TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's volleyball team hosted Ohio on Saturday in its final home match of the season, falling in three sets to the Bobcats.
Following the match, the Rockets celebrated Senior Day and honored four student-athletes: Abby Ray, Rhyenne Filisi, Sina Uluave, and Olivia Vance.
One day after sweeping the Bobcats (17-9, 11-4 MAC), Toledo (16-10, 9-6 MAC) found itself on the wrong end of a sweep on Saturday evening. Vance led Toledo offensively with nine kills and a .643 attack percentage, while both Uluave and junior Taylor Alt tallied eight kills. Ray led Toledo with eight digs
The loss puts Toledo in a three-way tie for fourth place in the MAC standings with three matches remaining in the regular season. At 9-6 in MAC play, UT is tied with Buffalo and Central Michigan and one game ahead both Northern Illinois (8-7) and Western Michigan (8-7) in the standings. The Rockets own the tiebreaker over Buffalo, but do not own the tiebreaker over CMU. Ball State (13-2), Bowling Green (12-3), and Ohio (11-4) make up the top three. The top six teams advance to the MAC Tournament following the regular season.
Toledo visits Kent State for a pair of matches next weekend before ending the regular season at Ball State on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
1st Set (25-17, Ohio)
Toledo and Ohio traded points at the very start of the match, but OU quickly built a substantial lead it would not relinquish. The Bobcats went ahead 12-7 before growing their lead to nine points at 21-12. The final score settled at 25-17, and the Rockets found themselves trailing 1-0 after one set.
2nd Set (25-18, Ohio)
Ohio scored the first three points of the set and never trailed at any point, eventually winning 25-18 to go up 2-0 in the match. Neither team hit particularly well in the second stanza; Ohio hit .194 and Toledo hit .050. Alt's three kills led UT offensively in the second set.
3rd set (25-15, Ohio)
Toledo came out strong to start the third set, taking an early 4-1 lead to kick things off. Vance opened the set with a kill, then senior Ryann Jaqua landed a service ace before two OU miscues handed the Rockets their early lead. That marked the final time Toledo held a lead on Saturday, as Ohio rattled off a 12-1 run to take a commanding 13-5 lead. The Bobcats went on to win 25-15 to complete the sweep.
