Saturday, August 26
Bloomington, Ind.
7:00:00 PM
Indiana University
3
vs
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Indiana State
Hoosiers Win Indiana Invitational
8/26/2017 10:51:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the sixth straight year the Indiana Volleyball team claimed the Indiana Invitational title, with a 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-14) win against Indiana State on Saturday at University Gym.
Sophomore Deyshia Lofton was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Lofton posted 25 kills and hit .419 for the weekend. She also added 12 blocks.
Sophomores Victoria Brisack and Hayden Huybers joined Lofton on the All-Tournament Team.
"We have been playing ourselves for so long that we wanted to see how our system would work against other teams," IU head coach Sherry Dunbar-Kruzan said. "Now we have some things we want to work on in practice, but I thought it was really great that we played a lot of players and we have a deep bench. That bodes well for a long season."
In the Hoosiers (3-0) final match of the tournament, against Indiana State, they played 13 players and had six players tally at least six kills in the match.
Senior Jessica Leish, who celebrated her birthday on Saturday led the Hoosiers with nine kills in the match and had 28 kills for the weekend.
After committing 10 attack errors in the first set against the Sycamores, the Hoosiers had nine for the second and third set combined and three in the final set.
In the final set of the match Indiana hit .343 and after a 1-1 tie they lead the rest of the way in the set.
Brisack posted her second double-double of the season with 39 assists and 10 digs. Junior Samantha Fogg led the Hoosiers with 12 digs as the Hoosiers totaled 52 digs in the three-set match.
Indiana held Indiana State (1-2) to a .137 hitting percentage for the match with 23 kills and 10 errors. The Hoosiers converted 49 kills for the match.
Up next the Hoosiers hit the road for the first time this year for the Colonial Challenge, hosted by George Washington in Washington, D.C.
The Hoosiers will take on George Washington, Hofstra and LIU-Brooklyn in the tournament, Sept. 1-2.
Sophomore Deyshia Lofton was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Lofton posted 25 kills and hit .419 for the weekend. She also added 12 blocks.
Sophomores Victoria Brisack and Hayden Huybers joined Lofton on the All-Tournament Team.
"We have been playing ourselves for so long that we wanted to see how our system would work against other teams," IU head coach Sherry Dunbar-Kruzan said. "Now we have some things we want to work on in practice, but I thought it was really great that we played a lot of players and we have a deep bench. That bodes well for a long season."
In the Hoosiers (3-0) final match of the tournament, against Indiana State, they played 13 players and had six players tally at least six kills in the match.
Senior Jessica Leish, who celebrated her birthday on Saturday led the Hoosiers with nine kills in the match and had 28 kills for the weekend.
thank you hoosier nation for coming out this weekend and showing @IUVolleyball some love! 3-0 on the first weekend let's keep it rolling ?? pic.twitter.com/ubeoBKclXE
— Kendall Beerman (@_kenbeer) August 27, 2017
After committing 10 attack errors in the first set against the Sycamores, the Hoosiers had nine for the second and third set combined and three in the final set.
In the final set of the match Indiana hit .343 and after a 1-1 tie they lead the rest of the way in the set.
Brisack posted her second double-double of the season with 39 assists and 10 digs. Junior Samantha Fogg led the Hoosiers with 12 digs as the Hoosiers totaled 52 digs in the three-set match.
Indiana held Indiana State (1-2) to a .137 hitting percentage for the match with 23 kills and 10 errors. The Hoosiers converted 49 kills for the match.
Up next the Hoosiers hit the road for the first time this year for the Colonial Challenge, hosted by George Washington in Washington, D.C.
The Hoosiers will take on George Washington, Hofstra and LIU-Brooklyn in the tournament, Sept. 1-2.
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