The Bowling Green Falcons went up against Miami University and Northern Illinois University but fell short in both games. The final score against Miami was 3-1 and the final against MAC West leader NIU was 3-0.

The Falcons held up for a long stretch over Miami, where both Jelena Sunjic and Katie Scholten registered their seventh double-double of the season, but it was not enough to hold up against the Redhawk’s aggressive offense. The final set scores were 25-18, 19-25, 25-10 and 28-26.

“This was definitely a much better match against Miami than the first time we played them,” head coach Danijela Tomic said. “Offensively we were better if you take out the third set, the third set just wasn’t good. But the other three, especially the second set where we hit .400 and the fourth set .256 our offense

was better.”

Sunjic pulled in 13 kills, 11 digs and two assists while setter Scholten held 37 assists and 11 digs. Alyssa Maloney had 13 kills, three assists and two aces in the game and Nicole Slimko had 15 kills, which was a personal match record. Sunjic, Maloney and Slimko made up 41 out of the 51 kills that were made in the game.

“Overall I thought Katie Scholten did a nice job running,” Tomic said, “Our hitters Alyssa Maloney, Jelena Sunjic and Nicole Slimko had

a really good and nice offensive match.”

BGSU was able to hold even to Miami during the match, tying or taking the lead several times.

The Orange and Brown were able to pick up the pace in the fourth set, where they were tied over ten times and were able to gain a decent lead at one point, 18-15. The set remained a tough fight for both teams as they were tied 25-25 at the end of the fourth. However, Bowling Green was not able to hold their pace and dropped the set 26-28 giving Miami the win.

“The fourth set was just a heartbreaker, we had our chance,” Tomic said. “We just couldn’t close that set to go on to take it to the fifth set.”

The Falcons final match was against Northern Illinois University. Katie Scholten was not able to play during the game, causing a major shift in gameplay.

“She set for us all season long and unfortunately she suffered a concussion on Thursday and she was not able to play today,” Tomic said. “Our two defensive specialists who have never set in high school nor

college and they did an amazing job. Delaney Arkeilpane and Madeline Garda stepped up and we competed really well against the best team in the MAC.”

The two defensive specialists, Arkeilpane and Garda, carried out 26 assists throughout the match. Slimko had

14 kills on a .346 attack percentage, while Maloney and Isabel Kovacic added 12 kills for the match.

The Falcons took a loss 3-0 against the Huskies, 25-19, 25-15 and 25-15. The season concludes with a 7-22 overall record and ended MAC play 3-13. NIU is now the 2015 MAC Volleyball Regular Season champion, with a 14-2 in

MAC play.