Hoosiers Drop Five Set Match at No. 16 Michigan

Saturday, October 6

Ann Arbor, Mich.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

11-6, 3-3B1G

#16 Michigan

15-2, 4-2B1G

Indiana

Michigan

Hoosiers Drop Five Set Match at No. 16 Michigan

10/6/2018 10:40:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Indiana volleyball lost a second straight five set match as they fell on the road at No. 16 Michigan, 3-2 (25-19, 19-25, 21-25, 25-23, 14-16) on Saturday at Cliff Keen Arena.

Key Moments
• The Hoosiers held a 12-9 lead in the opening set, but Michigan scored three straight points to tie it 12-12.
• At 12-12 in the first set, Indiana used a 6-0 run to go up 18-12 and won the first set, 25-19.
• Michigan opened the second set scoring nine of the first 12 points to jump out to a 9-3 lead. Indiana got within three at 12-9, but Michigan scored three straight to go up 15-9 and take the second set, 25-19.
• Indiana led 19-15 in the third set, but Michigan used a 7-1 run to go up 22-20 and win the third set, 25-21.
• Breana Edwards connected on back-to-back kills to put Indiana up 11-9 in the fourth set, but Michigan scored the next four points to go up 13-11.
• Trailing 20-18 Indiana got back-to-back kills from Deyshia Lofton as part of a 4-0 run to go up 22-20. The Hoosiers won set four, 25-23.
• Indiana led 8-5 in the fifth set, but Michigan scored three straight to tie it 8-8.
• The Hoosiers led 14-12 on a kill from Breana Edwards in the fifth set, but Michigan scored the final four points of the set to win the match.

Notables
• The Hoosiers are now 11-6 overall and 2-4 in the Big Ten.
• Freshman Breana Edwards led the Hoosiers with 22 kills.
• Sophomore Bayli Lebo recorded a career-high 26 digs, her sixth match this season with 20 or more digs.
• The Hoosiers recorded 10 blocks, their 11^th match this season with double-digit blocks.
• Deyshia Lofton led the Hoosiers with six blocks.
• Victoria Brisack led the Hoosiers in assists with 30.

IU Head Coach Steve Aird
"I didn't think we had a great week of practice. If you don't prepare the right way sometimes you have opportunities to win, but we didn't quite get it done. I could look at the positive and say we were in close matches and played hard on the road, but at the end of the day there are not a lot of moral victories, you want to win and you have to find ways to win close matches."

Up Next
Next up the Hoosiers travel to Lincoln, Neb., to take on the No. 3 Nebraska Cornhuskers on Wednesday Oct. 10.