Bowling Green vs Kent State: Bowling Green Wins 3-0 (Oct 1)

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Bowling Green 94.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Bowling Green won at Kent St. 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-22) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. Bowling Green's Avery Hobson led with 18 kills, and Sydnie Hernandez added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BGSU	25	25	25	3
KENT	16	20	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.432 and 18 kills for Avery Hobson as Bowling Green rolled past Kent St.

Win probability never moved more than 0.8 points on one rally; Kent St. topped out at 7% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Bowling Green 94% before first serve.

Bowling GreenKent St.

Break %+14.6 pts
47.933.3
35 of 73 on serve vs 20 of 60, so Kent St.'s sideout was 52.1%.
Hitting+.174
.261.087
47 kills, 17 errors vs 29 kills, 20 errors.
Longest run+3
74
Bowling Green scored 7 straight in the first set to stretch a 10–6 lead to 17–6. The set finished 25–16.

Kent St. above 50Bowling Green belowMax swing 0.8%

Bowling GreenKent St.

Aces: Bowling Green 4·Kent St. 3
Serve err: Bowling Green 8·Kent St. 4
Blocks: Bowling Green 9·Kent St. 60 BS · 18 BA vs 1 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Bowling Green 46·Kent St. 36

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Kent St. above 50 · Bowling Green 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

BGSU 89.1%10.9% KENT

Bowling Green wins

3-0

43.0%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.5%

Kent St. wins

3-0

1.5%

3-1

3.3%

3-2

6.1%

BGSU break %: 48.2% vs this opp
KENT break %: 38.8% 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

Bowling Greenaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
9Avery HobsonOH	3	18	2	37	.432	1	1	3	8	0	1	0.5	19.5
23Anastasija BozicOH	3	11	4	28	.250	1	0	0	8	2	1	0.5	11.5
12Karli MolnauOH	3	9	4	21	.238	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
6Cecily WaynarOPP	3	4	4	14	.000	0	2	2	2	0	7	3.5	9.5
18Helen WilfordMB	3	5	1	10	.400	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
16Amanda OttenS	3	0	2	5	-.400	30	0	2	4	0	6	3	3
2Molly BeattyS	3	0	0	0	–	8	1	1	5	0	0	0	1
3Avery AndersDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
1Sydnie HernandezDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
17Katherine EignerDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	17	115	.261	45	4	8	46	3	18	9	75

Kent St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Mercedez BrownOH	3	8	4	22	.182	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
8Nadia MillerMB	3	5	5	20	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	7
16Adalynn GinleyMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
20Ashley VerheyOH	3	5	2	12	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
14Christina VigilS	3	1	0	6	.167	24	0	1	6	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
2Avrey RigneyOH	2	1	6	17	-.294	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1.5	2.5
1Maggie KachmarikDS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
4Hailey BrennerDS	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
5Lesley FurutaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
10Macie MorelandOH	2	4	1	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
11Vanessa ImohOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		29	20	103	.087	28	3	4	36	4	1	10	6	58

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.

Bowling Green vs Kent St.

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Thu, Oct 1, 2026Bowling Green at Kent St. · Bowling Green won 3-0This match
Fri, Oct 2, 2026Bowling Green at Kent St. · Kent St. won 3-2Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 BGSU · KENT 4

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 7 BGSUKENT 4

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 5 BGSUKENT 2

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 5 BGSUKENT 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Bowling Green

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	54%7/13
2	80%8/10	38%5/13
3	62%8/13	43%6/14
4	86%6/7	50%6/12
5	71%5/7	38%3/8
6	63%5/8	62%8/13
All	67%40/60	48%35/73

Kent St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	50%7/14
2	73%8/11	20%2/10
3	40%6/15	43%6/14
4	75%6/8	14%1/7
5	38%5/13	14%1/7
6	56%5/9	38%3/8
All	52%38/73	33%20/60

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 (3 of 3 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

133 rallies

#	BGSU-KENT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	KENT	KENT	Ace	Kent St.	aced Anastasija Bozic
2	1-1	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
3	1-2	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil
4	2-2	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Helen Wilford	set Amanda Otten
5	3-2	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
6	3-3	BGSU	KENT	Attack err	Karli Molnau
7	4-3	KENT	BGSU×5	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
8	5-3	BGSU	BGSU×5	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
9	6-3	BGSU	BGSU×5	Blocked	Avrey Rigney	blk Amanda Otten, Cecily Waynar
10	7-3	BGSU	BGSU×5	Attack err	Nadia Miller
11	8-3	BGSU	BGSU×5	Blocked	Avrey Rigney	blk Amanda Otten, Cecily Waynar
12	8-4	BGSU	KENT	Attack err	Amanda Otten
13	8-5	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Amanda Otten
14	9-5	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Cecily Waynar	set Amanda Otten
15	10-5	BGSU	BGSU	Blocked	Nadia Miller	blk Avery Hobson, Cecily Waynar
16	10-6	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
17	11-6	KENT	BGSU×7	Kill	Cecily Waynar	set Amanda Otten
18	12-6	BGSU	BGSU×7	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Amanda Otten, Helen Wilford
19	13-6	BGSU	BGSU×7	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
20	14-6	BGSU	BGSU×7	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Avery Anders
21	15-6	BGSU	BGSU×7	Ace	Bowling Green	aced Avrey Rigney
22	16-6	BGSU	BGSU×7	Kill	Helen Wilford	set Amanda Otten
23	17-6	BGSU	BGSU×7	Kill	Helen Wilford
24	17-7	BGSU	KENT	Serve err	Bowling Green
25	18-7	KENT	BGSU×3	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
26	19-7	BGSU	BGSU×3	Attack err	Ashley Verhey
27	20-7	BGSU	BGSU×3	Attack err	Adalynn Ginley
28	20-8	BGSU	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
29	20-9	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Karli Molnau	blk Adalynn Ginley, Avrey Rigney
30	20-10	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Helen Wilford	blk Avrey Rigney, Adalynn Ginley
31	21-10	KENT	BGSU	Ace	Kent St.
32	21-11	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
33	21-12	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Avery Hobson
34	22-12	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Molly Beatty
35	23-12	BGSU	BGSU	Attack err	Ashley Verhey
36	23-13	BGSU	KENT×4	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil
37	23-14	KENT	KENT×4	Attack err	Cecily Waynar
38	23-15	KENT	KENT×4	Blocked	Karli Molnau	blk Avrey Rigney, Nadia Miller
39	23-16	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Avrey Rigney	set Christina Vigil
40	24-16	KENT	BGSU	Attack err	Avrey Rigney
41	25-16	BGSU	BGSU	Attack err	Avrey Rigney
Set 2
1	0-1	BGSU	KENT	Serve err	Bowling Green
2	1-1	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
3	1-2	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil
4	2-2	KENT	BGSU×4	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Sydnie Hernandez
5	3-2	BGSU	BGSU×4	Attack err	Nadia Miller
6	4-2	BGSU	BGSU×4	Kill	Cecily Waynar	set Amanda Otten
7	5-2	BGSU	BGSU×4	Attack err	Nadia Miller
8	5-3	BGSU	KENT	Blocked	Anastasija Bozic	blk Nadia Miller, Christina Vigil
9	6-3	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
10	6-4	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil
11	7-4	KENT	BGSU	Serve err	Kent St.
12	8-4	BGSU	BGSU	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Cecily Waynar, Amanda Otten
13	8-5	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Maggie Kachmarik
14	8-6	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Cecily Waynar	blk Mercedez Brown, Adalynn Ginley
15	9-6	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
16	10-6	BGSU	BGSU	Ace	Bowling Green	aced Hailey Brenner
17	10-7	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Hailey Brenner
18	11-7	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Helen Wilford	set Amanda Otten
19	11-8	BGSU	KENT	Serve err	Bowling Green
20	12-8	KENT	BGSU	Serve err	Kent St.
21	12-9	BGSU	KENT	Serve err	Bowling Green
22	12-10	KENT	KENT	Ace	Kent St.
23	13-10	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Molly Beatty
24	13-11	BGSU	KENT	Attack err	Anastasija Bozic
25	14-11	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Molly Beatty
26	14-12	BGSU	KENT	Attack err	Anastasija Bozic
27	15-12	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Cecily Waynar	set Amanda Otten
28	15-13	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
29	16-13	KENT	BGSU	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Amanda Otten, Cecily Waynar
30	16-14	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil
31	16-15	KENT	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Lesley Furuta
32	17-15	KENT	BGSU×5	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
33	18-15	BGSU	BGSU×5	Attack err	Avrey Rigney
34	19-15	BGSU	BGSU×5	Attack err	Avrey Rigney
35	20-15	BGSU	BGSU×5	Ace	Bowling Green	aced Lesley Furuta
36	21-15	BGSU	BGSU×5	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Molly Beatty
37	21-16	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil
38	21-17	KENT	KENT	Ace	Kent St.	aced Anastasija Bozic
39	22-17	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Molly Beatty
40	22-18	BGSU	KENT	Serve err	Bowling Green
41	23-18	KENT	BGSU	Serve err	Kent St.
42	23-19	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil
43	24-19	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Molly Beatty
44	24-20	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
45	25-20	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
Set 3
1	0-1	KENT	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
2	0-2	KENT	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil
3	1-2	KENT	BGSU×5	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
4	2-2	BGSU	BGSU×5	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Anastasija Bozic
5	3-2	BGSU	BGSU×5	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
6	4-2	BGSU	BGSU×5	Attack err	Adalynn Ginley
7	5-2	BGSU	BGSU×5	Kill	Avery Hobson
8	5-3	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil
9	6-3	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
10	6-4	BGSU	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil
11	6-5	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Avery Hobson
12	6-6	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Karli Molnau	blk Nadia Miller
13	7-6	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Helen Wilford	set Amanda Otten
14	7-7	BGSU	KENT	Bad set	Avery Hobson
15	8-7	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Amanda Otten
16	9-7	BGSU	BGSU	Blocked	Nadia Miller	blk Anastasija Bozic, Cecily Waynar
17	9-8	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
18	9-9	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Anastasija Bozic
19	10-9	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Sydnie Hernandez
20	10-10	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
21	10-11	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
22	11-11	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Amanda Otten
23	12-11	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Sydnie Hernandez
24	12-12	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
25	12-13	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Cecily Waynar
26	13-13	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
27	13-14	BGSU	KENT	Serve err	Bowling Green
28	14-14	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
29	14-15	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Lesley Furuta
30	15-15	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Karli Molnau
31	16-15	BGSU	BGSU	Blocked	Macie Moreland	blk Helen Wilford, Karli Molnau
32	16-16	BGSU	KENT	Serve err	Bowling Green
33	17-16	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Molly Beatty
34	17-17	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil
35	18-17	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Karli Molnau	set Molly Beatty
36	19-17	BGSU	BGSU	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Cecily Waynar, Amanda Otten
37	19-18	BGSU	KENT	Serve err	Bowling Green
38	19-19	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Cecily Waynar
39	20-19	KENT	BGSU	Serve err	Kent St.
40	20-20	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
41	21-20	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
42	22-20	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
43	22-21	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil
44	23-21	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Anastasija Bozic	set Avery Hobson
45	24-21	BGSU	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten
46	24-22	BGSU	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil
47	25-22	KENT	BGSU	Kill	Avery Hobson	set Amanda Otten

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

Bowling Green def. Kent St. 3–0

.432 and 18 kills for Avery Hobson as Bowling Green rolled past Kent St.