Rockets Extend Winning Streak to Five with Win over Central Michigan

Thursday, September 29

Toledo, Ohio

6:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

10-4,3-0MAC

Central Michigan

9-5,2-1MAC

Central Mich.

Toledo

Toledo won its fifth straight match on Thursday, a 3-1 triumph over Central Michigan.

Photo by: Haley Boehm

Rockets Extend Winning Streak to Five with Win over Central Michigan

9/29/2022 10:15:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo women's volleyball team (10-4, 3-0 MAC) extended its winning streak to five matches on Thursday night with a win over Central Michigan (9-5, 2-1 MAC).

The Chippewas won the first set, 25-19, to take a 1-0 lead in the match, but the Rockets answered by winning the next three sets (25-23, 25-19, 25-20) to capture the match.

Senior Ryann Jaqua led UT with a season-high 33 digs, her second match with at least 30 digs this season. Junior Payton Morman tallied her second double-double of the season with 32 assists and 10 digs, and senior Abby Ray collected a season-high 11 digs. Junior Taylor Alt led Toledo with 15 kills and junior Jada Bouyer added 12 terminations and three blocks. Bouyer was one of four Rockets with at least three blocks on Thursday; senior Rhyenne Filisi led the way with five and seniors Olivia Vance and Sina Uluave both tallied three.

Toledo and Central Michigan will face off again on Friday at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN3.

1^st Set (25-19, Central Michigan)
Alt tallied the first two points of the first set with back-to-back kills, but CMU would answer with a 6-1 run to take a 6-3 lead. Toledo fought to pull within a point at 11-10, but the Chippewas quickly extended their lead to eight points, 20-12, and went on to win 25-19 and take a 1-0 lead in the match.

2^nd Set (25-23, Toledo)
Toledo jumped out to a 6-1 lead to begin the second set, with Bouyer punctuating the scoring run with a kill. The Rockets would lead by as many as seven and held a 19-12 lead at one point, but CMU would not go down easily. Central Michigan chipped away at Toledo's lead and eventually pulled within a point, 24-23. Alt came through in the clutch though, providing the clinching point on her fourth kill of the set to win the set for the Rockets and tie the match at 1-1.

3^rd Set (25-19, Toledo)
Toledo started out hot once again, taking a 5-2 lead to open the third set. After leading the second set wire-to-wire, the Rockets did the same thing in the third set to go up 2-1 in the match. This time Central Michigan never seriously challenged UT, only pulling with three points late before a kill from Bouyer sealed the deal and put her team in the driver's seat.

4^th Set (25-20, Toledo)
Central Michigan controlled the first half of the fourth set, taking a 15-11 lead and putting itself in a position to extend the match. The Rockets answered with four straight points to tie the score at 15-15, then used a 5-0 run to take a commanding 22-17 lead late. With the score at 24-18, CMU scored two straight points to pull within four, but Bouyer once again clinched the set with a kill, this time providing the match-clinching point.