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Week of 9/5: MAC Volleyball Round-up

Steve Iwanek, Sports Content Director

September 5, 2023

Time sure is flying by.

We are already into week three of the college volleyball season, and as the matches continue to add up, we are starting to see some habits forming in rotations, formations, etc.

BGSU once again went 2-1 in a three-game tournament, this time defeating Loyola-Chicago and Wright State, while losing to Texas A&M, in the 2023 Hampton Inn Invitational at the Stroh Center.

With the Falcons now 4-2, it’s interesting to see now how all the other teams fared in their respective seasons so far.

Let’s look (courtesy of getsomemaction.com):

SCHOOL	CONF	CPCT.	OVERALL	PCT.	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL	STREAK
EAST DIVISION
Buffalo	0-0	.000	6-0	1.000	3-0	1-0	2-0	W6
Bowling Green	0-0	.000	4-2	.667	2-1	1-0	1-1	W1
Ohio	0-0	.000	4-2	.667	0-0	1-1	3-1	L1
Akron	0-0	.000	3-3	.500	0-0	1-1	2-2	W3
Miami	0-0	.000	2-4	.333	0-3	1-0	1-1	L3
Kent State	0-0	.000	1-5	.167	0-0	0-2	1-3	L2
WEST DIVISION
Western Michigan	0-0	.000	7-0	1.000	3-0	2-0	2-0	W7
Central Michigan	0-0	.000	3-3	.500	3-0	0-1	0-2	W3
Ball State	0-0	.000	2-4	.333	2-1	0-1	0-2	L3
Toledo	0-0	.000	2-4	.333	1-2	0-1	1-1	W1
Eastern Michigan	0-0	.000	1-5	.167	0-0	0-2	1-3	W1
Northern Illinois	0-0	.000	1-5	.167	0-2	0-2	1-1	L2

NOTABLE MAC STORYLINES:

The Buffalo Bulls and Western Michigan Broncos are atop the MAC East and West Divisions respectively, both still undefeated. The Bulls (6-0), are coming off a weekend in which they defeated DePaul (3-0), Montana (3-1), and Binghamton (3-0), at home. Meanwhile, the Broncos (7-0), are continuing to pile up the wins, as over the past week, they have defeated Michigan in Ann Arbor (3-0), while in Chicago, they topped Alabama-Birmingham (3-0), University of Illinois-Chicago (3-1), and SIU-Edwardsville (3-1).
The MAC East and West awards are out for the week, and BGSU’s own Alex Laboy took home the MAC East Defensive Player of the Week honors. The senior libero from Avon, Ohio recorded her first career double-double in Thursday’s win over Loyola-Chicago (19 digs, 11 assists), while also putting up the only 20+ dig performance of the year for the orange and brown on Saturday versus Wright State (23).
The rest of the awards are as follows:

East Offensive Player of the Week: Faith Johnson, Akron, Outside Hitter
East Setter of the Week: Mandy Leigh, Buffalo, Setter
West Offensive Player of the Week: Keona Salesman, Western Michigan, Outsider Hitter
West Defensive Player of the Week: Abby Olin, Central Michigan, Middle Blocker
West Setter of the Week: Logan Case, Western Michigan, Setter

UPCOMING SCHEDULE:

(courtesy of getsomemaction.com)

Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Women’s Volleyball
	Away	Home	Time	Location	Links
	Akron	Cleveland State	6:00 P.M.	Cleveland, OH

Thursday, September 7, 2023 Women’s Volleyball
Away	Home	Time	Location
UTEP	Ohio	6:00 P.M.	Athens, Ohio
Northern Illinois	DePaul	8:00 P.M.	Chicago, Ill.
Bowling Green	Colorado State	9:00 P.M.	Fort Collins, Colo.

Friday, September 8, 2023 Women’s Volleyball
Away	Home	Time	Location	Links
Buffalo	Missouri	10:00 A.M.	Cincinnati, Ohio
Harvard	Akron	11:00 A.M.	Akron, Ohio
Miami	Saint Louis	11:00 A.M.	Normal, Ill.
Eastern Michigan	Oakland	12:00 P.M.	Rochester, Mich.	Stats
Kent State	Purdue Fort Wayne	12:00 P.M.	Buffalo, N.Y.
Western Michigan	Mississippi State	4:00 P.M.	Kennesaw, Ga.
Bowling Green	Pacific	5:00 P.M.	Fort Collins, Colo.
Ball State	Wright State	5:00 P.M.	Dayton, OH
Northern Illinois	Evansville	5:00 P.M.	Chicago, Ill.
Eastern Michigan	Chicago State University	5:00 P.M.	Rochester, Mich.	Stats
Miami	New Mexico State	6:00 P.M.	Normal, Ill.
Kent State	Canisius	6:00 P.M.	Buffalo, N.Y.
NC State	Ohio	6:00 P.M.	Athens, Ohio
Bucknell	Akron	6:00 P.M.	Akron, Ohio
Buffalo	Xavier	6:30 P.M.	Cincinnati, Ohio
Central Michigan	Iowa	7:00 P.M.	Iowa City, Iowa
Toledo	North Dakota State	8:00 P.M.	Fargo, N.D.

Saturday, September 9, 2023 Women’s Volleyball
Away	Home	Time	Location	Links
Buffalo	Bellarmine	10:00 A.M.	Cincinnati, Ohio
Toledo	Portland State	11:00 A.M.	Fargo, N.D.
Ball State	UIC	11:00 A.M.	Dayton, OH
Eastern Michigan	Kansas City	12:00 P.M.	Rochester, Mich.	Stats
Bowling Green	Baylor	1:00 P.M.	Fort Collins, Colo.
Kent State	Niagara	1:00 P.M.	Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Northern Illinois	St. Thomas	1:00 P.M.	Chicago, Ill.
William & Mary	Ohio	2:00 P.M.	Athens, Ohio
Western Michigan	Wake Forest	3:00 P.M.	Kennesaw, Ga.
Miami	Illinois State	3:30 P.M.	Normal, Ill.
Central Michigan	Grand Canyon	4:00 P.M.	Iowa City, Iowa
Ball State	Dayton	7:00 P.M.	Dayton, OH

Sunday, September 10, 2023 Women’s Volleyball
	Away	Home	Time	Location	Links
	Central Michigan	Missouri State	12:00 P.M.	Iowa City, Iowa
	Western Michigan	Kennesaw State	12:00 P.M.	Kennesaw, Ga.

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