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Volleyball vs BGSU Recap
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Wright St. WSU 0-1
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Winner Bowling Green BGSU 1-0
Wright St. WSU
0-1
1
Final
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Bowling Green BGSU
1-0
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wright St. WSU 16 21 25 23 (1)
Bowling Green BGSU 25 25 16 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Communications

Raiders Come Up Short Against Bowling Green

Wright State opened up their season with a tough loss against the reigning MAC regular season champions, Bowling Green. Both teams ended with 52 kills each, but the Raiders came up short having a few more errors. Wright State won each opening point in the first three sets but could not string along more points. 
 
Three Raiders had double-digits in the kills column, Celia Powers led with 15 kills having a .317 hitting percentage. Right behind her Teddie Sauer added 12 kills and Taylor Gibson 10 kills. Overall, the team's hitting percentage was .212 having only two more attack errors than the Falcons.
 
First Set
Raiders struggled out of the gates trailing 11-6 in beginning of the set. Matters won first challenge of the season  which added a point to the Raiders score, leading to a mid-game run. WSU finished the first set having 11 kills on 42 attempts, but still came up short to the Falcons.
 
Second Set
Raiders had their first lead of the match with Jenna Story serving at 18-17. Falcons pushed back as they went on a four point run in the red zone, winning 25-21. Wright State fought hard but was not able to make a run of points.
 
Third Set
Wright State came out of the locker room with more urgency than the first two sets. Teddie Sauer contributed offensively to light a fire under the team. Raiders led the Falcons through the entire match to finish off the game, winning 25-16.
 
Fourth Set
The Raiders started off slow offensively as the Falcons had a 6-2 lead. While attempting to close the gap, Raiders unfortunately made too many errors on their side of the net. WSU keeping the score close by finishing with 23 points in the last set. 
 
Quote From Matters
"Starting the season with a loss is always tough. We fought back hard in the third set and just made too many errors in the fourth. We saw a lot of positives from a number of starters. I thought Bowling Green exposed some of our weaknesses early in the match. But we are looking forward to tomorrow and there is plenty of volleyball left to be played"
 
Up Next
Raiders continue competition tomorrow with Notre Dame at 12:30p.m., then La Salle at 4:30p.m. to finish their play in the Golden Dome Invitational.
 
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