Bulls Drop 3-0 Decision At Western Michigan

Friday, March 5

Kalamazoo, MI

1:00 pm

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Western Michigan

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Bulls Drop 3-0 Decision At Western Michigan

3/5/2021 2:59:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

KALAMAZOO, MI – The University at Buffalo volleyball team hung in there for each of the three sets on Friday afternoon, but the Bulls fells to the MAC West leading Western Michigan Broncos, 3-0.

The Broncos took the match 25-21, 25-23, 25-22 as WMU hit .235 for the afternoon, opposed to just .150 for the Bulls.

Back-to-back kills from freshman Emma Gielas in the opening set gave UB an 8-4 lead, but Western Michigan quickly tied it up. The Bulls again led 19-17, but the Broncos scored the next four points to take the 21-19 lead. Buffalo fought off one set point before the Broncos took the opening set, 25-21.

The second set was full of runs as both teams made big ones. With Western Michigan leading 9-7, UB scored the next 12 points, getting some solid serving from sophomore Jenna Sonnenberg. Freshman Milla Malik also had four kills during the run. However, with the Bulls leading 19-9, it was Western Michigan's chance to make a run. The Broncos ended the set on a 16-4 run, including scoring the final five points to take a 2-0 lead in the match.

The Broncos pulled ahead 15-10 in the third and continued to lead 21-16 when the Bulls scored three straight points, en route to a 6-1 run, tying the set up at 22-22. However, those would be Buffalo's final points as WMU scored the final three for the set and match.

Malik led UB with 10 kills, while Gielas had nine kills and added 12 digs. Sophomore Courtney Okwara finished with eight kills and just one error, hitting .467.

Junior Kyndal Bacon had 29 assists and seven digs.

Defensively, Sonnenberg finished with 13 digs to lead the way. Senior Lexi Nordmann had three total blocks as the Bulls finished with five as a team.

After playing their last four matches in the state of Michigan, the Bulls return home next week to begin a three-match homestand. The first of those contests comes on Friday at 6pm against Northern Illinois.