Indiana University Athletics
Indiana University
Murray State
Hoosiers Defeat Murray State, 3-1
9/5/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 5, 2009
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana University volleyaball team (4-2) got back on track today, defeating Murray State (0-6) in their first of two matches on Saturday (22-25, 25-22, 25-12, 25-14). Indiana recorded 10 aces and 15.5 team blocks in the contest.
Juniors Ashley Benson and Taylor Wittmer were the key cogs in the Hoosier victory. Benson took care of the offense with 15 kills and a .652 hitting efficiency (15-0-23). Defensively, Wittmer thwarted Murray State's offensive attack with nine block assists. Jordan Haverly tallied the second double-double of her short IU career with 16 kills and 10 digs. Mary Chaudoin did a nice job running the offense, setting up 29 put-aways.
Despite an impressive digging impressive from Whitney Thomas in the first set, Indiana dropped the opener, 25-22. Thomas picked up six balls in the set.
The Hoosiers struggle continued in the early goings of set number two as Murray State jumped to an 11-4 advantage, and looked to be on their way to a two sets-to-none edge when holding a five-point advantage at 20-15. That is when Indiana sanpped out of their funk, however, and really started to put it on the Racers. IU won 60 of the next 88 points, including a comeback to take the second set, 25-22.
Kelci Marschall heated up the final two frames, hitting .400 with six kills and no errors. Jordan Haverly was also spectacular in the final sets, racking up seven kills on her own while not committing a single error. The Cream and Crimson clinched the victory with 25-12 and 25-14 final tallies.
Indiana wraps up the IU adidas Classic Saturday night at 7 p.m., facing the UIC Flames inside University Gym.
