Bowling Green State University volleyball completed the weekend sweep over Ohio with a four-set, 25-18, 25-20, 17-25, 27-25 victory on Saturday at the Stroh Center.
The Falcons took the first two sets before Ohio forced a fourth with a third set win. The Falcons battled back in the fourth set, going into extra points. After going to extra points, Jaden Walz was able to land an ace for the Falcons to clinch the 3-1 win and the weekend sweep.
Petra Indrova paced the Falcons with 13 kills while adding six digs, four aces and three block assists to her stat line. Walz contributed her sixth double-double of the season with 27 assists and 11 digs while landing three aces of her own.
At the net, the Falcons totaled 13 team blocks with Jessica Andrews topping the stat sheet with one solo and eight block assists.
The Falcons move to 9-6 on the season, 4-0 in the MAC, and are winners in six of their last seven, including four straight victories. Ohio is 8-7 and 2-2.
With the win, the Falcons completed their second straight weekend sweep to open MAC play, moving the team to a 4-0 conference record. The two sweeps have come against Ohio and Kent State who were picked to finish second and third, respectively, in the MAC East.
Through the first two weekends of conference play, the Falcons are the only team in the MAC with an undefeated conference record.
Junior setter Walz registered her sixth double-double of the season, totaling 27 assists and 11 digs. Walz added three aces to her stat line as well, including the match-clinching point.
Indrova, a 6-0 senior outside hitter, landed a team-high four aces to set a new season-high. Indrova also led the Falcons in kills for the second consecutive night, landing 13 for the Falcons.
Mia Tyler tallied three digs for Bowling Green, setting a new season-high and matching her career-high in the process. Tyler also landed eight kills for the Falcons and logged a block assist.
Julia Walz earned her first career kill at the collegiate level. Walz filled the stat sheet with a team-high 14 digs and an assist as well.
Katelyn Meyer (Eastwood), a 5-10 senior outside hitter, set a new season-high for block assists with three in the match.
Friday sweep
On Friday, BGSU began the home portion of the MAC schedule against Ohio with a 25-17, 25-16, 25-22 victory at the Stroh Center.
The Falcons were paced by a complete team effort as six different players logged at least two blocks and a kill.
Senior defensive specialist Yeliantz Torres filled the stat sheet with 10 digs, six assists and a career-high five aces for the Falcons.
Lauryn Hovey, a 6-foot freshman outside hitter, followed suit with seven assists, six kills, five digs and three block assists.
Indrova had 12 kills, Walz had 19 assists and 6-4 freshman middle blocker Jessica Andrews and 6-1 junior middle blocker Alexis Mettille had seven blocks apiece.
Indrova landed the 12 kills on 25 attempts with just one error for a hitting percentage of .440, her best mark of the season thus far.
Meyer was one of five different Falcons to total at least three blocks assists in the match. The mark set a new season-high for Meyer in both block assists and total blocks.
The Falcons will be back on the road next weekend to face two MAC West opponents. Bowling Green will travel to face Northern Illinois on Friday for a 7 p.m. first serve. BGSU will then transition to Western Michigan on Saturday for a 5 p.m. start.
