Hoosiers Finish UNLV Invitational with 3-0 Victory over Thunderbirds

Saturday, August 25

Las Vegas, Nev.

2:30 PM

Indiana University

3-0

Southern Utah

0-3

Indiana

Southern Utah

Hoosiers Finish UNLV Invitational with 3-0 Victory over Thunderbirds

8/25/2018 5:36:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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LAS VEGAS – The Indiana volleyball team finished the UNLV Invitational with a 3-0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-13) win over Southern Utah on Saturday.

Redshirt junior Kendall Beerman led the Hoosiers with 13 kills and hit .571 for the match. For the weekend, Beerman averaged 4.18 kills per set and was named the UNLV Invitational MVP.

Junior Deyshia Lofton and sophomore Bayli Lebo earned spots on the UNLV Invitational All-Tournament Team.

Lofton recorded eight kills on 12 swings against the Thunderbirds. For the weekend Lofton tallied 25 kills and 20 blocks. Lebo averaged 3.91 digs per set for the tournament and a total of 43 digs.

The Indiana freshmen played well against Southern Utah. Breana Edwards converted six kills with no attack errors. Edwards also contributed with three service aces. Lexi Johnson played her best match of the weekend against SUU with five kills on 10 swings and three blocks. Abigail Westenhofer recorded 11 assists, including the assist on match point to give Indiana the victory.

Nora ?? Abigail ?? Hayden on match point. pic.twitter.com/oGcxwmGL14
— Indiana Volleyball (@IndianaVB) August 25, 2018

Lebo led the Hoosiers with 11 digs and junior Victoria Brisack led Indiana with 21 assists.

The Hoosiers (3-0) held SUU to a .036 attack percentage and had 10 total team blocks. For the weekend Lofton averaged 1.82 blocks per set and the Hoosiers as a team averaged 3.18 blocks per set.

Up next the Hoosiers travel to State College, Pa., and will take on Texas A&M and Temple Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.

Thoughts From IU head coach Steve Aird

"I thought we were fortunate to win. The goal was to come here and be 3-0 when we left, so that is the good news. The kids played hard. We did some things that I think we can build on. At the end of the day, you can never be too high when you win or too low when you lose. The next thing will be, we get back in the gym, train, work on some things we didn't do really well and hopefully be able to be confident going into next weekend."