OXFORD, Ohio – The for second straight night the Western Michigan volleyball rallied from a 2-0 deficit to come back and advance to the Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinals after defeating Ball State 3-2 (19-25, 17-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-13) in the MAC Quarterfinals at Miami University on Friday night.
Freshman outside hitter Rachel Bontrager once again led the Broncos (17-12) with 19 kills. Sydney LeMay had 17 kills and hit .270, while Olivia Kofie also had 12 kills. Kofie became the 23rd WMU volleyball player to reach 1,000 career kills after her 11th kill of the night, late in the fifth set.