University of Toledo
Ball State
Toledo Suffers 3-0 Setback at Ball State
11/1/2007 4:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
With the victory, the Cardinals improve to 3-10 in MAC action, while raising its overall record to 4-22.
Freshman OH Margot Joniec led the Rockets' offense with nine kills. On the defensive end, sophomore Sarah Wilson notched a team-high six blocks with junior Lori Ruth collected a team-best 12 digs.
Ball State's junior Christine Kennedy paced all players with 15 kills, while adding six total blocks. Freshman Alexis Shonkwiler and sophomore Elaina Kakatolis tied for match-high honors with eight block assists.
The match opened with the teams playing to a 5-5 tie before a small
After a UT kill pushed the score to 19-18, May answered with back-to-back kills to give BSU a 20-19 edge. BSU followed with four more points to build a 24-19 lead and went ahead 29-23. The Rockets tried to rally back, closing within two points at the 29-27 mark, but the Cardinals' Brittany May tallied a game-winning kill on the next play.
After falling behind 4-1 in the second game, the Cardinals were able to rally around a pair of Toledo errors and the serving of freshman Karin Caudill, as a 6-0 run gave BSU an advantage it would not relinquish in the game. Caudill had a pair of aces in the rally and helped force a UT ball handling error with her strong serving. BSU's largest advantage in the set came at the end of the game, when a Kennedy kill followed by a
Kakatolis opened the third game with a kill, while Rachel Alcorn
