Otten Logs Double-Double For Falcons In First Match Of DePaul/UIC Invite

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CHICAGO, Ill. – The Bowling Green State University volleyball team began play at the DePaul/UIC Invite on Thursday (Sept. 12), facing UIC on the home court of the Flames. The two teams went back-and-forth through the majority of the first set with UIC edging out a 25-23 set score. UIC jumped out to a lead in the second set, but the Falcons battled back. The effort fell short with a 25-20 set score. In the third set, a late surge pushed UIC in front 25-21 to claim the 3-0 final. The Falcons will move on to face Brown on Friday (Sept. 13) with a 1 p.m. EST start.

How It Happened
Set 1: UIC 25, Bowling Green 23

Sydnie Hernandez landed the first point of the match for the Falcons with an ace. UIC responded with a point, but Bowling Green put together a 3-0 run to move ahead 4-1 in the match.
UIC closed the gap to 5-4, but the Falcons tallied another 3-0 run, including two Mia Tyler kills, to push their advantage to 8-4.
The Flames tallied a 3-0 run of their own to draw within one again, this time at 8-7, before tying it up at 8-8 and taking a lead at 9-8 with the run reaching 5-0.
BGSU and UIC went back-and-forth from there with ties at 9-9, 10-10, 11-11, 12-12, 13-13, 14-14, 15-15 and 16-16. The Falcons called timeout with UIC leading 17-16.
Out of the timeout, UIC added another point to their tally for a 3-0 run and 18-16 lead. The Falcons ended the run with an Anna Sitek kill before the teams once began trading points, this time with the Flames keeping a slight edge up until another BGSU timeout, this time with the score at 21-19 UIC.
The Falcons battled back into the set after the timeout, tying the set up at 22-22 and forcing the first UIC timeout of the match.
UIC moved in front out of the timeout before BGSU tied it at 23-23, however, UIC tallied two consecutive points to take the first set 25-23.

Set 2: UIC 25, Bowling Green 20

The second set began in the inverse of the first. UIC began with an ace before a BGSU point followed by a 5-0 UIC run, moving the set score to 6-1 Flames.
The stretch for UIC reached 6-1 for an 8-2 set score, resulting in a Bowling Green timeout to pause the action.
The Falcons responded with a point out of the timeout, but a 3-0 run for UIC extended their lead to 11-3. BGSU answered with a 3-1 stretch to chip away at the lead, 12-6.
Bowling Green continued to work away at the UIC lead, using back-to-back Lauryn Hovey kills and a forced attack error to close it to 14-11 with timeout from UIC.
The Falcons and Flames resumed going back-and-forth with BGSU drawing within one at 19-18. UIC pushed back ahead with a 3-0 run to a 22-18 lead.
BGSU challenged late, but UIC stayed in front to claim the second set, 25-20.

Set 3: UIC 25, Bowling Green 21

In the third set, UIC opened with a 5-0 run with Bowling Green calling an early timeout in the set.
Coming out of the timeout, the Falcons tallied a 3-0 run to cut into the lead, 5-3, but a 3-0 run for UIC pushed their lead back to 9-4.
The 3-0 runs continued, this time for Bowling Green, trimming the UIC lead down to 9-7 before another 3-0 run tied it at 10-10, making it a 6-1 stretch for BGSU and a timeout for the Flames.
UIC answered with a 3-0 run out of the timeout to move back ahead 13-10, but the Falcons battled back with a pair of points for a 13-12 score.
The Falcons were able to tie up the set at 15-15 before eventually moving in front 17-16 followed by a 17-17 tie and again at 18-18.
UIC registered back-to-back points to move ahead 20-18, forcing the second BGSU timeout of the set.
From there, the Flames were able to stay in front for the 25-21 set score.

Falcon Stat Leaders
Kills: Lauryn Hovey (10)
Assists: Amanda Otten (20)
Digs: Amanda Otten (11)
Aces: Sydnie Hernandez, Lindsey LaPinta (1)
Blocks: Alexis Mettille, Jessica Andrews (4)

Falcon Stat Facts

Amanda Otten led the Falcons in both assists and digs, posting her first double-double of the season and the second for BGSU. Otten finished with 20 assists and 11 digs, marking her third career double-double. The 11 digs for Otten also matched her career-high.
Lauryn Hovey topped the stat sheet in kills for BGSU, registering 10 while maintaining a .316 hitting percentage. Hovey finished with 10 kills on 19 attacks with four errors.
Alexis Mettille was efficient on the attack while tying for the team lead in blocks. Mettille landed five kills on seven attacks (.714) while logging a solo block and three block assists.

Up Next
The Falcons will continue their weekend on Friday (Sept. 12), taking on Brown in a neutral site match at 1 p.m. EST. Bowling Green will then face DePaul on Saturday (Sept. 14) at 6 p.m. EST to wrap up the invitational.

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