Bowling Green ended their weekend series with Miami [OH], sweeping them 3-0 on Saturday afternoon, their sixth win in a row.
Here’s how it went down:
First Set
To begin the first set, the RedHawks jumped to a quick 6-2 lead after a kill by Gentry Warrick.
Bowling Green came right back swinging, with a service ace by junior outside hitter Lauryn Hovey tying things up in Oxford 6-6.
Miami, OH, remained with a consistent one-point to two-point lead for most of the set. After another service ace by Hovey tied the setup, seconds later, a combined block by junior middle blocker Jessica Andrews and sophomore setter Amanda Otten gave the Orange and Brown their first lead of the day, up 14-13.
A service ace via Otten got Bowling Green their largest lead of two, taking a 20-18 lead late in the first set.
After a tightly contested set, Bowling Green went on a four-point scoring run, capped off by a kill from redshirt freshman outside hitter Edyta Waclawzyck, sealing the first set for BG, 25-20.
Waclawzyck had an incredible set for the Orange and Brown, recording seven kills in just the first set of play.
Second Set
After the two-minute break, Bowling Green jumped to a 5-0 lead to open the second set.
Minutes later, Bowling Green took another five-point lead after a Hovey kill put them up 13-8 halfway through the set.
Heading into the first timeout, the Orange and Brown were up 15-10 against their MAC rivals, another five-point lead for the Falcons.
After the first Falcons timeout, Bowling Green put together a 3-0 scoring run, with a kill via senior outside hitter Mia Tyler, taking the set for BG, 25-19.
Third Set
After two extremely successful sets, the Falcons took a 7-2 lead over the RedHawks to begin the third set after a massive spike by Hovey.
A RedHawks rally brought the game back to a one-point lead for BG, only up 10-9 early in the third set.
With Bowling Green’s constant attack forcing a Miami timeout, BG headed into the break now up 13-9.
The RedHawks rallied back yet again, tying the set 18-18 and forcing BGSU head coach Danijela Tomic to use her first timeout.
Bowling Green came swinging right back, scoring four points and forcing another Miami timeout, up by 3 points, 22-19 late in the third set.
After the timeout, Bowling Green sealed the Saturday victory after a kill by Otten, the final score 25-19, a 3-0 sweep for the Orange and Brown.
Bowling Green’s victory over the RedHawks is their sixth in a row. The Orange and Brown’s Saturday sweep over the RedHawks is their eighth of the 2024 season and their fifth in six games.
Hovey led the Falcons in kills on the day with 12 kills and three service aces. Fifth-year middle blocker Alexis Mettille was second on the day with ten kills.
Both Tyler and Waclawzyck recorded nine kills.
Otten had another big day in the assist category, finishing the day with 40 assists.
Bowling Green’s next matchup is the Battle of I-75 against their rivals, the Toledo Rockets, this time contested in the Stroh Center.
Falcon Media Sports Network’s Ben Corak and Chas McNeil will be on the call on Tuesday, Nov 5, on WBGU 88.1 FM.
