Rice wins first set 25-21

-Starters for Rice: #5 Ashleigh McCord, #2 Caroline Gill, #18 Tracey Lam (libero), #19 Jessica Holderness, #25Meredith Schamun, #3 Karyn Morgan, #1 Natalie Bogan

-Starters for BG: #2 Chelsey Meek (libero), #7 Corey Domek, #9 Sam Fish, #10 Meghan Mohr, #11 Kendra Halm, #13 Louise Facca, #14 Shari Luther

-Kendra Halm is being referred to as the "Halminator" by the arena announcer, interesting nickname, kind of catchy.

-Meghan Mohr finds the back corner of the court on a kill giving BG a 5-4 lead.

-Rice gets a close ace on a ball that Louise Facca lets past her BG thinks it sailed out of bounds, score tied 7-7.

-First ball of the match comes my way in press row, a block by BG sails out of bounds and right toward me, my quick reflexes help avoid all bodily harm.

-Coach Van De Walle is upset with the referees decision when it seemed Mohr did not commit a net violation, BG calls a timeout while Rice leads 14-10.

-Timeout pays off as BG gets the first point after the break on a kill by Mohr, 14-11 Rice.

-Rice is feeding most kills to the left side for senior Karyn Morgan who is tending to have her way with the Falcon blockers, 19-14 Rice.

-Shari Luther gets a kill as Rice defender can't handle the ball cleanly, 21-16 Rice.

-Rice calls their first timeout of the set, BG is currently on a small 4-point run aided greatly by Rice errors, 22-20 Owls.

-A Susie Isphording serve sails out of bounds, BG calls a timeout while Rice Leads 23-20.

-Set point, Mohr continues the set finding space in the middle of the Rice defense.

-Set point two for Rice, the Owls close the deal as BG's defense can't handle a shot fired down the middle, Rice wins set 25-21.