Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Drop Season Finale
11/28/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
November 28, 2003
Hoosiers Drop Season Finale at Wisconsin
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Madison, Wis. - In its final match of the season the Indiana volleyball team dropped a four-game match to Wisconsin 30-22, 28-30, 30-14, 30-26. The Hoosiers concluded their season with a 12-19 overall record and 5-15 mark in the Big Ten. UW improves to 20-10 overall and 12-7 in league play.
Playing in the final match of her career, senior Melissa Brewer, IU's all-time kills (1,557 career kills) and block assists (469 career block assists) leader, led the Hoosiers with 15 kills, hitting a team-high .343. The Bloomington, Ind., native also finished her career second on the school's all-time total blocks list, five blocks behind former Hoosier great Julie Goedde (521 career total blocks)
Additionally, junior Christina Archibald recorded her seventh double-double of the season with 13 kills and 13 digs. The Belleville, Ill., native reached the 10-kill mark in 30 of the team's 31 matches this season and 47 of the last 48 matches she has participated in.
Behind three Brewer kills and two kills apiece from junior Katie Pollom and Archibald, IU jumped out to a 10-8 lead in the opening game. The Badgers answered with four consecutive points to take a 12-10 advantage and extended their lead to 19-13 after a 7-3 run.
Pollom's third kill of the game cut the deficit to 20-17, but UW scored the next two points to move its lead to five points. The Hoosiers responded again behind kills from Brewer and Pollom to close the gap to 23-20, but that is as close as Indiana could get. Wisconsin ended the game scoring seven of the final nine points for the 30-22 victory.
In the game, Brewer and Pollom finished with four kills apiece, hitting .444 and .333, respectively.
After ties at 5-5 and 10-10, IU gained its first lead of game two at 12-11 following a service ace by junior Victoria Zimmerman. The Badgers used a 7-4 spurt to garner an 18-16 lead before the Hoosiers evened the game for the 13th time at 18-18.
With the teams even at 21-21, Indiana opened its largest advantage of the game at 24-21 after a Brewer kill and two UW errors. Two kills by Nikki Hill helped IU maintain its three-point lead at 26-23, but the Badgers stormed back with a 5-1 run to recapture the lead at 28-27. Following a time out by head coach Katie Weismiller, the Hoosiers rallied for the final three points of the game, with Archibald nailing her sixth kill of the match for the 30-28 win.
Brewer concluded the game with four kills, giving her eight in the match to go along with a .421 hitting percentage. Archibald added three kills and six digs, while Zimmerman delivered 12 assists and four digs.
Wisconsin bolted out of the gates with a 10-4 rally to open game three. The teams exchanged the next six points when the Badgers ran off the next three points building an insurmountable 16-7 lead. Archibald tried to keep IU close, pounding four kills in the game, but UW was too tough, taking a 2-1 lead in the match with a 30-14 victory.
Trailing 10-6 in the fourth game, the Hoosiers came back with a six-point run, capped off by a Pollom kill, giving Indiana a 12-10 lead. However, Wisconsin recovered and rattled off a 6-1 spurt to take a 16-13 advantage.
A block by Archibald and Brewer evened the game at 16-16, and the teams continued to seesaw back-and-forth the next four points. The Badgers gained control of the game after a 6-1 run gave UW a 24-19 lead it would not relinquish. Three straight kills from Brewer cut the Badger lead to 27-25, but Wisconsin shut the door, scoring three of the game's final points for the 30-26 victory, closing out the match, 3-1.
Also playing in the final match of their careers were Nikki Hill, Beth Heimann and Monique Pritz. Hill corralled 10 digs and terminated seven kills with Heimann adding six kills. Pritz concluded her Hoosier career with three kills, four digs and one block assist.
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