Sept. 23, 2006

Final Stats

Oxford, OH - Toledo (4-11, 1-1 MAC) gained a split of its first weekend of Mid-American Conference play with a 3-0 (30-21, 30-24, 30-23) sweep tonight at Miami (4-11, 0-2 MAC). The Rockets posted a season-high .320 attack percentage for the match and hit .333 in the first game, .424 in the second game and .206 in the third game.

The Rockets' offense was led by the trio of junior OH TaNeisha Winters (16 kills, .310 ATK%), senior OH Kate Bean (.14 kills, .370 ATK%) and junior OH Sarah Kreher (12 kills, .320 ATK%). Senior L Lora Sarich led UT with 14 digs, while junior S Emi Holsclaw dished out 41 assists.

For Miami, junior MH Carli Reihman collected a team-best 12 kills, while sophomore libero Melissa Zenz tallied a team-high nine digs.

Two kills by junior outside hitter Jeanna Staun and a block by sophomore outside hitter Alex Ratcliff and freshman middle hitter Hallie Hanks helped Miami to an early 8-3 lead in the first game. Toledo climbed back to knot the game, 13-13, but a kill by Hanks and a Rocket attack error gave the RedHawks a 15-13 edge. A kill by Kreher and a Miami attack error handed the Rockets a 17-16 lead. After a Rocket service error tied the game at 18-18, Toledo went on a 7-0 surge with help from two blocks by Holsclaw and freshman MB Liz Sundburg to capture a 25-18 advantage. From there, the Rockets took the first game 30-21. Winters had eight kills in the first game for the Rockets.

In the second game, Toledo built a quick 12-3 lead off a balanced offensive attack that included two kills apiece by Kreher and Bean. With Toledo holding an18-10 lead, Miami went on an 8-0 run, spurred by two kills apiece by Hanks and Schroeder and capped by a service ace from junior middle hitter Carli Reihman, to knot the game 18-18. A Schroeder kill gave Miami the 21-20 edge, but Toledo rattled off six unanswered points, with help from two Bean kills, to post a 26-21 lead and went on to take game two, 30-24.

Game three stayed tight as both teams were knotted as late as 11-11. After trailing by four at 16-12, four Toledo attack errors helped Miami crawl back into the game as Miami cut its deficit to one at 19-18. However, seven of the next eight points went to Toledo and the Rockets did not look back as Toledo went on to win game three, 30-23.

Toledo will continue on the road next weekend with matchups at Ball State on Thursday, Sept. 28 and Akron on Saturday, Sept. 30.