KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan volleyball team begins its run at the 2025 MAC Volleyball Championship on Saturday night with a semifinal match against No. 6 seed Bowling Green.
No. 2 WMU (16-15, 13-5 MAC) at No. 6 BGSU (17-14, 10-8)
Saturday, Nov. 22 | 7 pm |
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TOURNAMENT TIME
No. 2 seed Western Michigan begins its run at the 2025 MAC Volleyball Championship on Saturday as it takes on No. 6 Bowling Green in the semifinals. The winner takes on the winner of Saturday's first semifinal between No. 1 Ball State and No. 4 Toledo in Sunday's championship match.
MAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Broncos have enjoyed a lot of success at the MAC Championship, compiling a 45-28 all-time record and capturing eight tournament titles. Western Michigan has won each of the last two MAC Tournaments, including a 3-0 run at last year's tournament in Bowling Green. WMU is looking to become the first team to win three straight tournament titles since Ohio from 2008-10.
LAST TIME OUT
WMU wrapped up the regular season by splitting a pair of four-set matches at Ohio. The Broncos dropped the first set on Friday, but rallied to win the next three to pick up the victory and lock up the No. 2 seed for the MAC Tournament. The Bobcats flipped the script the next day, defeating Western Michigan in four.
ALL-MAC PERFORMERS
WMU's
Mary Clare Brusek,
Amanda Glanton and
Leah Richmond were all named to the All-MAC First Team on Thursday. Brusek is Western Michigan's leader in both kills and kills/set, and ranked fourth in MAC play in kills/set (3.46) and fifth in hitting percentage (.352). Glanton paced the league in total blocks (103) and blocks/set (1.45) in conference play, helping WMU boast the best defense in the MAC with 2.72 team blocks/set and a .150 opposing hitting percentage. Richmond, who also earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team, was the leader in assists/set in conference play (10.45) and recorded 15 double-doubles in 18 MAC matches.
DIGGING IN DEFENSIVELY
WMU boasted the best defense in conference play, leading the MAC in digs per set (17.45), blocks per set (2.72) and opposing hitting percentage (.150).
Amanda Glanton led the charge up front with a league-leading 103 total blocks and 1.45 blocks/set, while
Elana Erickson (3.64),
Reeghan Boyer (3.24) and
Leah Richmond (3.22) are all in the top-10 in the MAC for digs/set.
SERIES HISTORY
Western Michigan enters Saturday's semifinal with a 48-30-1 advantage in the all-time series against Bowling Green, including winning both of this year's regular season meetings in five sets in Kalamazoo. The two teams have split their 12 MAC Tournament meetings, with the Brown and Gold knocking out the Falcons each of the last two years. In 2023, Western Michigan beat BGSU in the championship match in five, and last year, the Broncos eliminated top-seeded Bowling Green in five sets in the semifinals at the Stroh Center.
