Hoosiers Celebrate Senior Night in Hard Fought Match Against Michigan State

Saturday, November 25

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00:00 PM

Indiana University

12-20, 1-19

Michigan State

21-8, 14-6

Michigan State

Indiana

Hoosiers Celebrate Senior Night in Hard Fought Match Against Michigan State

11/25/2017 11:11:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – In the Indiana volleyball team's last match in University Gym, the Hoosiers showed incredible fight, but lost in four sets (19-25, 25-23, 14-25, 23-25) against No. 10 Michigan State on Saturday to close out the season.

Sophomore middle blocker Deyshia Lofton had a monster match with 13 kills on 16 swings with two errors for a .688 hitting percentage. Lofton finished the season with 252 kills and her .332 hitting percentage is the fifth best in program history for single-season hitting percentage.

Senior Jessica Leish, who played in her last match in an Indiana uniform tallied nine kills for the match. Freshman Bayli Lebo led the Hoosiers with 21 digs and sophomore setter Victoria Brisack had 42 assists, three aces and nine digs.

The Hoosiers (12-20, 1-19) out-blocked the Spartans and junior captain Elizabeth Asdell record five blocks. Lofton had four blocks and sophomore Hayden Huybers had three blocks to go along with five kills.

After they dropped the first set to Michigan State, Indiana showed their fight coming back in the second set. Leish was a driving force for the Hoosiers in set two, with five kills. Indiana never trailed in the second set and got out to a 9-4 lead. Michigan State tied the set 19-19, but kills from Leish and Lofton and a Spartan attack error put Indiana up 22-19 and they took the set, 25-23.

Michigan State won the third set, 25-14, but that did not stop the Hoosiers from showing that fight in the fourth set. Lofton paced the Hoosiers with four kills on six swings and the Hoosiers hit .265 in the set. Even though Michigan State hit .353 in the fourth set, Indiana kept it close and trailed 18-15.

With Michigan State up four at 22-18, the Hoosiers came all the way back to within one at 24-23 on a block by Asdell and Huybers. Following a Michigan State timeout, the teams played a back and forth rally that ended on an Indiana ball handling error to give Michigan State the set and the match.

The Hoosiers honored Jessica Leish and Kristen Ostach in their post-match senior night festivities.

Indiana concluded their final season at University Gym, which began when they started playing at the gym in 1987. The Hoosiers future home, Wilkinson Hall is currently under construction and is set to open next season.