Sept. 30, 2010
Final Stats
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - After a wild match that saw the RedHawk volleyball team overcome a nine-point deficit in the fourth set, Miami defeated Bowling Green, 3-1 (25-20, 25-21, 11-25, 25-23), Thursday night. The RedHawks improve to 6-10 overall and 1-2 in the Mid-American Conference. The Falcons fall to 6-11 overall and 1-2 in the MAC.
Kills from Michele Metzler and Amy Kendall helped stake the RedHawks to an 8-3 lead in set one. A service ace from Lisa Treadway and a kill by Colleen Loftus off Kendall's assist expanded the advantage to 11-4. Bowling Green slowly began to cut into the lead with a 12-6 run that pulled it to within one at 16-17. Miami answered with kills from Cassie Farrell and Kendall to push it back to three at 21-18 and force a Falcon timeout. The break did not help BG, as two Amy Raseman kills sparked a 4-2 close to give the RedHawks the first set, 25-20.
Miami built another lead in set two off several Bowling Green attack errors. In front 11-9, two kills apiece from Loftus and Metlzer, along with a double block by Metzler and Raseman helped give the RedHawks an 18-13 advantage. The teams would trade points during the remainder of the set, with Metzler putting down the final attack to earn the 25-21 win.
Set three started with the RedHawks quickly falling behind 0-7. Miami would follow with an 8-4 run featuring two kills from Farrell along with kills from Treadway and Loftus. The Falcons would then go on an aggressive attack, closing the set on a 13-3 run to earn a 25-11 win.
Two kills apiece from Treadway and Raseman helped Miami open a 7-2 advantage in set four. Bowling Green would then follow by scoring the next 14 points to put the RedHawks down nine at 7-16. Farrell scored the next point off a Michelle Mangia assist as Miami refused to give up. Two consecutive blocks -the first by Mangia and Farrell, second by Loftus and Farrell - pulled the RedHawks to within six at 12-18.
After a Bowling Green timeout, Treadway scored a service ace, while Loftus and Farrell each had kills to make it 15-19. Metzler followed with three consecutive kills and teamed with Loftus on a block to even set four at 19 apiece. Tied at 21, a kill by Treadway put the RedHawks in front again. The teams traded points until it was 24-23 in favor of the RedHawks. On match point, Raseman put down the winning kill off a Mangia assist to complete the comeback.
Metzler led Miami with 13 kills, hitting an impressive .667 for the match. Treadway had a career high eight kills to go along with nine digs. Loftus also had eight kills. Jackie Lang led the RedHawks with 11 assists, while Kendall had 26 assists.
Miami returns to Millett Hall for its MAC home opener against Northern Illinois on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
