Bowling Green def. Central Mich. 3-1 Volleyball (Oct 23)

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 23, 2026ESPN+

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Bowling Green 99.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Bowling Green beat visiting Central Mich. 3-1 (25-18, 24-26, 25-15, 25-14) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Avery Hobson led Bowling Green with 18 kills; Central Mich.'s Taylor Cripe had a match-high 22.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
C MICH	18	26	15	14	1
BGSU	25	24	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Bowling Green outhit Central Mich. .323 to .148.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.7 points. Central Mich. peaked at 2% in Set 2. These are the stats that built the gap. Bowling Green went in as RallyIQ's >99% pick.

Central Mich.Bowling Green

Break %+17.9 pts
31.149.0
48 of 98 on serve vs 23 of 74, so Central Mich.'s sideout was 51.0%.
Hitting+.175
.148.323
60 K / 17 E against 42 K / 24 E.
Longest run+1
67
Up 18–14 in the fourth set, Bowling Green scored 7 straight to make it 25–14. That set ended 25–14.

Bowling Green above 50Central Mich. belowMax swing 0.7%

Central Mich.Bowling Green

Aces: Central Mich. 1·Bowling Green 8
Serve err: Central Mich. 6·Bowling Green 10
Blocks: Central Mich. 8·Bowling Green 112 BS · 12 BA vs 1 BS · 20 BA
Digs: Central Mich. 45·Bowling Green 51

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Bowling Green above 50 · Central Mich. below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Bowling Green stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

C MICH 0.3%99.7% BGSU

Central Mich. wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.2%

Bowling Green wins

3-0

83.8%

3-1

14.4%

3-2

1.6%

C MICH break %: 32.6% vs this opp
BGSU break %: 54.0% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Central Mich.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Taylor CripeOH	4	22	7	48	.313	0	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	22
6Brenna StorzMB	4	6	0	9	.667	2	0	1	1	0	2	3	3.5	9.5
9Alexis CarperOH	4	4	2	17	.118	0	0	3	4	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
22Meisha SykesMB	4	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	3.5
1Addison SamolinskiL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
2Audrey HackneyS	4	0	1	4	-.250	33	0	0	11	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
13Lilly MullholandMB	4	4	6	17	-.118	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	6
8Cheyenne GunnerOH	4	4	6	15	-.133	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
4Rainey WeidmanL/DS	4	0	0	3	.000	3	0	1	9	4	0	0	0	0
3Jaliyah CohnesOH	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Karla Sanchez GeorgeS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	24	122	.148	41	1	6	45	8	2	12	8	73

Bowling Greenhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Avery HobsonOH	4	18	6	36	.333	2	1	1	7	1	0	1	0.5	19.5
23Anastasija BozicOH	4	11	5	31	.194	2	0	2	7	0	0	2	1	12
6Cecily WaynarOPP	4	6	1	12	.417	0	2	1	2	0	0	7	3.5	11.5
18Helen WilfordMB	4	7	1	15	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
11Amanda OttenS	4	6	1	8	.625	42	0	2	11	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
3Avery AndersDS	4	0	0	2	.000	3	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	1
12Karli MolnauOH	4	12	2	26	.385	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	15
1Sydnie HernandezDS	4	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	15	0	0	0	0	0
17Katherine EignerDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
19Alivia BrownDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4Ava BuddelmeyerOH	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		60	17	133	.323	55	8	10	51	1	1	20	11	99

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Central Mich. vs Bowling Green

Season series · Bowling Green leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Central Mich. at Bowling Green · Bowling Green won 3-1This match
Sat, Oct 24, 2026Central Mich. at Bowling Green · Bowling Green won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 C MICH · BGSU 7

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 3 C MICHBGSU 4

Set 2

26-24

Longest run 6 C MICHBGSU 3

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 3 C MICHBGSU 5

Set 4

14-25

Longest run 4 C MICHBGSU 7

Bars above the line = Bowling Green leads, below = Central Mich. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Central Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%9/19	27%3/11
2	69%9/13	25%3/12
3	53%9/17	18%2/11
4	47%9/19	25%3/12
5	40%8/20	25%3/12
6	60%6/10	56%9/16
All	51%50/98	31%23/74

Bowling Green

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%10/16	47%7/15
2	90%9/10	47%8/17
3	82%9/11	40%6/15
4	64%9/14	40%6/15
5	58%7/12	69%18/26
6	64%7/11	30%3/10
All	69%51/74	49%48/98

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (4 of 4 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

172 rallies

#	C MICH-BGSU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	C MICH	BGSU	Serve err	Alexis Carper
2	1-1	BGSU	C MICH	Serve err	Anastasija Bozic
3	1-2	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
4	2-2	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
5	2-3	C MICH	BGSU×3	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
6	2-4	BGSU	BGSU×3	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
7	2-5	BGSU	BGSU×3	Blocked	Lilly Mullholand	blk Avery Hobson, Cecily Waynar
8	3-5	BGSU	C MICH	Serve err	Amanda Otten
9	3-6	C MICH	BGSU×4	Serve err	Taylor Cripe
10	3-7	BGSU	BGSU×4	Kill	Cecily Waynar
11	3-8	BGSU	BGSU×4	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
12	3-9	BGSU	BGSU×4	Blocked	Cheyenne Gunner	blk Karli Molnau, Cecily Waynar
13	4-9	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
14	4-10	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Cecily Waynar	set Amanda Otten
15	5-10	BGSU	C MICH	Blocked	Anastasija Bozic	blk Brenna Storz
16	6-10	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Addison Samolinski	aced Avery Hobson
17	6-11	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Sydnie Hernandez
18	7-11	BGSU	C MICH×3	Serve err	Avery Anders
19	8-11	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
20	9-11	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Amanda Otten
21	9-12	C MICH	BGSU	Serve err	Alexis Carper
22	10-12	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
23	10-13	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
24	11-13	BGSU	C MICH	Attack err	Anastasija Bozic
25	12-13	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Rainey Weidman
26	12-14	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
27	12-15	BGSU	BGSU	Attack err	Lilly Mullholand
28	13-15	BGSU	C MICH	Serve err	Amanda Otten
29	13-16	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Cecily Waynar	set Amanda Otten
30	13-17	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
31	14-17	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Audrey Hackney
32	14-18	C MICH	BGSU	Blocked	Lilly Mullholand	blk Anastasija Bozic, Cecily Waynar
33	15-18	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
34	16-18	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Audrey Hackney
35	16-19	C MICH	BGSU×3	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
36	16-20	BGSU	BGSU×3	Kill	Helen Wilford	set Amanda Otten
37	16-21	BGSU	BGSU×3	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
38	17-21	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
39	18-21	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Rainey Weidman
40	18-22	C MICH	BGSU×4	Kill	Helen Wilford	set Amanda Otten
41	18-23	BGSU	BGSU×4	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
42	18-24	BGSU	BGSU×4	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Avery Anders
43	18-25	BGSU	BGSU×4	Ace	Alivia Brown
Set 2
1	0-1	BGSU	BGSU	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
2	1-1	BGSU	C MICH	Serve err	Anastasija Bozic
3	1-2	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Helen Wilford	set Amanda Otten
4	2-2	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Meisha Sykes	set Audrey Hackney
5	2-3	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Amanda Otten	set Anastasija Bozic
6	3-3	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Rainey Weidman
7	3-4	C MICH	BGSU	Serve err	Rainey Weidman
8	4-4	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Audrey Hackney
9	4-5	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
10	5-5	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
11	5-6	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
12	6-6	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
13	6-7	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Amanda Otten	set Anastasija Bozic
14	6-8	BGSU	BGSU	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Helen Wilford, Amanda Otten
15	7-8	BGSU	C MICH×4	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Audrey Hackney
16	8-8	C MICH	C MICH×4	Blocked	Avery Hobson	blk Lilly Mullholand, Meisha Sykes
17	9-8	C MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brenna Storz
18	10-8	C MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Meisha Sykes	set Audrey Hackney
19	10-9	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
20	11-9	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
21	11-10	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Cecily Waynar	set Amanda Otten
22	11-11	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Sydnie Hernandez
23	12-11	BGSU	C MICH	Blocked	Avery Hobson	blk Lilly Mullholand, Meisha Sykes
24	13-11	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Avery Hobson
25	13-12	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
26	14-12	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Audrey Hackney
27	14-13	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
28	14-14	BGSU	BGSU	Ace	Katherine Eigner	aced Rainey Weidman
29	15-14	BGSU	C MICH	Attack err	Karli Molnau
30	15-15	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
31	16-15	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Audrey Hackney
32	16-16	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Avery Anders
33	17-16	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
34	17-17	C MICH	BGSU	Attack err	Meisha Sykes
35	18-17	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Audrey Hackney
36	18-18	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
37	19-18	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Lilly Mullholand
38	19-19	C MICH	BGSU×3	Blocked	Cheyenne Gunner	blk Karli Molnau
39	19-20	BGSU	BGSU×3	Bad set	Audrey Hackney
40	19-21	BGSU	BGSU×3	Blocked	Cheyenne Gunner	blk Cecily Waynar, Karli Molnau
41	20-21	BGSU	C MICH	Serve err	Avery Hobson
42	20-22	C MICH	BGSU×3	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
43	20-23	BGSU	BGSU×3	Ace	Katherine Eigner	aced Rainey Weidman
44	20-24	BGSU	BGSU×3	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
45	21-24	BGSU	C MICH×6	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
46	22-24	C MICH	C MICH×6	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brenna Storz
47	23-24	C MICH	C MICH×6	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
48	24-24	C MICH	C MICH×6	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
49	25-24	C MICH	C MICH×6	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
50	26-24	C MICH	C MICH×6	Blocked	Ava Buddelmeyer	blk Brenna Storz, Alexis Carper
Set 3
1	0-1	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
2	0-2	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Avery Hobson
3	1-2	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
4	1-3	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Sydnie Hernandez
5	1-4	BGSU	BGSU	Ace	Cecily Waynar
6	2-4	BGSU	C MICH	Serve err	Cecily Waynar
7	2-5	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
8	3-5	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
9	3-6	C MICH	BGSU×5	Attack err	Audrey Hackney
10	3-7	BGSU	BGSU×5	Kill	Helen Wilford	set Amanda Otten
11	3-8	BGSU	BGSU×5	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
12	3-9	BGSU	BGSU×5	Attack err	Lilly Mullholand
13	3-10	BGSU	BGSU×5	Blocked	Cheyenne Gunner	blk Amanda Otten, Helen Wilford
14	4-10	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Audrey Hackney
15	4-11	C MICH	BGSU×3	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
16	4-12	BGSU	BGSU×3	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
17	4-13	BGSU	BGSU×3	Kill	Amanda Otten	set Sydnie Hernandez
18	5-13	BGSU	C MICH	Serve err	Sydnie Hernandez
19	5-14	C MICH	BGSU	Attack err	Jaliyah Cohnes
20	5-15	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Cecily Waynar	set Amanda Otten
21	6-15	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Addison Samolinski
22	6-16	C MICH	BGSU×3	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
23	6-17	BGSU	BGSU×3	Ace	Avery Hobson
24	6-18	BGSU	BGSU×3	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Cecily Waynar, Karli Molnau
25	7-18	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
26	7-19	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
27	7-20	BGSU	BGSU	Ace	Katherine Eigner	aced Rainey Weidman
28	8-20	BGSU	C MICH	Attack err	Anastasija Bozic
29	8-21	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Helen Wilford	set Amanda Otten
30	8-22	BGSU	BGSU	Ace	Avery Anders	aced Meisha Sykes
31	9-22	BGSU	C MICH×3	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
32	10-22	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Anastasija Bozic
33	11-22	C MICH	C MICH×3	Blocked	Anastasija Bozic	blk Meisha Sykes, Lilly Mullholand
34	11-23	C MICH	BGSU	Attack err	Cheyenne Gunner
35	12-23	BGSU	C MICH	Bad set	Avery Anders
36	12-24	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
37	13-24	BGSU	C MICH×3	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
38	14-24	C MICH	C MICH×3	Blocked	Avery Hobson	blk Brenna Storz
39	15-24	C MICH	C MICH×3	Blocked	Cecily Waynar	blk Brenna Storz
40	15-25	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
Set 4
1	0-1	BGSU	BGSU	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Karli Molnau, Cecily Waynar
2	1-1	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Addison Samolinski
3	1-2	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Cecily Waynar	set Amanda Otten
4	1-3	BGSU	BGSU	Blocked	Lilly Mullholand	blk Anastasija Bozic, Cecily Waynar
5	2-3	BGSU	C MICH	Bad set	Avery Hobson
6	2-4	C MICH	BGSU	Attack err	Cheyenne Gunner
7	2-5	BGSU	BGSU	Ace	Cecily Waynar	aced Rainey Weidman
8	3-5	BGSU	C MICH	Serve err	Katherine Eigner
9	3-6	C MICH	BGSU	Attack err	Lilly Mullholand
10	4-6	BGSU	C MICH×4	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
11	5-6	C MICH	C MICH×4	Attack err	Helen Wilford
12	6-6	C MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Audrey Hackney
13	7-6	C MICH	C MICH×4	Attack err	Avery Hobson
14	7-7	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Amanda Otten	set Sydnie Hernandez
15	7-8	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
16	8-8	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
17	8-9	C MICH	BGSU	Serve err	Alexis Carper
18	8-10	BGSU	BGSU	Attack err	Alexis Carper
19	9-10	BGSU	C MICH	Blocked	Avery Hobson	blk Audrey Hackney, Brenna Storz
20	9-11	C MICH	BGSU	Serve err	Brenna Storz
21	9-12	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson
22	10-12	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
23	10-13	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
24	10-14	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
25	11-14	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
26	12-14	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Karli Molnau
27	12-15	C MICH	BGSU×3	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
28	12-16	BGSU	BGSU×3	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Karli Molnau
29	12-17	BGSU	BGSU×3	Kill	Helen Wilford
30	13-17	BGSU	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
31	13-18	C MICH	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
32	14-18	BGSU	C MICH	Serve err	Avery Anders
33	14-19	C MICH	BGSU×7	Kill	Amanda Otten	set Avery Hobson
34	14-20	BGSU	BGSU×7	Blocked	Alexis Carper	blk Amanda Otten, Helen Wilford
35	14-21	BGSU	BGSU×7	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
36	14-22	BGSU	BGSU×7	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
37	14-23	BGSU	BGSU×7	Kill	Helen Wilford
38	14-24	BGSU	BGSU×7	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
39	14-25	BGSU	BGSU×7	Kill	Amanda Otten	set Avery Anders

Score shown after each rally, Central Mich. first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Bowling Green def. Central Mich. 3–1

Bowling Green outhit Central Mich. .323 to .148.