Indiana University Athletics
Volleyball Sweeps Rutgers
10/13/2018 10:32:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana volleyball team returned home and picked up a three-set win against Rutgers (25-14, 25-19, 25-23) on Saturday at University Gym.
Key Moments
• Indiana scored the first eight points of the match and jumped out to a 16-1 lead in the opening set.
• The Hoosiers scored the first three points of the second set, but Rutgers came back to tie it 10-10 midway through.
• After the eighth tie of the second set, at 15-15, Indiana scored three straight and went up 18-15 on a kill from Deyshia Lofton.
• Rutgers got a kill in the third set to go up 22-19 and maintained a three-point edge at 23-20.
• After going up 23-20, Indiana did not give up another point as they got kills from Lexi Johnson and Deyshia Lofton and ended the match on a service ace from Victoria Brisack.
Notables
• Indiana improved to 12-7 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten.
• The Hoosiers recorded 13 total team blocks and have now recorded 10 or more blocks in 12 matches this season.
• Kamryn Malloy led the Hoosiers with 10 kills on 21 attempts.
• Deyshia Lofton hit .538 with eight kills. Lofton added seven blocks in the match.
• Indiana limited Rutgers to a negative hitting percentage for the match (-.029).
• Breana Edwards had four blocks, including three solo blocks.
• Last season Indiana had 188 total team blocks and 45 solo blocks in 32 matches. This season through 19 matches the Hoosiers have 203 total team blocks and 76 solo blocks.
Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird
"I thought we started on time tonight, which I appreciated. I thought we played hard and obviously we had a huge lead. Part of that was managing the game and playing the right way. I was happy with how we started. I know they struggled out of the gate. We kept the ball in play and played hard. I thought we were in a dog fight in game two until we started playing really hard and competing really hard."
"I thought we made some big plays late. I thought Deyshia had a great block. Victoria had a couple clutch serves that I thought were impressive and showed leadership. We are a young team that doesn't have a lot of upperclassmen and I thought both of them did things at the end of game three, which mattered. I'm happy about that. I'm happy for Indiana. It's a homecoming weekend. I think it's important to give some people some stuff to be fired up about. I know we are not the show yet. I know there are hoops and football and a whole bunch of sports that maybe matter more than we do, but I like the fact that we made people happy here tonight on campus and homecoming Saturday."
Up Next
Next up the Hoosiers host Ohio State on Friday Oct. 19 at 7:00 p.m. and Maryland on Sunday Oct. 21 at 1:00 p.m.
Key Moments
• Indiana scored the first eight points of the match and jumped out to a 16-1 lead in the opening set.
• The Hoosiers scored the first three points of the second set, but Rutgers came back to tie it 10-10 midway through.
• After the eighth tie of the second set, at 15-15, Indiana scored three straight and went up 18-15 on a kill from Deyshia Lofton.
• Rutgers got a kill in the third set to go up 22-19 and maintained a three-point edge at 23-20.
• After going up 23-20, Indiana did not give up another point as they got kills from Lexi Johnson and Deyshia Lofton and ended the match on a service ace from Victoria Brisack.
Notables
• Indiana improved to 12-7 overall and 3-5 in the Big Ten.
• The Hoosiers recorded 13 total team blocks and have now recorded 10 or more blocks in 12 matches this season.
• Kamryn Malloy led the Hoosiers with 10 kills on 21 attempts.
• Deyshia Lofton hit .538 with eight kills. Lofton added seven blocks in the match.
• Indiana limited Rutgers to a negative hitting percentage for the match (-.029).
• Breana Edwards had four blocks, including three solo blocks.
• Last season Indiana had 188 total team blocks and 45 solo blocks in 32 matches. This season through 19 matches the Hoosiers have 203 total team blocks and 76 solo blocks.
Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird
"I thought we started on time tonight, which I appreciated. I thought we played hard and obviously we had a huge lead. Part of that was managing the game and playing the right way. I was happy with how we started. I know they struggled out of the gate. We kept the ball in play and played hard. I thought we were in a dog fight in game two until we started playing really hard and competing really hard."
"I thought we made some big plays late. I thought Deyshia had a great block. Victoria had a couple clutch serves that I thought were impressive and showed leadership. We are a young team that doesn't have a lot of upperclassmen and I thought both of them did things at the end of game three, which mattered. I'm happy about that. I'm happy for Indiana. It's a homecoming weekend. I think it's important to give some people some stuff to be fired up about. I know we are not the show yet. I know there are hoops and football and a whole bunch of sports that maybe matter more than we do, but I like the fact that we made people happy here tonight on campus and homecoming Saturday."
Up Next
Next up the Hoosiers host Ohio State on Friday Oct. 19 at 7:00 p.m. and Maryland on Sunday Oct. 21 at 1:00 p.m.
Players Mentioned
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Middle Blocker
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