Falcons Record Fourth Straight Win With Weekend Sweep Over Kent State

Saturday, October 21

Bowling Green, Ohio

6 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

11-11,5-6MAC

Kent State

5-17,1-10MAC

Kent St.

Bowling Green

Photo by: Daniel Carlson, BGSU Athletics

Falcons Record Fourth Straight Win With Weekend Sweep Over Kent State

October 21, 2023 | Volleyball

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Walz Leads Team In Assists And Digs For Team-Leading Sixth Double-Double

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University volleyball team completed the weekend sweep over Kent State in a 3-0 final on Saturday (Oct. 21). The win marks the fourth straight for the Falcons, their longest winning streak of the season. The Orange and Brown finished with a hitting percentage north of .400 for the third straight match, finishing with a .417 mark.

Jaden Walz paced the Falcons, leading the team in both assists and digs with 37 and a career-high 16, respectively. On the attack, Lauryn Hovey led the way with 15 kills and a .542 attack percentage. Mia Tyler followed closely with 11 kills and a .529 mark.

How It Happened
Set 1: Bowling Green 25, Kent State 17

The Falcons and Golden Flashes traded points before a 5-0 run pushed the BGSU lead to 7-3 early in the set.
Kent State responded with a 3-0 burst to trim the deficit down to 8-7, before tying it up at 12-12. The Falcons were able to reclaim their lead at 15-13 before the media timeout.
The Golden Flashes tied it up again at 15-15, but the Falcons went on a 10-2 stretch from there to close the set, starting with a 5-0 run. BGSU then finished it out with a 4-0 run for the 25-17 set score.

Set 2: Bowling Green 25, Kent State 16

The second set began with the two teams going back-and-forth before Kent State took an 8-6 lead with a 4-0 run.
The Falcons were able to tie it up at 8-8 before later tallying a 4-0 run of their own to claim a 15-12 advantage at the media timeout.
Bowling Green continued to add to their lead, moving ahead 19-14, before Kent State stopped the action with a timeout.
Kent State called their second timeout just a few points later with the Bowling Green lead at 21-15.
For the second set in a row, Bowling Green closed it out with a 4-0 run to claim the 25-16 set score.

Set 3: Bowling Green 25, Kent State 11

The third set began the same as the first two with the trading of points before a 3-0 run created separation for the Orange and Brown with a 7-4 lead.
Kent State landed a point, but another 3-0 run for BGSU made it a 6-1 stretch in favor of the Falcons with a 10-5 lead and a Golden Flashes timeout.
The Falcons landed the next three points out of the timeout to extend the stretch to 9-1 with a 13-5 lead.
Another 3-0 run later in the set pushed the Bowling Green advantage to 18-7 with Kent State burning their second timeout.
The Orange and Brown were able to maintain their lead through the end of the set for a 25-11 score and a 3-0 sweep.

Falcon Stat Leaders
Kills: Lauryn Hovey (15)
Assists: Jaden Walz (37)
Digs: Jaden Walz (16)
Aces: Lauryn Hovey (5)
Blocks: Jessica Andrews (5)

Falcon Stat Facts

After entering the weekend tied for 28th in the nation for team aces, the Falcons landed 20 over the two matches, including a season-high 12 on Saturday (Oct. 21).
After entering as the team-leader and seventh in the MAC, Lauryn Hovey landed a team-high five aces for the Falcons to bring her season total to 40. Hovey also led the team in kills with 15 while registering a season-best .542 hitting percentage.
For the third straight match, Bowling Green finished with a hitting percentage above. 400, logging a mark of .417 with 43 kills on 84 attacks with just eight errors.
For the second straight match, Mia Tyler finished with a hitting percentage above .500, landing 11 kills on 17 attempts with two errors for a mark of .529 after hitting .588 on Friday (Oct. 20) with the same line, but one fewer error.
Jaden Walz led the Orange and Brown in both assists and digs, logging 37 assists and a career-high 16 digs for her team-leading sixth double-double. Walz's assist total brought her career mark to 1,521 to move across the 1,500-career assist milestone.
With the win, the Falcons have won eight straight over the Golden Flashes as well as 16 of the last 17.

Up Next
The Falcons will return to the road for their next four matches, beginning with a split week. The Falcons will first travel to Ypsilanti, Mich. to take on Eastern Michigan on Thursday (Oct. 26) before heading to Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Friday (Oct. 27) against Central Michigan. Both matches are set for 6 p.m. starts.

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