Bowling Green Tops Northern Kentucky

Saturday, September 5

Bowling Green, Ohio

5 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

5-1,0-0MAC

Northern Kentucky

1-5,0-0Horizon

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Northern Ky.	25	22	19	20	1
Bowling Green	23	25	25	25	3

Team huddles after a point against Northern Kentucky at the Stroh Center.

Photo by: Drake Harlett, BGSU Athletics

September 05, 2026 | Volleyball

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Falcons Improve to 5-1 for the First Time Since 2020

By: by Sam Hughes, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Three Falcons finished with double-digit kills to lift Bowling Green to a 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-20) victory over Northern Kentucky in the final match of the Best Western Invitational Saturday evening inside the Stroh Center.

Bowling Green won their second straight match, improving to 5-1 overall for the first time since the 2020-21 season.

Avery Hobson registered with 15 kills while Karli Molnau was credited with 14 and Anastasija Bozic downed 12 to round out the trifecta of Falcons with double-digit kills. Amanda Otten dished out a match-high 34 assists and Sydnie Herandez led all player with 26 digs.

For Northern Kentucky, Ivey Stocks registered 12 kills on 19 attempts to hit at a match-best .632-clip. Teammate Abbigail Pickard was credited with 31 kills throughout the contest.

After Northern Kentucky claimed the first set by a 25-23 margin, BGSU hit at a .405 efficiency in the second frame to draw even in the contest.

With the Norse leading 7-5 early on into the third set, the Falcons rang off five consecutive scores to jump into the driver's seat. NKU fought back to tie the frame at 12-12 but a 9-2 run allowed the Falcons to open a lead and take a 2-1 advantage in the match with a 25-19 victory.

After Northern Kentucky took the initial two points of the fourth frame, Bowling Green responded with a 10-3 run to jump in front once again. The Norse creeped back to tie the set at 15-15, but the Falcons were able to claim ten of the next 15 points to close out the contest.

It was a sweet Saturday in the Stroh!#AyZiggy pic.twitter.com/H0SWM6QZyj
— BGSU Volleyball (@BGSUVolleyball) September 6, 2026

Best Western All-Tournament Team:
Arkansas State
Mia Maloney (MVP)
Calea Bush
Erin Madigan

Bowling Green
Karli Molnau
Helen Wilford

Northern Kentucky
Ivey Stocks

American
Salme Hollas

Falcon Facts

Bowling Green and Northern Kentucky met for the second time this season and eighth in program history. The Falcons have won six consecutive meetings dating back to 2016 and hold a perfect 3-0 record at home.
BGSU has hit at a mark of .400-or-more in at least one set through four of their six matches this season.
Amanda Otten has racked up 2,553 career assists which is seventh-mos in the rally scoring era. She sits 82 assists out of sixth place in the rally scoring era held by Hanna Laube (2018-22). Otten also is 93 assists away from cracking the top 10 in the all-time program leaderboard.

Up Next
The Falcons head on the road to take part in the Xavier Invitational on Friday and Saturday. BGSU kicks our round robin play against Austin Peay on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. The Orange and Brown will face Saint Louis at 10 a.m. on Satuday before rounding aout the tournament against host Xavier at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. All matches will take place at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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