Bowling Green Bests Buffalo for Third Straight Win

Friday, October 16

Buffalo, N.Y.

6 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

14-4,6-1MAC

Buffalo

11-8,3-5MAC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Bowling Green	25	22	25	25	3
Buffalo	21	25	21	23	1

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

October 16, 2026 | Volleyball

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BGSU Has Won Three Consecutive Matches and Six Out of the Last Seven

By: by Sam Hughes, BGSU Athletics

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Senior Avery Hobson notched 21 kills on 51 swings for a .294 hitting percentage to pace Bowling Green to a 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-21, 25-23) victory over Buffalo in Mid-American Conference volleyball action Friday evening at Broadview Arena.

Bowling Green improved to 14-4 overall and 6-1 in conference play, scoring its third consecutive victory which has powered the Falcons to claim sixth out of the last seven outings. With the loss, Buffalo falls to 11-8 overall and 3-5 in MAC play.

Senior Amanda Otten fueled the Falcons' offense with 44 assists and led all players with two solo blocks and three block assists. Junior Sydnie Hernandez was credited with 18 digs throughout the evening while fellow junior Avery Anders added 13.

For Buffalo, Manoela Forlin recorded 17 kills on 45 attempts to finish with a .222 hitting efficiency. As a team, the Bulls were held to hit at a frigid .151 efficiency with Buffalo hitting under the .150 mark in three out of the four sets.

Bowling Green jumped in front, 13-8, thanks to a 6-2 run that included two kills from Sophomore Anastasija Bozic. Buffalo fought back to level the score at 16-16, however, the Falcons strung together a 9-5 stretch to end the set and secure a 25-21 victory.

In the second set, the two sides were in a back-and-forth affair with neither side leading by more than one point until Buffalo used a 3-1 run to end the set and score a 25-22 victory to even the match at 1-1.

The Bulls opened the third set by claiming the first four points, but the Falcons answered an 8-0 run to open an early lead. The Bulls pulled even once again, tying up the stanza at 18-18. A Buffalo service error ignited a 6-1 run that allowed the Falcons to force set point at 24-19. Hobson found the scoresheet once more to help BGSU win the frame by a 25-21 margin.

With Buffalo leading 17-12 midway through the set, BG grabbed three of the next four points to cut the deficit to just three. A few plays later, the Falcons began a 5-1 run that tied the set at 22-22. After each side grabbed a point, Bowling Green capitalized on a Buffalo service error and a pair of Bowling Green blocks to close out the match.

Falcon Facts

Bowling Green won its 15^th straight meeting against Buffalo and increased their lead to 46-10 in the all-time series. The Falcons are 16-1 against Buffalo head coach Scott Smith in his eight-year tenure.
Hernandez recorded 18 digs to notch her 1,000^th career dig. She is the 14^th Falcon in program history to reach the 1,000-dig milestone and sits 53 digs away from 10^th place in the Rally Scoring Era.
Bowling Green held Buffalo to hit at a .151-clip as a team which marks the 14^th time this season that the Falcons have held their opponent to hut under .200. Six of those outings have come in conference action.
Redshirt junior Helen Wilford increased her career block assist total to 241 which is six away from tying Danielle Tonyan (2010-13) for 10^th most in the Rally Scoring Era.

Up Next
The Falcons round out the weekend at Akron tomorrow evening. First serve at James A. Rhodes Arena is scheduled for 6 p.m. and can be viewed on ESPN+.

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