Central Michigan University Athletics
Friday, October 23
Bowling Green, Ohio
6 p.m.
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| Bowling Green | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Photo by: Matthew MacPhee '28 - @mattsvisuals_
10/23/2026 7:59:00 PM | Volleyball
Sophomore Taylor Cripe tallies 23 kills with 13 digs and freshman Brenna Storz was 6-9 with no attack errors in night one against the Falcons.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Taylor Cripe was electric for the Chippewas in Bowling Green on Friday night charting her 4th straight double-double, her 7th straight match with double-digit kills and setting a new career high in kills.
The Chippewas dropped the match to the Falcons, 1-3 after pulling off an extra-point victory in the second set. CMU fell 18-25, 15-25 and 14-25 respectively in the three set losses while winning set two 26-24.
Cripe's 23 kills led all scorers in the match and surpassed a previous career high of 19 set against Kent State.
Freshman Brenna Storz was incredibly efficient in the middle for CMU recorded six kills on nine attempts (.667). On defense, Storz also blocked five balls, three of which were solo tying a career high.
How it Happened
Coach Arielle Wilson called an early timeout for the Chippewas trailing 3-8, but CMU worked back to within one at 12-13 with a kill from Taylor Cripe. At the media, CMU trailed 12-15.
Central Michigan dropped the first set, 18-25 to the Falcons. Cripe ended the first set leading all players with eight kills.
In the first set, the Chippewas had one ace, coming from Addison Samolinski and Brenna Storz charted a solo block.
In the second set, the Chippewas took the lead at 9-8 over the Falcons, Cripe's 12th kill of the evening gave CMU the 11-9 lead shortly later.
At the media timeout, CMU led 15-14 over the Falcons.
The Chippewas trialed 19-20 late into the second set when Coach Wilson called a timeout.
CMU faced set point down 20-24 but battled back to make it 23-24 with Alexis Carper at the service line, forcing a BGSU timeout.
Cripes 16th kill of the night set the set to extra points as it was tied at 24, her next kill gave the Chippewas the lead and give CMU set point.
Carper and Storz combined for a block to end the set and push the Chippewas to a set victory; 26-24.
In the second set, the Chippewas hit .400 and held the Falcons to a .270 as a team, in set one, those numbers were nearly reversed.
Cripe's second kill in the third set tied a career high set in the previous match against Kent State last Thursday.
In the third set, CMU trailed 5-15 heading to the media timeout.
The Chippewas put together a run in the third set, 7-2, and forced a Bowling Green timeout at 15-24 in favor of the Falcons. During that run, the Chippewas tallied three blocks. Two of those blocks were solo stuffs by Storz.
BGSU broke the timeout and scored the 25th point via kill.
The Chippewas started the fourth set with a tight battle. CMU tied the match 6-6 with a kill from Carper and a BGSU attack error gave Central Michigan the lead.
At the media timeout, CMU trailed by just three, 12-15.
Central Michigan dropped set four 14-25 and the match to the Falcons.
The two teams will meet again tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Stroh Center.
For the latest news and updates on CMU Volleyball, follow the team in X (@cmuvolleyball) and on Instagram (@cmuvolleyball).
The Chippewas dropped the match to the Falcons, 1-3 after pulling off an extra-point victory in the second set. CMU fell 18-25, 15-25 and 14-25 respectively in the three set losses while winning set two 26-24.
Cripe's 23 kills led all scorers in the match and surpassed a previous career high of 19 set against Kent State.
Freshman Brenna Storz was incredibly efficient in the middle for CMU recorded six kills on nine attempts (.667). On defense, Storz also blocked five balls, three of which were solo tying a career high.
How it Happened
Coach Arielle Wilson called an early timeout for the Chippewas trailing 3-8, but CMU worked back to within one at 12-13 with a kill from Taylor Cripe. At the media, CMU trailed 12-15.
Central Michigan dropped the first set, 18-25 to the Falcons. Cripe ended the first set leading all players with eight kills.
In the first set, the Chippewas had one ace, coming from Addison Samolinski and Brenna Storz charted a solo block.
In the second set, the Chippewas took the lead at 9-8 over the Falcons, Cripe's 12th kill of the evening gave CMU the 11-9 lead shortly later.
At the media timeout, CMU led 15-14 over the Falcons.
The Chippewas trialed 19-20 late into the second set when Coach Wilson called a timeout.
CMU faced set point down 20-24 but battled back to make it 23-24 with Alexis Carper at the service line, forcing a BGSU timeout.
Cripes 16th kill of the night set the set to extra points as it was tied at 24, her next kill gave the Chippewas the lead and give CMU set point.
Carper and Storz combined for a block to end the set and push the Chippewas to a set victory; 26-24.
In the second set, the Chippewas hit .400 and held the Falcons to a .270 as a team, in set one, those numbers were nearly reversed.
Cripe's second kill in the third set tied a career high set in the previous match against Kent State last Thursday.
In the third set, CMU trailed 5-15 heading to the media timeout.
The Chippewas put together a run in the third set, 7-2, and forced a Bowling Green timeout at 15-24 in favor of the Falcons. During that run, the Chippewas tallied three blocks. Two of those blocks were solo stuffs by Storz.
BGSU broke the timeout and scored the 25th point via kill.
The Chippewas started the fourth set with a tight battle. CMU tied the match 6-6 with a kill from Carper and a BGSU attack error gave Central Michigan the lead.
At the media timeout, CMU trailed by just three, 12-15.
Central Michigan dropped set four 14-25 and the match to the Falcons.
The two teams will meet again tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Stroh Center.
For the latest news and updates on CMU Volleyball, follow the team in X (@cmuvolleyball) and on Instagram (@cmuvolleyball).
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/ VolleyballTeam Stats
CMU
BGSU
Kills
42
60
Errors
24
17
Attempts
122
131
Hitting %
.148
.328
Points
51.0
79.0
Assists
41
55
Aces
1
8
Blocks
8
11
Game Leaders
Kills
23
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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