Bulls Journey to Eastern Michigan for MACtion Slate

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo ladies’s volleyball crew (6-12, 3-6 MAC) will hit the highway for six of the subsequent seven matches beginning this week in Ypsilanti, Mich. The Bulls will face the Eastern Michigan Eagles (10-12, 2-7 MAC) for a pair of matches on Thursday and Friday. Both matches will start at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
The Eagles and Bulls confronted off twice final yr in Buffalo the place the Bulls pulled out a pair of 3-1 victories over the visiting Eagles. Buffalo has received the final 5 matches over Eastern Michigan, together with the final six of seven. Eastern Michigan’s final win in opposition to the Bulls was on Feb. 26, 2021, in a 3-2 resolution. Under Head Coach Scott Smith, Buffalo is 6-2 in opposition to the Eagles.
 
The Bulls dropped each of their matches to the two-time defending MAC Champion Western Michigan Broncos final weekend. In Friday evening’s loss, Buffalo had three gamers report double-doubles. Maddie Mitchell recorded her crew main seventh double-double on the season with 41 assists and 17 digs. Both Emerson Matthews (17 kills, 18 digs) and Manoela Forlin (13 kills, 22 digs) added to the trigger. Forlin’s 22 digs marked a profession excessive.
 
Tehya Shaw had a career-high 10 kills in opposition to the Broncos on Friday.
 
ABOUT THE BULLS
• Last yr in opposition to Eastern Michigan, Manoela Forlin totaled 20 kills, 5 aces, 10 digs and 25.5 factors.
 
• Junior Manoela Forlin has 10+ kills in 12 of the 18 matches this season.
 
• In simply convention play, Emerson Matthews is top-five within the MAC in aces per set (0.39), whole aces (13), whole kills (122), kills per set (3.70), whole factors (146.0) and factors per set (4.42).
 
• Sophomore center blocker Ava Kanj has recorded a minimum of two blocks during the last 5 matches for a complete of 19.
 
• Preseason All-MAC honoree Manoela Forlin and freshman Emerson Matthews have been the Bulls’ one-two punch on the offensive assault. The duo has mixed for 423 kills, which is 54.5% of the Bulls’ whole kills on the season. This is the very best fee within the MAC as Ball State’s Carson Tyler and Noelle VanOort make up 54.2% of the Cardinals’ kills is simply behind for second.
 
Maddie Mitchell has seven double-doubles on the season. Mitchell has recorded double-doubles in three of the final six matches in opposition to Ohio (10/4), Akron (10/7) and Central Michigan (10/10).
 
• The Bulls are 16-5 in units the place they attain 15 first, however are 6-39 when the opposition will get to fifteen first.
 
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