Toledo Posts 3-1 Win Over Miami - University of Toledo Athletics

Saturday, October 31

Oxford, Ohio

4 p.m.

University of Toledo

18-4,10-2MAC

Miami

16-7,8-4MAC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Toledo	24	25	25	25	3
Miami (OH)	26	18	23	20	1

Grace Freiberger registered 20 digs in Saturday's 3-1 win over Miami.

Photo by: Ellen Holton

10/31/2026 7:40:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Sophie Catalano leads offense with 15 kills on Saturday

OXFORD, Ohio – The Toledo women's volleyball team recorded an undefeated weekend after tallying a 3-1 win (24-26, 25-18, 25-23, 25-20) over Miami on Saturday evening in Oxford, Ohio. The Rockets have extended their winning streak to four-straight matches.

The Rockets (18-4, 10-2 MAC) recorded their 10th Mid-American Conference win of the season, moving their streak to six-straight seasons with 10-plus league wins.

Toledo had three players reach double-figure kills for a second-straight night. Sophie Catalano led the team with 15 terminations on a .333 clip and six blocks. Ava Siefke poured in 11 kills, while Lilly Merk added in 10 kills on a .412 hitting percentage and added six blocks.

Grace Freiberger led the team with 20 digs along with a service ace. Avery Adamski chipped in a season-high 17 digs, and Jessica Costlow had 13 digs to go with nine kills.

Janelle Green collected a team-high 24 assists to go with five digs, while Maddy Bach notched 22 helpers and nine digs.

The Rockets tallied 12 blocks for their fourth match with 10-plus blocks this season.

Quoting Head Coach Brian Wright
"I'm so proud of our urgency tonight. Playing the same team on back-to-back nights takes a lot of mental strength. Losing a tight first set and then just continuing to battle nonstop is exactly who I know this team is. Our defense just got increasingly better as the match went on, and I'm so proud of our blockers. Grace (Freiberger), Jess (Costlow) and Avery (Adamski) really brought so much poise and maturity and competitiveness to everything we did. We had a balanced offense and Janelle (Green) and Maddy (Bach) did a great job leading that. For the second night in a row, our fans were incredible. The energy and voices from our fans were fuel for us on this huge weekend. It was so impressive to look up in the stands and see all the Midnight Blue and Gold! I hope thousands of you will come down to BG to support us on Tuesday."

Key Moments

Four-straight blocks from the Rockets put them ahead 8-5 early in the first set. Miami responded with a 5-1 run to flip the score and get ahead, 12-10. Kills from Ava Siefke and Sierra Pertzborn helped even the set, 13-13, before the RedHawks regained a slight 18-15 lead following the media timeout. A block from Lilly Merk and Siefke evened the set at 22-22 before the RedHawks took the set win.
Kills from Merk and Janelle Green gave Toledo an early 9-6 lead in the second set. Jessica Costlow fired off a kill to extend UT's advantage to 13-8, and Sierra Pertzborn kept the Rockets in front by four, 17-13. Kills from Sophie Catalano and Pertzborn helped the Rockets take the set victory.
Miami took a 7-3 lead in the third set before the Rockets fired off a 5-1 run to even the score at 8-8. Kayla Ozanich fired off a kill to give Toledo a 13-11 advantage, and UT went ahead by three on Catalano's 10th kill of the night, 17-14. Pertzborn kept Toledo in the lead with a kill, 23-18, before Miami used a 5-0 surge to even the set, 23-23. Siefke and Merk fired off kills to tally the set win.
The Rockets and RedHawks traded runs to start off the fourth set, with Miami getting a slight 7-5 lead with a kill. Toledo evened the set again thanks to a block from Ozanich and Pertzborn and an ace from Costlow, 10-10. Two kills from Catalano and an ace from Merk gave the Rockets an 18-14 advantage, before Miami was able to get within two thanks to a kill and a block, 20-18. Catalano and Merk combined for a block to put Toledo at match point, 24-20, and an ace from Siefke secured the victory.

Up Next
Toledo will head to Bowling Green, Ohio for the first installment of the Battle of I-75 on Tuesday, Nov. 3. First serve from the Stroh Center is set for 6 p.m.