The Canisius College volleyball team lost both of its matches at the Best Western Falcon Plaza Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Griffins lost 25-13, 25-18, 25-23 to Michigan State University and then lost 25-9, 25-18, 25-22 to the host Bowling Green Falcons. With the two losses, Canisius drops to 4-5 on the season.

"We made some individual progress this weekend, but that's hard to see with the results we had," Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. "Those were three good teams we played and when we made one mistake, our opponent really capitalized and went on a run. We need to learn from these experiences and let them help us, especially against the top teams in our conference."

Michigan State 3, Canisius 0

The Spartans scored eight of the first 10 points in the opening set en route to easily taking the first set from the Golden Griffins. Michigan State pulled away in the second set when the score was tied at 7-7. The Spartans won nine of the next 11 points to take control and eventually take a 2-0 lead in the set.

Canisius built a three-point lead midway through the third set as the Griffs won three straight points after the match was tied at 12-12. The run included a kill from junior Samantha Good, a service ace from freshman Olivia Chrzanowski and block from Good and senior Janelle Davis. The Spartans then won seven of the next eight points to take a 19-16 lead as the Griffs couldn't get any closer the rest of the match.

Good, Chrzanowski and senior Danielle Brawn led the Griffs with six kills apiece. Davis had 16 assists, four kills (on seven attempts) and two blocks.

Bowling Green 3, Canisius 0

After Bowling Green easily won the first set, the teams played a close second set as Canisius went up 13-10 after kills from sophomore Emily Elek and Brawn. The Falcons worked their way back into the lead, using a five-point run to go up 18-15 and closed out the set by winning 15 of the final 23 points. Canisius jumped out to a 7-5 lead in the third set, but three straight points from Bowling Green gave the Falcons a lead they would never relinquish.

Good, who was named to the All-Tournament Team, and senior Layne Adams led the Griffs with seven kills apiece. Davis had 22 assists while Severyn had 14 digs and Chrzanowski had eight digs.

Canisius plays its first home match of the 2011 season on Tuesday night, when the Golden Griffins host Kent State University. Match time in the Koessler Athletic Center is set for 7 p.m.

Notes: Canisius played Bowling Green and Michigan State for the first time in program history... The match against Michigan State was the first in program history against a program from the Big Ten conference... Bowling Green is the second of four Mid-American Conference opponents for the Griffs this season... Brawn's streak of consecutive matches with double-digit kills ended against the Spartans. She entered the match with a stretch of nine straight of 10 kills or more.