Freshman setter Grace Butler, right, sets the ball for freshman middle blocker Miani Bolden, center, to spike over the net during the CMU Volleyball game against Ball State on Sept. 23 at McGuirk Arena.
Freshman outside hitter Kalina Smith’s 16 kills were not enough to knock off Northern Illinois as Central Michigan volleyball fell 3-1 in DeKalb.
“Kalina got better as the match went on,” head coach Mike Gawlik said. “I thought she took some really big swings and found ways to terminate the ball. The one thing we asked her to do was be aggressive.