Volleyball Earns Pair of Victories

Friday, September 14

Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center)

12:30 PM

Indiana University

7-2

Xavier

1-8

Indiana

Xavier

9/14/2018 10:49:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Box Score vs. Xavier Box Score vs. Cincinnati Photo Gallery Xavier Photo Gallery Cincinnati

CINCINNATI – The Indiana volleyball team picked up two victories, including a five-set win over Cincinnati on the opening day of the Queen City Classic. Indiana started the day with a 3-0 win over Xavier and ended the day with a 3-2 win over the Bearcats.

Key Moments vs. Xavier
• The Hoosiers got out to a 6-2 lead and extended that to 15-8, which promoted Xavier to call a timeout.
• After winning the first set, Indiana found themselves down 22-18 in second set. The Hoosiers rallied back to tie it 24-24 and got back-to-back blocks to win the set 26-24 and take a 2-0 lead in the match.
• In the third set, Beerman and Edwards each tallied four kills to help the Hoosiers close out the match with a 25-16 set three win.

Notables vs. Xavier
• Kendall Beerman led the Hoosiers with 14 kills against Xaiver. It was her seven match of the season reaching double-digits in kills. Beerman tallied six kills in the opening set of the match. Beerman hit .500 for the match with two errors and 24 attempts.
• Breana Edwards reached double-digit kills for the fifth straight match with 10.
• Bayli Lebo led the Hoosiers in digs for the seventh time in nine matches with 17.
• Indiana limited Xavier to a .085 hitting percentage and recorded 11 team blocks.

I LOVE MY SQUAD ?? https://t.co/qI0cQy3Num
— Kendall Beerman (@_kenbeer) September 15, 2018

Key Moments vs. Cincinnati
• With the score tied 10-10 in the third set, Cincinnati scored six of the next seven points to take a 16-11 lead and won the first set 25-21.
• The Hoosiers won the second set, 25-20 to even the match at 1-1.
• UC went up 2-1 with a 25-20 win in the third set.
• The Hoosiers led 13-11 in the fourth set, but UC rallied to take a 19-15 lead. Indiana went on a 7-0 run finished by a Kendall Beerman kill to give the Hoosiers a 22-19 lead.
• UC came back to tie it at 24-24, but a Hayden Huybers kill and UC error gave the Hoosiers a 26-24 set four win to force a fifth set.
• At 11-11 in the fifth set the Hoosiers got a kill from Deyshia Lofton and an ace from Victoria Brisack to go up 13-11. A Beerman kill and UC service error put it away for the Hoosiers.

Notables vs. Cincinnati
• Kendall Beerman led the Hoosiers in kill with 22 and added 16 digs for a double-double.
• Bayli Lebo led the Hoosiers in digs with 18.
• Indiana tallied 11 team blocks.
• Victoria Brisack led the Hoosiers with 37 assists and contributed three service aces.
• The pivotal fourth set had nine ties.
• Beerman converted six kills on eight swings in the fifth set.
• UC standout Jordan Thompson registered 35 kills and had 79 swings.

Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird
"It was a fun match tonight against a very solid team and a special talent in Jordan Thompson. I'm proud of our squad for battling and staying together. We have to flip things fast and be ready to go tomorrow."

Up Next
The Hoosiers close out play in the Queen City Classic with a match against Eastern Kentucky at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Cintas Center.