Hoosiers Fall in Five Sets to No. 12 Purdue

Wednesday, November 21

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

16-14, 7-12

#12 Purdue

23-7, 12-7

Purdue

Indiana

11/21/2018 11:47:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana volleyball team came back from down 0-2 to force a fifth set, but came up short in five sets against No. 12 Purdue (23-25, 22-25, 25-20, 25-17, 10-15) on Wednesday at University Gym.

Notables

The Hoosiers drop to 16-14 overall and 7-12 in Big Ten play. Purdue improves to 23-7 overall and 12-7 in the Big Ten.
The game was a sellout with 1,976 people in attendance.
Sophomore libero Bayli Lebo broke two Indiana records. Lebo set the school record for single season digs and now has 516. The previous record was 513 set up Caitlin Cox in the 2010 season.
Lebo also set the Indiana program record for single season digs in Big Ten play. Lebo now has 324. The previous record was 309, set by Juli Pierce in the 2007 season.
Deyshia Lofton led the Hoosiers with a career-high 18 digs. Lofton hit .533 for the match. Lofton added six blocks, including her 300^th career block.
Hayden Huybers tallied 13 kills and made no attack errors, on 18 attempts for a .722 hitting percentage.
Kamryn Malloy had a career-high 18 digs in the match.
Freshmen Breana Edwards (17) and Lexi Johnson (11) each posted double-digit kills.
The Hoosiers recorded 10 or more blocks for the 17^th match of the season. After totaling 188 blocks in the 2017 season, Indiana currently has 299.5 blocks this season.

IU Head Coach Steve Aird
"It was a great match. Unfortunate we were on the other side of the fifth game. I was super proud of the kids for competing and not rolling over after the first two games. Full credit to Purdue. I thought they played hard first whistle to last whistle. Sherridan (Atkinson) did some pretty special things, especially from the end line. I thought she really effected the match that way. I think the whole program is really hurt and that's a good thing.

"That is a great sign that our team and our program is so upset that we didn't get it done. That is another big step forward in caring and believing. Proud of the program. Proud of the fight. We went five with Purdue twice this year and didn't quite have enough at the end and part of that is full credit to them. I thought Purdue played great when they had to and made plays down the stretch. We will celebrate our two seniors and their contributions to the program and get ready for a tough Northwestern team on the road on Friday night."

Up Next
Up next the Hoosiers are on the road at Northwestern on Friday Nov. 23 with an 8:00 p.m. ET first serve.