northern Kentucky went up 25-24, but three straight points by the Falcons rounded out a 27-25 comeback to put BGSU up 1-0 in the match.

Set 2: Bowling Green 25, Northern Kentucky 22

The second set began back-and-forth seeing early ties as late as 10-10. However, a 3-0 run to put BGSU on top 13-10 created space in the set and resulted in an NKU timeout.
Bowling Green maintained the advantage to 17-13 before NKU burned their second timeout of the set.
Northern Kentucky made a push late in the set, but the Falcons were able to stay in front by at least two points the rest of the way, taking it 25-22 to go up 2-0 in the match.

Set 3: Northern Kentucky 25, Bowling Green 23

The momentum of the second set for both sides carried into the third set, which saw 10 ties and six lead changes.
BGSU jumped out in front 3-1, but NKU quickly responded and moved into the lead at 5-3. The momentum continued to swing to a 7-7 tie that turned into a 9-9 tie, a 10-10 tie, an 11-11 tie and a 12-12 tie.
The trading of points temporarily ceased with the Orange and Brown creating a two-point cushion at 14-12. The Falcons were able to stay in front before a 5-0 run pushed the Norse on top 22-20 and prompted a Bowling Green timeout.
BGSU was able to make it close, down just 24-23, but the set went to Northern Kentucky on the next point and forced a fourth set.

Set 4: Bowling Green 25, Northern Kentucky 14

The Falcons came out firing in the fourth set, tallying the first four points to quickly go up 4-0 and set the tone for a set that would see BGSU log a .519 hitting percentage.
Bowling Green was able to slowly add to their lead throughout the set, bringing it to 16-10 when Northern Kentucky used their second timeout of the set.
The Orange and Brown continued to add to the lead periodically through the set before taking a 25-14 set victory to clinch the set and the match to begin the Hampton Inn Invitational.

Falcon Stat Leaders
Kills: Petra Indrova (14)
Assists: Jaden Walz (24)
Digs: Yelianiz Torres (22)
Aces: Petra Indrova (2)
Blocks: Jessica Andrews (2.0)

Falcon Stat Facts

For the second consecutive match, Petra Indrova logged a double-double for the Falcons, finishing with a team-high 14 kills and 19 digs. The 19 digs also matched Indrova's career-high for digs in a match.
Jaden Walz also logged her second double-double of the season. After having 29 assists and 10 digs against Tennessee, Walz tallied 24 assists and a season-high 11 digs against NKU.
Yelianiz Torres led the Falcons in digs with her second 20-dig match of the season, logging a season-high 22 in the contest. Torres also registered eight assists for the second time this season, matching her career-high.
Freshman Jessica Andrews was strong on the attack for the Falcons. Andrews registered a career-high 11 kills on 14 attempts for a .714 hitting percentage. She also added four block assists to her stat line.
As a team, BGSU had four different players reach double-digit kills. In addition to Indrova's 14 and Andrews' 11, both Katelyn Meyer and Kat Mandly each recorded 12 kills.
Mia Tyler wasn't far behind as she registered a career-high eight kills as well as a career-high two block assists.
Alexis Mettille did a little bit of everything for the Falcons, registering two kills, two block assists, one ace and a career-high six digs.

Up Next
The Falcons will continue play within the Hampton Inn Invitational on Friday (Sept. 2) against No. 22 Western Kentucky. The match is set to be the third match of the day at the Stroh Center and is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. The Orange and Brown will round out the weekend on Saturday (Sept. 3) against DePaul with a 3:00 p.m. first serve.

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