Falcon volleyball beats AkronAKRON — Bowling Green’s volleyball team improved to 10-5 in the
Mid-American Conference Friday with a 24-26, 25-23, 25-17, 25-20 win over Akron.BG’s leaders were: Danielle
Tonyan, 20 kills; Jelena Sunjic, 11 kills; Erica Fullenkamp, 53 assists; Paige Penrod, 14 digs; BGHS
graduate Ashley Dunn, 20 digs; and Kaitlyn Skinner, five blocks.BG, 14-13 overall, is in fourth place in the
MAC. Akron fell to 8-18, 2-13.BGSU volleyball signs fourFour players have signed national letters of intent
to play volleyball at Bowling Green State University.Katie Scholten, Michaela Gabanic and Nicole Slimko will
all begin at BG in the fall of 2014. Paige O’Connor will start in the upcoming spring semester.Scholten, a
setter from St. Louis, helped Visitation Academy to a 30-6-1 record and a second-place district finish in
her senior season.Gabanic, a right-side hitter from Avon Lake, helped Magnificat High School to an 18-win
season and a district runner-up finish in 2013.O’Connor, an outside hitter from Ada, Mich., was a four-year
varsity player at Forest Hills Northern.Slimko, an outside hitter from Crystal Lake, Ill., was a two-time
all-area player at Crystal Lake South High School.BG men finish 25thMADISON, Wis. — Bowling Green’s men’s
cross country team finished 25th with 675 points in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.BG’s top five were: Jason
Salyer, 51st, 31:43; Greg Black, 97th, 32:57; Tim Jurick, 168th, 34:34; Joe Vanbolderen, 170th, 34:36; and
Jeremy Richard, 189th, 35:28.Falcon women place 17thMADISON, Wis. — Bowling Green’s men’s cross country team
finished 17th with 491 points in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.BG’s top five were: Perrysburg High school
graduate Andrea Alt, 65th, 21:54; Brittney Darah, 92nd, 22;20; Rebecca Rae, 104th, 22:36; MacKenzie
McMillin, 116th, 22:45; and Amanda Garlak, 118th, 22:47.BG Rifle Team losesThe Bowling Green Rifle Team
opened its season with a 1,458-1,370 loss to New Pittsburgh.BG’s scores were: Bob Schwiebert, Don Link, both
285; Dan Altman, 2764; Mike Sayen, 265; and Norbert Norden, 261. Kira Miller and Jerry Milnor also fired for
BG.Four Falcon men earn All-MAC soccer honorsCLEVELAND — Bowling Green State University men’s soccer seniors
Ryan Comiskey, Brandon Silva and Michael Wiest, and junior Danny Baraldi all earned All-Mid-American
Conference second-team honors.The All-MAC team and league specialty awards are the results of voting by the
MAC’s seven men’s soccer head coaches.Baraldi earns All-MAC honors for the second time in his career, and
the second time in as many seasons. Comiskey, Silva and Wiest all are on the all-league team for the first
time.Baraldi had 10 points this season, on three goals and a team-leading four assists. HiComiskey led the
Falcons in scoring, with six goals and 13 points.Silva had six points on two goals and a pair of assists. He
was one of just three Falcons to start all 19 matches, and he played in 1,846 of the team’s 1,866 minutes on
the year.Wiest also started every match this season, and played every second of all 19 matches. He had eight
shutouts, the highest total by a BGSU goalkeeper since 1998, and also had 75 saves, a goals-against average
of just 0.82 and a saves percentage of .815.The Falcons ended the season with an overall mark of 6-7-6 and a
MAC record of 2-2-2.