Senior Jaden Walz sets the ball during a Bowling Green State University women’s volleyball open practice for media on at the Stroh Center. (Scott W. Grau/Sentinel-Tribune file)
Monday afternoon, Bowling Green’s Lauryn Hovey was named the Mid-American Conference East Offensive Player of the Week and Jaden Walz was named the MAC Setter of the Week.
For Hovey, this marks her fifth time this season receiving the award this season and the seventh time of her career. As for Walz, this is her second recognition of the season and fifth of her career.
Hovey had an incredible weekend for the Falcons, leading BGSU to two wins over Buffalo to clinch a spot in the MAC Tournament.
Hovey started the weekend with 26 kills in four sets, her second 20-kill match of the season. In the process, she maintained a .380 attack percentage and narrowly missed a double-double with nine digs.
She followed up the performance on Saturday with another 20-kill match, her third of the season, hitting the mark exactly in three sets while adding five digs and logging a .302 hitting percentage. Her performance resulted in 46 kills for the Falcons, averaging 6.57 per set, and a .344 weekend attack percentage.
Walz set the Falcon attack against Buffalo as Bowling Green clinched a spot in the MAC Tournament. Walz averaged over 12 assists per set, finishing Friday’s four-set match with 46 and Saturday’s three-set match with 40.
In the first match on Friday, Walz filled the stat sheet with her ninth double-double of the season, adding 13 digs, five block assists and three kills to her stat line. She followed it up on Saturday with nine digs, coming just one shy of yet another double-double.
