TOLEDO, OH - The Toledo volleyball team was unable to end its regular season on a high note, falling 3-2 (25-23, 18-25, 25-22, 21-25, 15-12) to Buffalo on Saturday at Savage Arena.
The Rockets were led by senior MB Brooke Frazer in her final match with the Midnight Blue & Gold, tallying a career-high and match-high 24 kills and an outrageous .611 hitting percentage. She had only one attack error in the contest.
Toledo recorded a .208 attack percentage and limited the Bulls to a .184 mark.
Sophomore DS Maggie Johnston also posted a career-high in the contest, tallying a match-high 31 digs from the libero position. Fellow sophomore OH Alyssa Ehrhardt added 13 digs (.146 attack percentage) to complete her ninth double-double of the year.
Freshman RS/MB Rachel Vidourek and sophomore OH Mary O'Connor each added nine kills in the match as well.
Senior OH Natalia Parreira tallied nine digs, as well as one kill and one serving ace.
Freshman DS Brianna Foster also had nine digs in the match.
The Bulls totaled 16.0 total team blocks in the contest, and had three players with at least 12 digs. Freshman Niki Bozinoski led the way with 21 digs.
On the offensive end, four players tallied 10 or more kills, led by freshman OH Skyler Day with 15. Junior MB Akeila Lain and freshman MB Cassie Shado recorded 13 and 12 kills, respectively, and junior OH Megan Lipski added 10.
In the first set, Toledo trailed 20-15, but went on a streak of five straight points to tie the game at 20 with a kill from Frazer. The Midnight Blue & Gold lost the next three points, but cut the lead to 23-22 before falling.
The Rockets bounced back in the second set, opening up a 12-5 lead which the Bulls never overcame. The Bulls never got within four points the rest of the frame, as Toledo won 25-18.
Buffalo won another hard-fought set in the third, and Toledo tied the match up at two heading into the final set.
The two teams were tied at five points apiece in the fifth set, but the Bulls scored the next four points to open up a 9-5 lead. Toledo scored five of the next seven points to cut the Buffalo lead to one, but the Bulls closed out the Rockets on kills by Lain and Day.
