 BOWLING GREEN 3, BINGHAMTON 1 (25-18, 25-21, 21-25, 25-15)
BOWLING GREEN, OH – Getting off to early leads paid off nicely for Bowling Green on Wednesday, as the Falcons worked past Binghamton to kick off first-round action at the 2024 NIVC. In Set 1, Bowling Green hit .441 and prevailed even though Binghamton has no attack errors. Two late kills from Jordan Newblatt secured a lead for the Falcons, and Lauryn Hovey finished the set off with a kill. In the second set, Bowling Green took a 10-0 lead but had to fend off multiple charges from Binghamton. Viktoria Dimitrova’s kill for the Bearcats cut the lead to 23-21, but BGSU sealed the set with a kill from Amanda Otten. Set 3 saw Binghamton break through as Tsvetelina Ilieva had two aces to make it 15-all; she finished the set with a kill as well. Set 4 featured another early burst from BGSU, which took an 11-3 lead and held strong, getting two aces from Lauyrn Hovey to move ahead 23-14 and take full control of the match. The Falcons (22-9) saw Mia Tyler notch 14 kills; Hovey had 11 kills and Newblatt finished with 10 kills. Amanda Otten had 38 assists and 11 digs; Sydnie Hernandez closed with 13 digs as Bowling Green hit .290 overall. The Bearcats (19-11), regular-season American East champions, got 38 assists and 11 digs from Lottie Scully. Tsvetelina Ilieva, one of 15 players in Division I to enter the postseason with more than 500 kills, had 21 kills on the night along with 10 digs. Ella Schabort ended up with 12 digs. |
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