2015 BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL Page 1 Match 33 BGSU vs. #1 Penn State (NCAA Tournament Round Two) Dec. 1, 2012

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1 2015 BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL Page 1 Match 33 BGSU vs. #1 Penn State (NCAA Tournament Round Two) Dec. 1, 2012 WEEKLY NOTES (OCT ) Media Relations Contact: Kevin Davis daviskl@bgsu.edu (C) Overall: 5-14 Home: 2-3 Away: 0-7 Neutral: RECORD/RESULTS MAC: 1-5 MAC Home: 1-1 MAC Away: 0-4 MAC Neutral: ---- SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time (ET)/Result AUGUST 2-2 Blue Raider Bash (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) 28 vs. Indiana L, at Middle Tennessee 29 vs. Notre Dame W, vs. Cleveland State W, 3-2 SEPTEMBER 2-9 Hampton Inn Bowling Green Invitational 4 WRIGHT STATE (ESPN3) 5 LOYOLA (CHICAGO) (ESPN3) L, IPFW (ESPN3) W, 3-2 Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.) 11 vs. Northern Arizona 12 at Indiana 12 vs. Virginia Tech L, 1-3 Panther Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 18 at Pittsburgh L, vs. George Washington 19 vs. Lehigh W, at Ohio * 26 at Kent State * L, 1-3 OCTOBER AKRON * (ESPN3) W, BUFFALO * (ESPN3) L, at Miami * (ESPN3) 10 at Western Michigan * L, C. MICHIGAN * (ESPN3) 7:00 p.m. 17 E. MICHIGAN * 7:00 p.m. 23 at Toledo * 7:00 p.m. 24 at Ball State * 7:00 p.m. 30 KENT STATE * (ESPN3) 7:00 p.m. 31 OHIO * (ESPN3) 5:00 p.m. NOVEMBER at Buffalo * 5:00 p.m. 7 at Akron * 5:00 p.m. 12 MIAMI * (ESPN3) 7:00 p.m. 14 N. ILLINOIS * (ESPN3) 7:00 p.m MAC Championships TBD HOME matches at the Stroh Center * Mid-American Conference match Bowling Green FALCONS (5-14, 1-5 MAC) FALCONS RETURN HOME BGSU will return home this weekend for MAC play against both Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan in cross-divisional play. The Falcons are 2-3 at home overall and have played just five of their 19 matches at home in the Stroh Center. Central Michigan CHIPPEWAS (8-11, 3-3 MAC) FOLLOW THE FALCONS Both matches this week can be followed via live stats at com. BGRSO will also be on-hand to provide flagship audio coverage of both matches at The Friday night match versus Central Michigan will also be video streamed live at ESPN3. Links to all in game media outlets are located on the BGSU volleyball schedule page online at Fans can also follow along via Eastern Michigan EAGLES (11-8, 3-3 MAC) MATCH-UPS Match 1 - Friday, Oct. 16 / 7 pm ET Central Michigan vs. BGSU Arena: Stroh Center Series Info: BGSU leads At Home: BGSU leads Last Meeting: Central Michigan, 3-1 (10/16/14) Live Stats: Live Audio: Live Video: ESPN3 Match 2 - Saturday, Oct. 17 / 7 pm ET Eastern Michigan vs. BGSU Arena: Stroh Center Series Info: BGSU leads At Home: BGSU leads Last Meeting: Eastern Michigan, 3-0 (10/18/14) Live Stats: FALCONS ALL-TIME VERSUS Live Audio: THIS WEEKS OPPONENTS BGSU is a combined all-time versus both Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan on the volleyball court. The Falcons have posted an overall record of versus the Chippewas of CMU, including having gone versus CMU at home in Bowling Green, Ohio. Against Eastern Michigan, the Falcons are overall all-time and against the Eagles at home. DIG PINK MATCH SET FOR SATURDAY, OCT. 17 The volleyball team will continue the Falcons Think Pink initiative this weekend with its annual Dig Pink match, sponsored by Kroger, on Saturday night, Oct. 17. The volleyball team will sport pink warmups and pink breast cancer socks in support of the Dig for a Cure. During that match Falcon fans can help the team Dig for a Cure by donating money for every dig that the Falcons record or by making a one-time donation which will go to local charities that help support the fight against breast cancer.

2 Page 2 TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record (1-5 MAC) 2015 MAC Rank... T-Fifth, East Division 2014 Record (4-12 MAC) 2014 MAC Finish...Fifth, East Division COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Danijela Tomic Alma Mater... Arkansas Little Rock, '99 Record at BGSU (fourth season) MAC Record Career Record (11th season) Assistant Coach...Rodnei Santos Assistant Coach...Laura DeBruler Director of Operations...Andrew Rynd Volleyball Office HISTORY First Year of Varsity Volleyball All-Time Varsity Record (.547) All-Time MAC Record (.532) MAC Regular-Season Titles / Last... 3 (1992) MAC East Division Titles / Last... 2 (2001) MAC Tournament Titles / Last... 2 (2012) MAC Tournament Record (.432) NCAA Championships / Last... 2 (2012) NCAA Championships Record (.333) NIVC Appearances / Last... 2 (1993) NIVC Record (.667) ATHLETIC COMM. Assistant for Athletic Comm. #... Kevin Davis Office Phone daviskl@bgsu.edu Address Perry Stadium East... Bowling Green, Ohio Assistant A.D...Jason Knavel Assistant Director... Mike Cihon Assistant Director... Scott Swegan Graduate Assistant...Alexx Klein Student Assistant...James Nahikian Intern... Amanda Cutcher Intern... Gina Locigno University Website... Athletics Website...BGSUFalcons.com # volleyball contact SOCIAL MEDIA BG Athletics BG Volleyball BG Facebook...BGSUathletic BG Volleyball Facebook Bowling Green State University Volleyball BG BG Volleyball 2015 ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School) 2 Madeline Garda L/DS 5-4 Jr. West Chester, Ohio (Lakota East) 4 Ryann Cox DS 5-6 Fr. Oregon, Ohio (Toledo St. Ursula Acad.) 6 Kallie Seimet L/DS 5-8 Fr. Oregon, Ohio (Clay) 7 Isabel Kovacic OH/RS 6-3 Fr. Littleton, Colo. (Araphoe) 10 Jelena Sunjic OH/RS 6-3 Jr. Metkovic, Croatia (Sport Lyceum) 11 Katie Scholten S 6-0 So. St. Louis, Mo. (Visitation Academy) 13 Delaney Arkeilpane DS 5-8 Jr. Orlando, Fla. (Boone) 14 Nicole Slimko OH 6-0 So. Crystal Lake, Ill. (Crystal Lake South) 15 Alyssa Maloney M 6-0 Jr. Homer Glen, Ill. (Providence Catholic) 18 Mahlia Blair M 5-10 Fr. Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Coffman) 20 Madeline Brandewie M 6-1 Fr. Columbus, Ohio (Bishop Hartley) Coaching Staff Head Coach: Danijela Tomic fourth year at BGSU (11th year overall) Assistant Coach: Rodnei Santos - third year Assistant Coach: Laura DeBruler first year Director of Operations: Andrew Rynd first year Pronunciations Seimet SIGH-met Kovacic Ko-va-cheech Jelena Sunjic - YELL-uh-nuh SHOO-nitch Scholten - SKOL-ten Arkeilpane - ARKLE-pain Brandewie Brandy-we Danijela Tomic dan-yell-uh TOH-mitch Rodnei - ROD-ney DeBruler De-Brew-ler Rynd Rend 2015 STATISTICAL TEAM LEADERS OFFENSE Name Kills (Kills/set) Jelena Sunjic 275 (3.82) Nicole Slimko 215 (2.99) Alyssa Maloney 138 (1.92) Isabel Kovacic 85 (1.20) Name Assists (Assists/set) Katie Scholten 680 (9.44) Kallie Seimet 54 (0.75) Name Service Aces (SA/set) Alyssa Maloney 27 (0.38) Katie Scholten 17 (0.24) Isabel Kovacic 15 (0.21) DEFENSE Name Blocks (Blocks/set) Alyssa Maloney 74.0 (1.03) Madeline Brandewie 50.0 (0.69) Jelena Sunjic 42.0 (0.58) Nicole Slimko 34.0 (0.47) Isabel Kovacic 26.0 (0.37) Katie Scholten 25.0 (0.35) Name Digs (Digs/set) Kallie Seimet 287 (3.99) Madeline Garda 230 (3.19) Katie Scholten 118 (1.64) Jelena Sunjic 113 (1.57) Delaney Arkeilpane 102 (1.59)

3 Page 3 FALCONS AT HOME This season, the Falcons have played a total of five home matches and it is already midway through the month of October. BGSU is 2-3 at home this season with wins over IPFW and Akron. Under Coach Tomic, who is in her fourth year at BGSU, the Falcons are overall at home in the Stroh. LAST WEEK FALCON RECAP BGSU will host a pair of MAC West Division foes this weekend when both Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan come to the Stroh Center. The Falcons dropped a pair of road decisions last week with a 3-0 loss at Miami and a 3-1 defeat at Western Michigan. Junior Jelena Sunjic paced the Falcons over the two matches with 25 kills, an average of 3.57 per set, while three other Falcons in Nicole Slimko, Alyssa Maloney and Katie Scholten also totaled double digit kills. Scholten totaled 67 assists, 12 digs and 12 kills on the week, while Maloney led BGSU with seven total blocks overall. Libero Kallie Seimet extended her streak of consecutive matches with double digit digs to seven with outings of 18 and 19 digs on the week, while Madeline Garda totaled 30 digs over seven sets of play. FOCUS ON THE FALCONS The Falcons return home this weekend after playing two matches on the road one week ago. The young BGSU squad will look for a little home court advantage this weekend to snap a two-match losing streak. BGSU s Kallie Seimet has totaled double digit digs in seven straight matches heading into play this weekend, while outside hitter Jelena Sunjic has registered double digit kills in all six of the Falcons MAC contests this season and in each of the last seven matches. In each one of the Falcons wins this season, BGSU has had the same number or more service errors than its opponent for the match and as a team have hit over.225 in all but one of those victories. BGSU has been bigger at the net having posted more blocks than its foes in all five of its wins on the season and have held its opponents to a team attack percentage under.200 in four of the five triumphs. CATCHING UP ON THE CMU CHIPPEWAS Central Michigan, who will take on Miami (Ohio) on Thursday night, Oct. 15, in Oxford, Ohio, enter play this week having won two straight home matches over Ball State and Toledo last weekend. The Chippewas are 8-11 overall and 3-3 in MAC play on the season. Offensively, Jordan Bueter leads the Chips with 242 kills and 28 service aces. Five different Chips have totaled over 105 kills overall for the season, while as a team CMU is posting an attack percentage of.225 overall. Defensively, CMU is out averaging 2.20 blocks per set as a team and are led by Angelique White s team-best 72 total blocks on the season. EYEING THE EAGLES OF EMU Entering the weekend with an overall record of 11-8 and a MAC record of 3-3, the Eastern Michigan Eagles will take on both Miami (Ohio) on Oct. 16 and BGSU on Oct. 17 in cross-divisional match ups. The Eagles are almost even across the board statistically with their opponents on the season and have posted an attack percentage of.204 overall on the year. EMU has a slight edge at in service errors and in total blocks at overall on the season. Stacey Perinar leads an offensive charge with 259 kills, an average of 3.98 per set, as five different Eagles have tallied over 100 spikes on the year. Libero Corynne Smith, the reigning MAC West Defensive Player of the Week, leads the team with 357 digs overall, while at the net the trio of Cassie Haut, Katie Krasowski and Kelsey Jones have combined for 24 solo blocks and 144 blocks assists overall. MAC STANDINGS East Division MAC Overall Ohio Miami Kent State Buffalo Akron Bowling Green West Division MAC Overall Northern Illinois Western Michigan Eastern Michigan Central Michigan Ball State Toledo BGSU IN THE MAC STATS TEAM STATS Hitting Pct percentage (9th) Opp. Hitting Pct percentage (10th) Kills per set (10th) Assists per set (10th) Aces per set (4th) Blocks per set (9th) Digs per set (8th) INDIVIDUAL STATS Kills -...Sunjic, 3.82 per set (3rd) Assists -...Scholten, 9.44 per set (5th) Aces -... Maloney, 0.38 per set (5th) Blocks -... Maloney, 1.03 per set (7th) Digs -... Seimet, 3.99 per set (10th) MAC PRESEASON POLL 2015 MAC East (# first place votes) 1. Ohio (10) 2. Miami (2) 3. Kent State 4. Bowling Green 5. Buffalo 6. Akron 2015 MAC West 1. Northern Illinois (7) 2. Western Michigan (5) 3. Ball State 4. Central Michigan 5. Eastern Michigan 6. Toledo 2015 MAC Regular Season Champion 1. Ohio (10) 2. Miami (1) 3. Northern Illinois (1) MAC Tournament Champion 1. Ohio (8) 2. Northern Illinois (3) 3. Eastern Michigan (1)

4 Page FALCON HIGHLIGHTS DOUBLE-DOUBLES #10 Jelena Sunjic 18 kills, 10 digs (8/29 vs. Notre Dame) 16 kills, 13 digs (9/5 vs. Loyola (Ill.)) 16 kills, 15 digs (10/3 vs. Buffalo) #11 Katie Scholten 43 assists, 12 digs (8/29 vs. Notre Dame) 49 assists, 11 digs (8/29 vs. CSU) 44 assists, 13 digs (9/18 at Pitt) #15 Alyssa Maloney 12 kills, 10 blocks (8/29 vs. Notre Dame) 20-DIG MATCHES #2 Madeline Garda 25 digs (8/28 vs. Indiana) 25 digs (8/29 vs. Notre Dame) #6 Kallie Seimet 20 digs (8/29 vs. Cleveland State) 20 digs (9/5 vs. Loyola (Ill.)) 28 digs (10/3 vs. Buffalo) 20-KILL MATCHES #10 Jelena Sunjic 22 kills (8/29 vs. Cleveland State) 25 kills (10/2 vs. Akron) #14 Nicole Slimko 26 kills (8/29 vs. Cleveland State) 20 kills (9/5 vs. IPFW) 2015 HONORS MAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Alyssa Maloney...DPOTW (9/1/15) ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS Katie Scholten... Blue Raider Bash 8/28-29 Panther Invitational 9/18-19 Jelena Sunjic... Hampton Inn Invitational 9/4-5 Panther Invitational 9/18-19 Alyssa Maloney... Indiana Invitational 9/11-12 COACH S COMMENTS We are excited to be back at home in the Stroh Center in front of our fans. Home court advantage plays a big role in MAC matches throughout the year. To be playing at home twice this weekend on Homecoming Weekend in front of our fans, our alumnae and a lot of BG alumnae is a great experience for our team. I have been pleased with our practice this week. We continue to work hard and improve each day. CLOSING IN ON CAREER MILESTONE 1,000 A trio of Falcons are closing in on a 1,000 career milestone in a number of different categories. Junior Madeline Garda enters play this weekend with 877 career digs and is only 123 digs away from the 1,000 career mark. Fellow junior Jelena Sunjic is only 258 kills away from 1,000 career spikes in her career at BGSU, having totaled 742 slams thus far. Setter Katie Scholten has passed out 709 set assists in just her two years at BGSU and is only 291 assists shy of the 1,000 career mark. CAREER MATCH RECORDS SET ALL AROUND THIS SEASON A number of Falcons set new career match high records so far this season. * Ryann Cox: 8 digs vs. Indiana; 2 aces vs. MTSU * Kallie Seimet: 28 digs vs. Buffalo & Loyola; 2 aces vs. Indiana * Isabel Kovacic: 9 kills vs. Indiana; 6 blocks vs. CSU; 3 service aces (twice); 11 digs at Pitt * Jelena Sunjic: 25 kills vs. Akron; 15 digs vs. Buffalo * Katie Scholten: 49 assists vs. CSU & IPFW; 7 kills at Miami * Delaney Arkeilpane: 5 assists vs. CSU * Alyssa Maloney: 10 blocks vs. Notre Dame; 5 aces vs. Akron.529 attack percentage vs. NAU * Madeline Brandewie: 8 kills at Pitt;7 blocks vs. CSU FIVES SETS... NO PROBLEM The Falcons are 3-1 this season in five set thrillers. BGSU came back from down 2-1 versus Cleveland State at the Blue Raider Bash on Aug. 29 and at home versus IPFW on Sept. 5 to win 3-2 by taking both the fourth and fifth sets in each contest. In MAC play, BGSU erased a 2-0 deficit to Akron to storm back and defeat the Zips 3-2 in five sets on Oct. 2. The Falcons lone five set loss came in the season opener against Indiana on Aug. 28. SLOW STARTERS The young Falcons have been notoriously slow starters this season having been victorious in the first set to start a match just three times out of their 19 matches. BGSU took the opening set versus IPFW in the Falcons 3-2 win over the Mastodons and took set one versus Lehigh in a 3-0 sweep at the Panther Invitational. Most recently, BGSU dominated the Western Michigan Broncos en route to a first set win on Oct. 10. In fact, the Falcons have been outscored over the first set of play thus far on the year. POWER 5 PLAY IN 2015 BGSU played a total of five matches versus teams out of the Power 5 conferences Indiana twice, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech and Pitt. The Falcons went 1-4 overall versus the Power 5 foes with the win coming over the Fighting Irish on Aug. 29 at the Blue Raider Bash.

5 Page 5 SUNJIC & SCHOLTEN: PANTHER INVITE ALL-TOURNEY NODS The Falcons Jelena Sunjic and Katie Scholten each earned a spot on the Panther Invitational All-Tournament Team on Sept Sunjic led the Falcons with 41 kills, an average of 4.10 per set, on a team-best attack percentage of.277 over the three matches. She also tallied 16 digs, six blocks, one ace and led BGSU with a total of 45.5 points. Scholten passed out 107 assists, an average of per set, and totaled 27 digs in 10 sets of play. The sophomore setter also recorded six kills, three blocks and a service ace on the weekend. MALONEY MAKES IU INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM BG middle Alyssa Maloney was named to the Indiana Invitational All- Tournament Team for the weekend of Sept Maloney was the most consistent Falcon over BGSU s three matches, totaling 21 kills, eight blocks, five service aces and five digs. She also posted a career-high attack percentage of.529 versus NAU on Friday, Sept. 11. SUNJIC SEIZES HAMPTON INN ALL-TOURNEY RECOGNITION Outside hitter Jelena Sunjic earned Hampton Inn All-Tournament Team honors from the weekend of Sept Sunjic led the team with 47 kills, 3.92 per set, over the Falcons three matches. The junior was third on the team with 19 digs and five total blocks. She also led the Falcons with 52.0 total points overall. #MAKEHISTORYNOW The 2015 Falcons made history in the first weekend of play with their 3-1 win over Notre Dame at the Blue Raider Bash on Aug. 29. The win was BGSU s first win over an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent since defeating Maryland back in It was also the Falcons first win over a Power 5 conference foe since beating Indiana of the Big Ten in MALONEY GARNERS MAC EAST DPOTW HONORS (9/1) Junior Alyssa Maloney was a force for the Falcons at the net on opening weekend, as the BGSU middle led the Falcons with a total of 24 blocks, an average of 1.41 per set, over the four matches. She was second on the team with an attack percentage of.262 overall and third in kills with 30 spikes overall. Maloney totaled a season-best 12 kills and 10 total blocks in the 3-1 win over Notre Dame, the Falcons first win over an ACC foe since beating Maryland in Her 10 total blocks was a new career-high. SCHOLTEN SNAGS ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM HONORS Sophomore Katie Scholten was named to the Blue Raider Bash All- Tournament Team for her play over the Falcons four matches on Aug The setter totaled 159 assists, an average of 9.18 per set, 33 digs, 15 kills and nine blocks overall. She posted her first two career double-doubles as a Falcons with 43 assists and 12 digs versus Notre Dame and 49 assists and 11 digs in the 3-2 win over the Vikings of Cleveland State. FALCONS PICKED FOURTH IN MAC EAST BGSU Volleyball was picked to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference East Division, as voted on by the league s 12 head coaches. Ohio was picked to win the East, followed by Miami. Kent State was chosen third, while Buffalo and Akron were selected fifth and sixth, respectively. BGSU vs. RANKED OPPONENTS SINCE at #20 Ohio Oct. 5 at #25 Wisconsin Sept. 14 vs. #22 Purdue Sept. 7 #13 BYU Aug. 31 W, 3-2 #25 Creighton Aug at #1 Penn State Dec. 1 at #14 Purdue Sept. 14 at #21 BYU Sept. 8 BGRSO BRINGING THE ACTION LIVE The Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization is the flagship home of BGSU volleyball in 2015 and we be calling the matches live all year long. Fans can listen to broadcasts on WFAL by going to: Bowling Green State University

6 Page 6 UPCOMING FALCONS SCHEDULE Mid-American Conference play Oct. 16 vs. Central Michigan 7 p.m. Oct. 17 vs. Eastern Michigan 7 p.m. Oct. Toledo 7 p.m. Oct. Ball State 7 p.m. Oct. 30 vs. Kent State 7 p.m. Oct. 31 vs. Ohio 5 p.m. Nov. Buffalo 5 p.m. Nov. Akron 5 p.m. Nov. 12 vs. Miami 7 p.m. Nov. 14 vs. Northern Illinois 7 p.m. Bold = Home match UPCOMING MAC SCHEDULE Oct. 15 CMU at Miami 7 p.m. Oct. 16 WMU at Buffalo 7 p.m. Oct. 16 Ball State at Ohio 7 p.m. Oct. 16 EMU at Miami 7 p.m. Oct. 16 CMU at BGSU 7 p.m. Oct. 16 Toledo at Kent State 7 p.m. Oct. 16 NIU at Akron 7 p.m. Oct. 17 WMU at Akron 5 p.m. Oct. 17 Toledo at Ohio 7 p.m. Oct. 17 EMU at BGSU 7 p.m. Oct. 17 NIU at Buffalo 7 p.m. Oct. 17 Ball State at Kent State 7 p.m. Oct. 23 Buffalo at EMU 7 p.m. Oct. 23 Ohio at WMU 7 p.m. Oct. 23 Kent State at NIU 7 p.m. Oct. 23 Akron at CMU 7 p.m. Oct. 23 Miami at Ball State 7 p.m. Oct. 23 BGSU at Toledo 7 p.m. Oct. 24 Buffalo at CMU 5 p.m. Oct. 24 Akron at EMU 5 p.m. Oct. 24 BGSU at Ball State 7 p.m. Oct. 24 Miami at Toledo 7 p.m. Oct. 24 Kent State at WMU 7 p.m. Oct. 24 Ohio at NIU 8 p.m. SUNJIC NAMED PRESEASON ALL-MAC EAST...AGAIN BGSU junior outside hitter Jelena Sunjic was named to the Preseason All-MAC East Division Team for the second straight year. Sunjic, who earned 2014 All- MAC First Team honors last season despite missing most of the year due to injury, averaged 3.00 kills per set, which was second-best on the team, and hit a Falcon-best.246 overall for the season. She recorded at least 10 kills in nine of the 14 conference matches in which she competed and blasted a seasonbest 19 kills later in the year against Miami. Her 35 blocks and nine aces in conference play both ranked third on the team, while she also ranked eighth in the MAC in kills both over the course of the entire season and in conference play. SCHOLTEN SLIDING IN AT THE SETTER SPOT After spending most of last year as a freshman learning behind four-year letter award winner Erica Fullenkamp, sophomore Katie Scholten slides into the setter position for the Falcons in Scholten, who played in 20 matches last season in an injury hampered year, tallied more than 1,300 assists during her high school career at Visitation Academy (Mo.) where she was a first-team all-district selection. KEY RETURNERS FOR 2015 BGSU will look to a number of key returners in First-Team All-MAC and 2013 All-MAC Freshman Team selection Jelena Sunjic will look to bounce back from an injury plagued season in which she played in just 15 matches in Sunjic had 168 kills overall and an average of 3.00 kills per set in just 15 matches in She posted a team-best.246 attack percentage in 2014 and was fourth on the team with 37 total blocks. Sophomore Nicole Slimko led the Falcons with 340 kills overall and an average of 3.24 kills per set last year as a freshman and was also second on the team with 22 service aces and fourth with 192 digs. Junior libero Madeline Garda returns after leading the MAC in digs in conference play with an average of 5.88 per set and finished second overall in the MAC with 4.89 digs per contest last year. She also led the team with a total of 513 digs and ranked third with 14 service aces on the season. Delaney Arkeilpane, who started in 27 matches for BGSU last season, posted a team-best.953 serve receive percentage and ranked third on the team in digs with 197 in Junior Alyssa Maloney returns after playing in all 28 matches for the Falcons in 2014 in which she was second on the team with 86 blocks and fifth in kills with an average of 1.48 per set. YOUTH MOVEMENT The Falcons are one of the youngest teams in the country this season, as BGSU has only four upperclassmen on the roster and not a single senior. Coach Tomic s squad consists of four juniors - Jelena Sunjic, Madeline Garda, Delaney Arkeilpane and Alyssa Maloney, two sophomores - Nicole Slimko and Katie Scholten, and five freshmen - Mahlia Blair, Ryann Cox, Kallie Seimet, Isabel Kovacic and Madeline Brandewie. CHAMPIONS IN THE CLASSROOM BGSU Volleyball has been recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) for 15 consecutive years for posting a team cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher. The string is the second-longest in the country among all NCAA Division I institutions that sponsor women s volleyball. UP NEXT FOR THE FALCONS The Falcons will return to the road for MAC cross-divisional matches at Toledo (Oct. 23) and at Ball State (Oct. 24) next weekend. Both matches are slated for a 7 p.m. start time.

7 Page 7 SEASON & #2 Madeline Garda 5-4 * Jr. * L/DS Kills: None Hitting %: (1-0-1), vs. Buffalo (10/3/15) Assists: 3, at Western Michigan (10/10/15) Aces: 2, four times Digs: 25, two times Kills: 1, two times Hitting %: (1-0-1), three times Assists: 5, at Wright State (9/6/14) Aces: 3, vs. Akron (10/12/13) Digs: 34, at Miami (11/6/14) #4 Ryann Cox 5-6 * Fr. * DS Kills: 1, two times Hitting %: (1-0-1), vs. IPFW (9/5/15) Assists: 2, three times Aces: 2, at Middle Tennessee (8/28/15) Digs: 8, vs. Indiana (8/28/15) Kills: 1, two times Hitting %: (1-0-1), vs. IPFW (9/5/15) Assists: 2, three times Aces: 2, at Middle Tennessee (8/28/15) Digs: 8, vs. Indiana (8/28/15) #6 Kallie Seimet 5-8 * Fr. * L/DS Kills: 1, at Ohio (9/25/15) Hitting %: (1-0-1), at Ohio (9/25/15) Assists: 8, vs. Cleveland State (8/29/15) Aces: 2, vs. Indiana (8/28/15) Digs: 28, vs. Buffalo (10/3/15) Kills: 1, at Ohio (9/25/15) Hitting %: (1-0-1), at Ohio (9/25/15) Assists: 8, vs. Cleveland State (8/29/15) Aces: 2, vs. Indiana (8/28/15) Digs: 28, vs. Buffalo (10/3/15) #7 Isabel Kovacic 6-3 * Fr. * OH/RS Kills: 9, vs. Indiana (8/28/15) Hitting %:.400 (8-0-20), vs. Buffalo (10/3/15) Assists: 2, at Pittsburgh (9/18/15) Aces: 3, two times Digs: 11, at Pittsburgh (9/18/15) Blocks: 6, vs. Cleveland State (8/29/15) Kills: 9, vs. Indiana (8/28/15) Hitting %:.400 (8-0-20), vs. Buffalo (10/3/15) Assists: 2, at Pittsburgh (9/18/15) Aces: 3, two times Digs: 11, at Pittsburgh (9/18/15) Blocks: 6, vs. Cleveland State (8/29/15) #10 Jelena Sunjic 6-3 * Jr. * OH/RS Kills: 25, vs. Akron (10/2/15) Hitting %:.385 ( ), vs. Lehigh (9/19/15) Assists: 2, vs. Notre Dame (8/29/15) Aces: 4, vs. Akron (10/2/15) Digs: 15, vs. Buffalo (10/3/15) Blocks: 4, five times Kills: 25, vs. Akron (10/2/15) Hitting %:.538 ( ), vs. Buffalo (11/1/14) Assists: 2, two times Aces: 4, vs. Akron (10/2/15) Digs: 15, vs. Buffalo (10/3/15) Blocks: 7, at Ball State (10/25/13)

8 Page 8 SEASON & #11 Katie Scholten 6-0 * So. * S Kills: 7, at Miami (Ohio) (10/8/15) Hitting %:.500 (6-0-12), vs. Akron (10/2/15) Assists: 49, two times Aces: 3, two times Digs: 13, vs. Pittsburgh (9/18/15) Blocks: 4, vs. Indiana (8/28/15) Kills: 7, at Miami (Ohio) (10/8/15) Hitting %:.500 (6-0-12), vs. Akron (10/2/15) Assists: 49, two times Aces: 3, two times Digs: 17, vs. Miami (10/2/14) Blocks: 4, vs. Indiana (8/28/15) #13 Delaney Arkeilpane 5-8 * Jr. * DS Kills: None Hitting %: (0-1-2) vs. Lehigh (9/19/15) Assists: 5, vs. Cleveland State (8/29/15) Aces: None Digs: 12, vs. Akron (10/2/15) Kills: 1, four times Hitting %: 1.000, (1-0-1), four times Assists: 5, vs. Cleveland State (8/29/15) Aces: 2, three times Digs: 14, at Wright State (9/6/14) Blocks: 1, two times #14 Nicole Slimko 6-0 * So. * OH Kills: 26, vs. Cleveland State (8/29/15) Hitting %:.379 ( ), vs. Wright State (9/4/15) Assists: 1, five times Aces: None Digs: 4, vs. IPFW (9/5/15) Blocks: 4, at Pittsburgh (9/18/15) Kills: 31, at Wright State (9/6/14) Hitting %:.387 ( ), at Wright State (9/6/14) Assists: 4, vs. Wichita State (9/12/14) Aces: 2, five times Digs: 17, vs. Wichita State (9/12/14) Blocks: 5, at Wright State (9/6/14) #15 Alyssa Maloney 6-0 * Jr. * M Kills: 12, vs. Notre Dame (8/29/15) Hitting %:.529 ( ), vs. N. Arizona (9/11/15) Assists: 2, two times Aces: 5, vs. Akron (10/2/15) Digs: 5, vs. IPFW (9/5/15) Blocks: 10, vs. Notre Dame (8/29/15) Kills: 16, vs. Wichita State (9/12/14) Hitting %:.529 ( ), vs. N. Arizona (9/11/15) Assists: 2, four times Aces: 5, vs. Akron (10/2/15) Digs: 5, three times Blocks: 10, vs. Notre Dame (8/29/15) #18 Mahlia Blair 5-10 * Fr. * M Kills: N/A Kills: N/A Hitting %: N/A Hitting %: N/A Assists: N/A Assists: N/A Aces: N/A Aces: N/A Digs: N/A Digs: N/A Blocks: N/A Blocks: N/A

9 Page 9 SEASON & #20 Madeline Brandewie 6-1 * Fr. * M Kills: 8, at Pittsburgh (9/18/15) Hitting %:.364 (5-1-11), at Middle Tennessee (8/28/15) Assists: 1, vs. Buffalo (10/3/15) Aces: N/A Digs: 3, two times Blocks: 7, vs. Cleveland State (8/29/15) Kills: 8, at Pittsburgh (9/18/15) Hitting %:.364 (5-1-11), at Middle Tennessee (8/28/15) Assists: 1, vs. Buffalo (10/3/15) Aces: N/A Digs: 3, vs. two times Blocks: 7, vs. Cleveland State (8/29/15) 2015 FALCONS RADIO/TV CHART #2 Madeline Garda L/DS * 5-4 * Jr. West Chester, Ohio #4 Ryann Cox DS * 5-6 * Fr. Oregon, Ohio (Or-ee-GONE) #6 Kallie Seimet L/DS * 5-8 * Fr. Oregon, Ohio (SIGH-met) (Or-ee-GONE) #7 Isabel Kovacic OH/RS * 6-3 * Fr. Littleton, Colo. (Kov-ah-cheech) #10 Jelena Sunjic OH/RS * 6-3 * Jr. Metkovic, Croatia (YELL-uh-nuh SHOO-nitch) #11 Katie Scholten S * 6-0 * So. St. Louis, Mo. (SKOL-ten) #13 Delaney Arkeilpane DS * 5-8 * Jr. Orlando, Fla. (ARKLE-pain) #14 Nicole Slimko OH * 6-0 * So. Crystal Lake, Ill. #15 Alyssa Maloney M * 6-0 * Jr. Homer Glen, Ill. #18 Mahlia Blair M * 5-10 * Fr. Dublin, Ohio #20 Madeline Brandewie M * 6-1 * Fr. Columbus, Ohio (Brandy-we) Danijela Tomic Head Coach Fourth Year (dan-yell-uh TOH-mitch) Rodnei Santos Assistant Coach Third Year (ROD-ney) Laura DeBruler Assistant Coach First Year (De-Brew-ler) Andrew Rynd Director of Operations First Year (Rend)

10 Page BOWLING GREEN SEASON STATISTICS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 10 SUNJIC, Jelena SLIMKO, Nicole MALONEY, Alyssa KOVACIC, Isabel BRANDEWIE, Madeline SCHOLTEN, Katie COX, Ryann SEIMET, Kallie GARDA, Madeline ARKEILPANE, Delaney BLAIR, Mahlia TEAM BOWLING GREEN Opponents Team Statistics BGSU OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Attempts Assist Pct Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 5/549 7/663 Neutral site #/Avg 7/115 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. %Aug 28 vs Indiana L ,20-25,25-21,25-21, %Aug 28 at Middle Tennessee L ,23-25, %Aug 29 vs Notre Dame W ,25-15,25-17, %Aug 29 vs Cleveland State W ,25-20,20-25,25-12, #Sep 04 WRIGHT STATE L ,20-25, #Sep 05 LOYOLA (CHICAGO) L ,26-24,19-25, #Sep 05 IPFW W ,21-25,14-25,25-18, !Sep 11 vs Northern Arizona L ,19-25, !Sep 12 at Indiana L ,14-25, !Sep 12 vs Virginia Tech L ,20-25,25-20, $Sep 18 at Pittsburgh L ,20-25,26-24, $Sep 19 vs George Washington L ,23-25, $Sep 19 vs Lehigh W ,30-28, *Sep 25 at Ohio L ,13-25, *Sep 26 at Kent State L ,25-23,19-25, *Oct 02 AKRON W ,19-25,25-19,25-10, *Oct 03 BUFFALO L ,25-21,18-25, *Oct 08 at Miami L ,20-25, *Oct 10 at Western Michigan L ,17-25,26-28, % Blue Raider Bash (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) # Hampton Inn Invitational (Bowling Green, Ohio)! Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.) $ Panther Invitational (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Record in 3-set matches: 1-7 Record in 4-set matches: 1-6 Record in 5-set matches: 3-1

11 Page MATCH RESULTS/HIGHLIGHTS 8/28 vs. Indiana 8/28 at Middle Tennessee 8/29 vs. Notre Dame 8/29 vs. Cleveland State 9/4 WRIGHT STATE 9/5 LOYOLA (CHICAGO) 9/5 IPFW 9/11 vs. Northern Arizona 9/12 at Indiana 9/12 vs. Virginia Tech 9/18 at Pittsburgh 9/19 vs. George Washington 9/19 vs. Lehigh 9/25 at Ohio 9/26 at Kent State 10/2 AKRON 10/3 BUFFALO 10/8 at Miami L, 2-3 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 L, 1-3 W, 3-2 L, 1-3 L, 1-3 W, 3-0 L, 1-3 W, 3-2 L, 1-3 Sunjic: 15 kills / Slimko: 11 kills / Team: 9 blocks Scholten: 36 assists / Garda: 25 digs Sunjic: 10 kills / Brandewie: 5 kills,.364 attack % Scholten: 28 assists / Seimet: 14 digs Scholten: 43 assists, 12 digs / Garda: 25 digs Sunjic: 18 kills, 10 digs / Maloney: 12 kills, 10 blks Team: 1st win over an ACC foe since 2001 Scholten: 49 assists, 11 digs / Seimet: 20 digs Slimko: 26 kills,.358 attack % / Sunjic: 22 kills Maloney: 7 kills, 4 blocks / Garda: 11 digs Team: 9 serve receive errors; 9 service errors Scholten: 37 assists / Slimko: 14 kills Seimet: 15 digs / Sunjic: 12 kills Sunjic: 16 kills, 13 digs / Seimet: 20 digs Scholten: 38 assists / Brandewie: 5 total blocks Slimko & Maloney: 7 kills each / Garda: 9 digs Scholten: 49 assists, 3 aces / Slimko: 20 kills, 4 digs Sunjic: 19 kills, 5 digs / Maloney: 7 kills, 3 aces Garda: 14 digs, 2 aces / Kovacic: 10 digs, 4 kills Maloney: 10 kills,.529 attack percentage, 3 aces Sunjic: 9 kills / Scholten: 29 assists, 6 digs Seimet: 8 digs / Team: 8 service errors Sunjic: 11 kills / Scholten: 21 assists / Garda: 8 digs Seimet: 5 digs, 1 ace / Arkeilpane: 5 digs Team: 22 attack errors,.051 attack percentage Slimko: 12 kills,.346 attack percentage Sunjic: 12 kills / Kovacic: 3 aces / Seimet: 12 digs Maloney: 7 kills, 2 aces, 5 total blocks Sunjic: 19 kills,.308 attack percentage, 4 blocks Maloney: 11 kills, 6 blocks, 2 aces / Slimko: 11 kills Scholten: 44 assists, 13 digs / Kovacic: 11 digs Slimko: 12 kills / Scholten: 31 assists, 7 digs Sunjic: 9 kills, 7 digs / Garda: 11 digs, 2 aces Maloney: 6 kills, 4 blocks / Team: 5 block errors Sunjic: 13 kills,.385 attack percentage Maloney: 11 kills,.450 attack percentage, 3 aces Seimet: 16 digs / Team: 10 service aces, 9.0 blocks Sunjic: 11 kills,.286 attack percentage, 5 digs Slimko: 8 kills, 3 total blocks / Seimet: 18 digs Team: 18 attack errors, 9 reception errors Seitmet: 15 digs, 1 ace / Sunjic: 13 kills, 7 digs Slimko: 11 kills, 3 block assists / Garda: 2 aces Maloney: 8 kills, 5 total blocks / Scholten: 2 aces Sunjic: 25 kills (career-high), 4 aces, 8 digs Maloney: 5 aces (career-high) / Slimko: 15 kills Scholten: 45 assists, 3 aces / Arkeilpane: 12 digs Sunjic: 16 kills & 15 digs (3rd double-double) Seimet: 28 digs (career-high) / Garda: 14 digs Slimko: 9 kills & 3 blocks / Team: 10.0 total blocks Scholten: 26 assists, 7 kills,.429 attack percentage Sunjic: 12 kills, 8 digs / Maloney: 5 kills, 4 blocks Seimet: 18 digs, 4 assists / Garda: 13 digs

12 Page MATCH RESULTS/HIGHLIGHTS 10/10 at Western Michigan 10/16 C. MICHIGAN L, 1-3 BGSU: won the 1st set / Team: 7 aces Sunjic: 13 kills, 6 digs, 4 blocks / Seimet: 19 digs Garda: 17 digs, 3 assists / Scholten: 41 assists, 9 digs 10/17 E. MICHIGAN 10/23 at Toledo 10/24 at Ball State 10/30 KENT STATE 10/31 OHIO 11/6 at Buffalo 11/7 at Akron 11/12 MIAMI 11/14 N. ILLINOIS