CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced the MAC Players of the Week Monday afternoon (Oct. 7). Bowling Green swept all three awards for the week with Mia Tyler being named the MAC Offensive Player of the Week, Alexis Mettille the MAC Defensive Player of the Week and Amanda Otten the MAC Setter of the Week. For Tyler this is her second career honor and first of the season. For Mettille, this marks her first weekly honor with BGSU. As for Otten, this is her third overall and second for Setter of the Week. The three join Jessica Andrews as Falcons to be named this year after Andrews was Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 16. 

MAC Volleyball Players of the Week:
Offensive Player of the Week: Mia Tyler, Bowling Green, Outside Hitter
Defensive Player of the Week: Alexis Mettille, Bowling Green, Middle Blocker
Setter of the Week: Amanda Otten, Bowling Green, Setter

Mia Tyler
Tyler has been the catalyst of Bowling Green's attack, leading them in kills in all five MAC wins this season. Tyler continued the streak over the last week, landing 17 kills against Toledo, 19 in the five-setter against WMU, and 15 in the three-setter, all three leading BGSU to result in 3.92 kills per set. On top of the kill totals, Tyler maintained a .271 hitting percentage for the week, including a .312 mark in the five-setter against Western Michigan, landing 19 kills on 48 attacks with just four attack errors. Tyler was also perfect in serve receive on 25 attempts.
 
Alexis Mettille 
Mettille was a force at the net for the Falcons as BGSU improved to 5-0 in the MAC. Mettille logged a solo block in each of the three matches for the Falcons, adding four assists against Toledo, seven in the five-setter against Western Michigan, and another five in the three-setter against WMU. The consistent performance for Mettille resulted in averaging 1.46 blocks per set. She also added seven digs to her stat line, tallying three twice over the week. On top of her defensive prowess, Mettille registered a .396 attack percentage on 53 attacks, with 24 kills and just three errors over the 13 sets played.
 
Amanda Otten
Otten set the Falcons' attack over the week, hitting at least .275 as a team in all three MAC wins played. Otten averaged 10.31 assists per set, logging 53 in five sets against Toledo to begin the week, followed by 50 in five sets and 31 in three sets against Western Michigan during the weekend. Otten added a strong performance at the net, logging 13 blocks over the 13 sets, including five in each of the matches against Western Michigan. Completing her stat line, Otten landed 16 kills as well, having six against Toledo, four in the five-setter against WMU, and six in the three-setter against Western. Otten flirted with at least a double-double in all three matches, especially the five-setter against Western Michigan, logging eight digs and the three-setter against WMU, finishing with six kills, six digs, and five blocks.

Up Next
The Falcons will remain at home for their next pair of matches, continuing against the directional Michigan programs. The first will be on Thursday (Oct. 10) against Eastern Michigan followed by Central Michigan on Friday (Oct. 11), both 6 p.m. starts. 

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