BGVB Bounces Back With Win Over Wright State To Wrap Up Weekend

Saturday, September 2

Bowling Green, Ohio

2 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

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Wright State

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Wright St.

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Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

September 02, 2023 | Volleyball

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Double-Doubles By Walz, Hovey Pace BGSU To Victory

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University volleyball team wrapped up the Hampton Inn Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 2) with a four-set win over Wright State. The Falcons took the first two sets of the match, both going to extra points, before the Raiders were able to force a fourth. BGSU closed out the match with a 3-0 run in the fourth set to secure the 3-1 victory. The win moves the Falcons to 4-2 through the first two weekends of the season.

The Falcons were paced by a pair of double-doubles. Jaden Walz led the team with 39 assists and 10 digs, her second double-double of the season, while landing a pair of kills to go along with a pair of block assists. Lauryn Hovey followed with 15 kills on a .370 hitting percentage as well as 14 digs and five aces, both career-highs. The outing secured Hovey a spot on the All-Tournament Team, being joined by Mia Tyler who landed a team-high 41 kills over the course of the tournament.

How It Happened
Set 1: Bowling Green 29, Wright State 27

The Falcons tallied the first point of the match, but an early 4-0 run for Wright State pushed them in front 5-2.
Wright State added a few points to their lead before Bowling Green called a timeout, trailing 12-6 in the set.
BGSU put together a 5-0 run soon after the timeout, closing the gap to 14-13 before tying the set at 15-15 and moving ahead at 16-15 with the run stretching to 8-1.
The lead for the Orange and Brown reached three at 20-17 before Wright State called their first timeout of the set.
Out of the timeout, Wright State tallied three straight points to knot it up at 20-20 and force the second BGSU timeout of the set.
The set moved into extra points with the teams trading points. Wright State took a 27-26 lead, but the Falcons rattled off three straight points to take the first set 29-27.

Set 2: Bowling Green 28, Wright State 26

The second set began close before BGSU created the first separation, using a 4-0 stretch to move in front 6-3.
Wright State battled back to tie the set at 8-8, starting a trend of ties that continued with 9-9, 10-10 and 11-11 before a 3-0 burst pushed the score to 15-13 BGSU, bringing on the media timeout.
The Raiders once again battled back, using a 4-0 stretch to take a 19-18 lead before the ties resumed at 19-19, 20-20, 21-21 and 22-22 before a pair of points pushed BGSU back in front 24-22.
Wright State continued to fight down the stretch, tying it up once again at 24-24. The back-and-forth battle carried through until the Falcons recorded back-to-back points to take the second set 28-26 and go up 2-0 for the match.

Set 3: Wright State 25, Bowling Green 15

Wright State came out swinging in the second set, taking a quick 3-0 lead. The WSU advantage grew to 7-2 before the Falcons paused the action with a timeout.
BGSU tallied two points out of the timeout, but another 6-0 run for the Raiders increased their lead to 13-4 and forced the second Bowling Green timeout of the set.
The Falcons chipped away at the Wright State lead, but a 3-0 stretch closed out the set in favor of the Raiders at 25-15.

Set 4: Bowling Green 25, Wright State 22

The first two points of the fifth set went to the Falcons, but Wright State responded with a 5-0 streak to move in front 5-2 and prompt a Bowling Green timeout.
Soon after, the Falcons used a 3-0 run to trim the lead down to 7-6, forcing a timeout from the Wright State bench.
Bowling Green continued to fight, putting together a 5-0 run of their own to reclaim the lead at 15-14, seeing the Raiders burn their second timeout of the set.
The lead remained for BGSU, increasing it to 21-16 with a 4-0 run late in the set. However, Wright State didn't go away, using a 3-0 run to force a Bowling Green timeout with the score at 22-20 BGSU.
Out of the timeout, the Raiders pushed the run to 5-0, tying the set at 22-22. The Falcons responded with a 3-0 burst, taking the set with a 25-22 score and the match at 3-1.

Falcon Stat Leaders
Kills: Lauryn Hovey, Mia Tyler (15)
Assists: Jaden Walz (39)
Digs: Alex Laboy (23)
Aces: Lauryn Hovey (5)
Blocks: Alexis Mettille (7)

All-Tournament Team
Texas A&M
Caroline Meuth (MVP)
Nisa Buzlutepe
Morgan Perkins
Bowling Green
Lauryn Hovey
Mia Tyler
Wright State
Jenny Wessling
Loyola Chicago
Anna Feldkamp

Falcon Stat Facts

Jaden Walz recorded her second double-double of the season, finishing with a season-high 39 assists as well as 10 digs while adding two kills and two block assists to her stat line.
Lauryn Hovey registered her first double-double of the season, concluding the match tied for the team lead in kills with 15 to along with a career-high 14 digs. Hovey also landed a team-high and career-high five aces for BGSU.
Hovey tallied two block assists as well, bringing her career total to 101 total blocks, eclipsing the 100-block mark for her time at Bowling Green.
Alex Laboy posted a career-high 23 digs for the Falcons, marking the first 20-dig match of the season for Bowling Green.
As a team, Bowling Green finished the match with 77 digs, a season-high and the most since the 2022 MAC Championship when they had 92.
Bowling Green finished with 13 blocks, including a season-high 22 block assists. Alexis Mettille led the way with six assists paired with a solo block.
Jessica Andrews landed a season-high nine kills and tallied a season-high five block assists as well. She added to her stat line with a career-high three digs.
The Falcons have now won nine of the last 11 meetings against Wright State.

Up Next
The Falcons next set of matches will be played in Fort Collins, Colo. as part of the Colorado State Tournament. BGSU will begin the tournament against host Colorado State on Sept. 7 before facing Pacific (Sept. 8) and Baylor (Sept. 9).

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