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No. 4 NIU Faces No. 2 Bowling Green in MAC Championship on ESPN3 Sunday
Nov. 17, 2012
GENEVA, Ohio - The No. 4-seeded Northern Illinois volleyball team will face No. 2 seed Bowling Green on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 12 p.m. CT in the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship match at SPIRE Institute. The match will be broadcasted live on SportsTime Ohio and ESPN3. The winner will earn an automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
The Last Meeting
November 10, 2012
DeKalb, Ill.
The Huskies (21-13, 10-6 MAC) beat No. 5 Akron in four sets and No. 1 Ohio in five sets after being down 2-0 to advance. Bowling Green (20-10, 13-3 MAC) topped No. 7 Eastern Michigan in three sets and No. 3 Western Michigan in five to move into the finals. Under 11th-year Head Coach Ray Gooden, the Huskies and Falcons have met just one time in the MAC Tournament - last year - as the Huskies cruised in three sets in the first round. In the teams' only meeting this season, NIU also came out on top in DeKalb in four sets on senior night. NIU used strong serving - 9-3 aces edge - to beat BGSU 25-23, 18-25, 25-19, 25-18 for the fourth straight time. NIU is set for its third straight MAC title appearance, sixth overall, and second as a No. 4 seed. The Huskies enter the final match of the tournament with a 6-2 mark in the last three MAC Tournaments and have won six of their last seven matches overall. Live stats of the match will be available through MAC-Sports.com.
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