Indiana University Athletics
Tonight's Volleyball Match Can Be Watched at IUHoosiers.com
11/21/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 21, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Tonight's volleyball match between the Hoosiers and Wisconsin Badgers will be streamed live on IUHoosiers.com. Click here to view the video stream.
Indiana enters the final home weekend in contention for their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2002. The Hoosiers begin with a Friday night contest against Wisconsin before concluding the weekend with Senior Night on Saturday. Both matches are set to begin at 7 p.m. inside University Gym, located on the corner of 10th St. and the Bypass.
Indiana concludes the regular season on the road next week, heading to #20 Michigan and Ohio State looking to add a couple more wins to the NCAA Tourney resume. Tune into IUHoosiers for live audio broadcasts of the remaining four regular season matches.
Senior captains Juli Pierce and Erica Short will bid farewell to Hoosier fans Saturday night, playing their last match inside University Gym. Each of them leaves Bloomington as one of the greatest players in program history and can both be found atop a career statistical category in the IU record books. Pierce's 1,479 digs are the most ever for a career in IU history while Short's career kill total of 1,826 is also the top mark of all-time.
Pierce also owns the record for most digs in a single season when she dug 481 balls in 2007. Not to be out-done, Short is just 65 kills away from also snagging an all-time single-season mark. Her 491 put-aways thus far in '08 are closing in on the season kills record.
Quick hits about the IU Seniors...
Juli Pierce
• Named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 12, 2007 after averaging 5.83 digs per set over the weekend.
• One of only eight players in IU history to reach the 1,000 career dig plateau.
• Graduated in May of 2008 and is currently attending graduate school.
• Has compiled 83 service aces in her career, including a six-ace performance against Western Illinois last season, the fourth most aces ever in a single match at IU.
• Provided a little offense as well in 2006, recording a career-high seven kills against Maryland.
• Has earned Academic All-Big Ten laurels the past two seasons.
Erica Short
• Has led the team in kills in each of her four seasons donning the Cream and Crimson.
• Owns three of the top-10 single-season kill totals ever for a Hoosier.
• Set the record for most kills in a three-set match earlier this season, putting down 24 balls in a sweep over Valparaiso inside Assembly Hall.
• Is currently slotted seventh all-time in IU lore with 313 career blocks.
• Has never missed a match in her career.
• Her career includes 10 All-Tournament team selections, including three this season.
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