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Volleyball Topples MAC-Leading Bowling Green in Intense Five-Set Thriller

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University volleyball team showed its grit in an intense five-set win over the Mid-American Conference-leading Bowling Green State University Falcons Thursday evening in the Stroh Center, Oct. 10.

The victory boosted the Eagles' record to 11-9 overall, and 5-1 in MAC play. They are now tied with Bowling Green for the top spot in the conference, although they now hold the tiebreaker of BGSU with the victory.

The Eagles offense was paced by Abby Stanford (Zanesville, Ohio/Tri Valley/Ashland), who finished with a career-best 15 kills while accumulating a hitting percentage of .