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Score: Ohio 3, Bowling Green 0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-20)
Location: Bowling Green, Ohio (Stroh Center)
Record: Ohio 20-5 (10-2 MAC), Bowling Green 6-19 (2-10 MAC)
Short Story: The Ohio volleyball team (20-5, 10-2 MAC) put an end to a two-match losing skid by sweeping Mid-American Conference East Division rival Bowling Green, 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-20), on Saturday (Oct. 31) at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. 

THE BASICS
• Ohio attacked at a .256 clip (40 kills-10 errors-117 total attacks) while holding Bowling Green to a .112 percentage (36 kills-22 errors-125 total attacks).
• Senior middle blocker/outside hitter Shelby Walker (Bradenton, Fla.) logged a match-high 14 kills to go along with three solo blocks to lead Ohio.
• Sophomore outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) added eight kills, two service aces, two assisted blocks and four digs for the Bobcats.
• Senior middle blocker Karin Bull (Bloomington, Minn.) totaled seven kills and a match-high four total blocks (one solo, three assisted) to go along with an assist and a dig for Ohio.
• Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Ali Lake (Liberty Township, Ohio) contributed four kills, three total blocks (one solo, two assisted) and a dig for the Bobcats.
• Senior setter Abby Gilleland (Bull Valley, Ill.) achieved a double-double for Ohio with a match-high 32 assists and a team-high 15 digs in addition to two kills, a service ace and an assisted block.
• Junior outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) chipped in 13 digs and a service ace for the Bobcats.
• Senior libero Meredith Ashy (Louisville, Ky.) and junior setter/defensive specialist Brooke Coleman (Plano, Texas) each tallied nine digs for Ohio. Ashy also posted a serive ace and four assists.
• Junior middle Alyssa Maloney led Bowling Green with 12 kills and also contributed an assisted block, an assist and a dig.
• Junior outside hitter/right side Jelena Sunjic added eight kills, an assisted block and 10 digs for the Falcons.
• Sophomore outside hitter Nicole Slimko pitched in eight kills and two digs for Bowling Green.
• Sophomore setter Nicole Slimko led the Falcons with 30 assists and added a kill, two total blocks (one solo, one assisted), a service ace and four digs.
• Freshman libero/defensive specialist Kallie Seimet led the match with 24 digs for Bowling Green and also added two assists for Bowling Green.
• Junior libero/defensive specialist Madeline Garda added 14 digs for the Falcons.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Ohio rolled to a win in the opening set, hitting .324 (14 kills-two errors-37 total attacks). The Bobcats raced ahead to a 17-9 lead thanks in large part to six kills by Walker and two by Lake. The Falcons countered with a 7-5 stretch that cut the Bobcats' lead down to 22-16. Ohio scored three of the next five points, though, to take a 1-0 match lead. Kills by Kosiorek, Walker and redshirt freshman middle blocker Katie Nelson (Regina, Saskatchewan) closed out the first-set win for the Bobcats.
• The Bobcats and the Falcons went back and forth in the early portion of the second set. Kills by Slimko and freshman middle Madeline Brandewie gave Bowling Green an 11-9 lead, but kills by Bull and Gilleland evened the score. Ohio then rattled off an 11-6 run to take a 22-17 lead, using three kills by Bull, a double block by Kosiorek and Bull and kills by Gilleland, Kosiorek, Nelson and Lake. Back-to-back kills by Slimko and a double block by Scholten and Maloney shaved Ohio's lead down to 22-20, but the Bobcats closed out the set victory and took a 2-0 match lead with a solo block by Bull and a service ace by Kosiorek.
• The third set began much like the second set as the two squads traded points to build to a 14-all tie. Two kills apiece from Nelson, Bull and Kosiorek, a solo block by Walker and a double block by Nelson and Lake helped the Bobcats stay even with the Falcons. Ohio broke the set open with a 9-3 run that featured three kills by Walker, kills by Bull, Lake and Kosiorek. Bowling Green scored three of the next four points to cut Ohio's lead to 24-20, but the Bobcats ended the match and secured the win with a kill by freshman setter/outside hitter Stephanie Olman.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
• Ohio has now won at least 20 matches for the 14th season in a row.
• The Bobcats are now 34-30 (.531) all-time against Bowling Green and have won seven straight over the Falcons. Ohio swept the season series from Bowling Green, also posting a 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-19) sweep of the Falcons on Sept. 25 at the Convocation Center in Athens.
• Walker recorded double-digit kills for the fourth time in the last six matches, eighth time this season and ninth time in her career.
• Gilleland posted her second-straight double-double, 13th of the year and 38th of her career. She recorded double-digit assists for the 25th time this season and 117th time in her career while posting double-digit digs for the 15th time this year and 43rd time in her career.
• Salis notched double-digit digs for the second-straight match, 13th time this season and 29th time in her career.
• With 2,071 digs for her career, she is now 21 away from becoming Ohio's all-time leader in the rally scoring era.

QUOTABLE
"Tonight was a step forward and exactly what we needed. I give credit to our seniors and team leaders for getting our team emotionally ready to compete. This week is another opportunity to improve as we prepare for our next match against Kent State." - Second-Year Head Coach Deane Webb

WHAT'S NEXT
Ohio readies for the stretch run of the 2015 regular season. The Bobcats welcome Kent State to the Convocation Center on Thursday (Nov. 5) in a matchup between the top two teams in the MAC East Division, then host MAC West Division foe Central Michigan on Saturday (Nov. 7). Both contests are set to begin at 7 p.m. ET. Thursday's match features a pregame student tailgate. Saturday's match celebrates Dad's Weekend with a pregame student tailgate and a postgame autograph session. The match will also serve as Camp Reunion Night.

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