Indiana Volleyball Prevails Over No. 14 Michigan

Wednesday, October 31

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

#14 Michigan

BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 31, 2018 - Indiana Hoosiers Volleyball Team during the game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Indiana Hoosiers at the University Gym in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Indiana Volleyball Prevails Over No. 14 Michigan

10/31/2018 10:29:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana volleyball team took down No. 14 Michigan in four sets (25-19, 25-19, 22-25, 25-17) Wednesday night at University Gym.

Key Moments

At 5-6 in the first set an ace by Kamyrn Malloy brought the score to the first tie of the night at 6-6. The match had a total of 33 ties.
With the score at 23-19 in the first set, a kill by Hayden Huybers and a Wolverines attack error allowed the Hoosiers to close the set at 25-19.
After an 11-11 tie in the second set, the Hoosiers went on a 9-3 run to give them a 20-14 lead.
A kill by Kamryn Malloy closed the second set for Indiana at 25-19.
The Hoosiers opened the fourth set with two kills by Breana Edwards and an attack error by the Wolverines to start them with a 3-0 lead.
At 14-11 in the fourth set, Indiana went on a 11-6 scoring run that closed the set for them at 25-17 and gave them the match victory

Notables

Indiana Volleyball's record has now improved to 15-9 and 6-7 in conference play. Michigan drops to 18-6 overall and 7-6 in conference action.
This is the Hoosiers first win against a ranked team since 2016.
This is the 14^th match this season the Hoosiers recorded 10 or more blocks.
Freshman Breana Edwards led the Hoosiers with 16 kills and added 10 digs for a double-double.
Junior Deyshia Lofton recorded 11 kills and hit .474 for the match. She also added six blocks.
Abigail Westenhofer posted her first career double-double with 30 assists and 12 digs.
Kamryn Malloy recorded a career-high of 18 digs in the match.
Sophomore libero Bayli Lebo led Indiana with 19 digs.

Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird
"Pretty fun night. I gotta start with the community and the student section was phenomenal. The support that is starting to develop at this school for volleyball is great to see. Michigan is missing one of their best kids and their setter is coming off an injury. They were battling. Michigan is a legit top 15 team and I don't think this was their best night. I'm sure they would tell you the same thing. We are fortunate to win. It is a really tough conference. Lots of great teams, that is a great volleyball team with a great staff who has had success and once they get healthy I would not be shocked if they made a big run in the tourney.

"That being said I think our young kids played really well. Specifically, I think Deyshia's numbers were great, Briana was exceptional down the stretch, Lexi grew up a little bit. Abigail started for the first time all year and I was proud of her effort. Kamryn Malloy, her numbers are not great, but she played so hard with 18 digs. She played at a really high level. At times we got away from what I wanted them to do, but I think the staff did a great job at getting us ready for the match. Overall, it is a great win for the program and I hope when I get home, I hope my kids aren't out of their minds because they ate four pounds of Halloween candy."

Up Next
The Hoosiers will be traveling to West Lafayette, Ind., to take on Purdue November 3 at 8 p.m.