Hoosiers Fall Against No. 1 Penn State

Saturday, October 21

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00:00 PM

Indiana University

12-10, 1-9

Penn State

19-1, 9-1

Penn State

Indiana

10/21/2017 9:41:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Bloomington, Ind. – The Indiana volleyball team hit .323 in the opening set and led 11-7 early, but could not continue the momentum as they were defeated in three sets (21-25, 13-25, 15-25) on Saturday at University Gym.

Redshirt sophomore Kendall Beerman and freshman Kamryn Malloy led the Hoosiers with seven kills each and sophomore setter Victoria Brisack recorded 30 assists, five digs and two aces. Brisack has combined for seven aces in her last two matches.

"What I told the team is that we want to be the best version of ourselves," IU head coach Sherry Dunbar-Kruzan said. I thought we did that in stretches, especially in the first set tonight and showed the aggressiveness and focus we want to play with."

Beerman got the Hoosiers (12-10, 1-9) started as she connected on four kills on eight attempts in the first set and Indiana jumped out to an 11-7 lead on the No. 1 ranked Nittany Lions.

Indiana maintained a lead until Penn State tied it at 15-15 and at 16-16 the Nittany Lions used a 4-0 run to go up 20-16. The Hoosiers got within two at 23-21 on a kill from sophomore middle blocker Deyshia Lofton, but Penn State scored on back-to-back kills from Simone Lee to win the first set.

Penn State hit .507 for the match, but after going down 2-0 in the match, the Hoosiers scored three of the first four points of the third set to grab an early 3-1 lead on a kill from Lofton.

The Nittany Lions scored eight of the next 11 points to go up 9-6 and hit .500 in the third set as they closed out the match with a 25-15 set three win.

Up next the Hoosiers go on the road Oct. 27 against Maryland and Oct. 28 at Ohio State. Indiana is next at home on Friday Nov. 10 at 7:00 p.m. against Wisconsin.