Ohio Volleyball Falls in Five-Set Battle at Bowling Green

Friday, October 9

Bowling Green, OH

6 p.m. ET

11-5,4-1MAC

Bowling Green

12-4,4-1MAC

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Ohio	13	27	27	23	11	2
Bowling Green	25	25	25	25	15	3

Game Notes

Ohio Volleyball Falls in Five-Set Battle at Bowling Green

10/9/2026 10:51:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Ohio volleyball team (11-5, 4-1 MAC) fell 3-2 (13-25, 27-25, 27-25, 23-25, 11-15) at Bowling Green (12-4, 4-1 MAC) on Friday, Oct. 9.

Ohio finished with 61 kills, three aces, 11 blocks, 59 assists and 58 digs. Bowling Green finished with 66 kills, three aces, 12 blocks, 62 assists and 59 digs.

Sophomore Bailey Blair (Louisville, Ky.) and senior Torre Kildow (Bethesda, Ohio) were Ohio's top offensive performers. Blair recorded a team-high 15 kills and 17 points while Kildow added 12 kills and 12 points. Freshman Rose Mahin (Franklin, Ind.) and senior Emily Waddell (Carmel, Ind.) combined for 17 kills.

Freshman Rowan Kelly (Akron, Ohio) recorded an impressive .500 attack percentage with six kills and one error on 10 total attacks. Kelly led the team with a career-high 48 assists in addition to 14 digs.

Defensively, senior Kendall Hickey (Fishers, Ind.) led the teams with 20 digs. Blair and Mahin combined for 10 digs. At the net, Blair recorded a team-high four blocks. Senior Olivia Gardner (Macomb, Mich.) and sophomore Cienna Lapsley (Columbia City, Ind.) finished with three blocks each.

Bowling Green got off to a strong start, taking a 1-0 lead with a 25-13 win in the first set.

The Bobcats' loss in the first did not stop them. Ohio took the second set in a 27-25 decision and tied the game at 1-1. The Bobcats followed that up with another 27-25 win in the third set, taking a 2-1 lead over the Falcons.

Bowling Green tied the game at 2-2 with a 25-23 win in the fourth, forcing a fifth set. It was a close battle through the game and that continued in the fifth set. Ohio went on to fall to Bowling Green, 15-11, losing the match 3-2 to the Falcons.

The Bobcats will conclude its series at Bowling Green on Saturday, Oct. 10. First serve is set for 6 p.m. ET and the game will be available to watch on ESPN+.

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