Hoosiers Win Five Set Battle Against Iowa

Friday, November 16

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

16-12, 7-10

Iowa

14-14, 6-11

IOWA

Indiana

11/16/2018 11:07:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana volleyball team endured a five-set battle (25-17, 25-22, 19-25, 22-25, 15-8) with the Iowa Hawkeyes for a win at University Gym on Friday.

Key Moments

At 17-14 in the first set, the Hoosiers went on a four-point scoring run to bring them to 21-14. The Hoosiers won the first set, 25-17.
Tied at 22-22 in the second set, Breana Edwards scored three consecutive points, a kill and two aces, to close the set at 25-22.
Leading 23-19 in the third set, Iowa got back-to-back kills to win to set and extend the match.
With nine ties in the fourth set the Hawkeyes closed the fourth set at 25-22.
The Hoosiers scored three consecutive points in the fifth set forcing Iowa to take a timeout at 6-2.
Indiana led 8-3 in the fifth set, but Iowa scored four straight points to narrow the gap to one at 8-7.
Indiana scored four straight and went up 12-7 on a kill from Kamryn Malloy.
The Hoosiers won the match on a block by Deyshia Lofton and Kamryn Malloy to win the fifth set 15-8.

Notables

Indiana volleyball has improved to 16-12 overall and 7-10 in Big Ten Conference play. Iowa drops to 14-14 overall and 6-11 in Big Ten play.
The seven wins in Big Ten play are the most for Indiana since the 2010 season.
The Hoosiers now have 16 matches this season with 10 or more blocks.
Breana Edwards led the team with 23 kills while hitting .512 against Iowa. This tied her season-high. Edwards has recorded double-digits kills 18 times this season.
Kamryn Malloy's 19 kills were a career-high.
Bayli Lebo's 31 digs in tonight's match are the fourth most for a single match in IU school history.
Lebo moved into fourth on the Hoosiers all-time list for digs in Big Ten play for a season and now has 285.
Lebo now has 477 digs this season, which put her fifth in IU school history for single season digs.
Breana Edwards had two solo blocks and now had 26 on the season and 17 in Big Ten play. Her 17 in Big Ten play are tied for eighth on the Hoosiers all-time list.
The Hoosiers limited Iowa to a negative hitting percentage in the fifth set.

Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird
"Fun match tonight, I think at this time of the year it really is about will over skill at times. I think that is a really good team, really well coached, I love the edge they play with. I think they are a tough team to compete against. I like teams that are up for the battle and Iowa is that. They play hard, they have a few seniors that play with an edge and I really respect that. It was kind of a tail of two matches, the first two sets games we played well and executed the game plan then Iowa fought back. They threw a few punches and we got soft in the end. That kind of carried over in the fourth, I just thought we were soft at times. We were mentally tough in game five, just mentally really tough. We missed the serve to start then we played the game the right way. It was a must win match."

"I think for a young group, playing four or five kids sophomore or younger, we didn't play great but we answered the call when we had to. Breana played amazing tonight, from where she came from at the start of the year to where she is now, the kid is phenomenal. I have told them that not every kid on the team is going to be great every night, there are going to be nights where a few of your teammates don't have it or are off. This is a team sport."

Up Next
Next up the Hoosiers host No. 6 Nebraska tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. at University Gym.