Women’s Volleyball Falls in Five to Toledo

Saturday, November 22

Bowling Green, OH

4 p.m.

Ball State University

21-10,17-1MAC

Toledo

22-10,11-7MAC

Toledo

Ball St.

November 22, 2025 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score: Ball State 2 - Toledo 3

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - - The top-seeded Ball State women's volleyball team saw its Mid-American Conference Volleyball Championship run come to an early end Saturday, suffering a 3-2 (15-25, 28-26, 26-28, 28-26, 15-10) setback to fourth-seeded Toledo in semifinal action at Bowling Green's Stroh Center.

In a back-and-forth battle, the Cardinals (21-10) dominated the opening set by 10, won a thrilling third set and held a 24-21 edge late in the fourth. Unfortunately, the Rockets (22-10) fought back to win the fourth and ultimately take the match.

Leading the charge on offense for the Cardinals was graduate outside Noelle VanOort who blasted a match-high 19 kills to lead a quartet of Ball State players in double figures. She also tallied five digs and a block assists.

Sophomore outside Carson Tyler also turned in a strong effort, including serving up a career-high seven aces. She became just the sixth player in program history to reach 500 kills in a season by giving Ball State set point in the third and finished the night with 15 total marks.

Tyler also collected 16 digs for her 18th double-double of the season, while boasting a .977 reception percentage with just one error on a match-high 42 attempts.

The MAC's leading attacker by percentage, junior middle Camryn Wise blasted 13 kills to go along with a match-best .524 (13-2-21) hitting mark. Wise also tied for second on the squad with fellow junior middle Gwen Crull with six total blocks. Crill would go on to add nine kills, while graduate opposite Christyn Ashby led all players with a career-high tying eight total blocks, while smashing three kills and earning three digs.

Rounding out the top contributors from the attack line was sophomore opposite Tiffany Snook with 12 kills.

Junior setter Lindsey Green dished out a team-high 36 assists, to go along with 17 digs for her eighth double-double of the season. Freshman setter Reese Axness added 20 assists and eight digs, helping the Cardinals hold a .184 to .156 edge in hitting percentage over Toledo.

From the backcourt, sophomore libero Sophie Ledbetter collected a team-high 19 digs, while sophomore defensive specialist Elizabeth Tabeling added 11, giving the Cardinals four players in double digits.

On the Rockets side of the net, Sophie Catalano smashed a team-high 15 kills, while Olicia Heitkamp and Jessica Costlow collected 13 apiece. Grace Freiberger chipped in a match-high 25 digs, while Kelsey Smith registered a match-best 47 assists.

Despite the setback, the Cardinals held the overall advantage in kills (71 to 56), digs (85 to 83), aces (12 to 6), total blocks (12.5 to 10.0) and attack percentage.