Volleyball Sweeps Eastern Kentucky

Saturday, September 15

Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center)

4:00 PM

Indiana University

9-2

Eastern Kentucky

1-11

Indiana

Eastern Kentucky

9/15/2018 7:18:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score (PDF) Photo Gallery WATCH | STEVE AIRD

CINCINNATI – The Indiana volleyball team finished the weekend with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-18) win over Eastern Kentucky to wrap up play in the Queen City Classic. The Hoosiers went 3-0 on the weekend with wins over Xavier, Cincinnati and EKU.

Key Moments
• Kendall Beerman scored three of the Hoosiers first four points as Indiana started with a 4-0 lead in the first set.
• After an Eastern Kentucky block to make it 16-13 Indiana in the first set, the Hoosiers used a 4-0 run to go up 20-13 and win the first set, 25-16.
• Bayli Lebo converted back-to-back service aces to put the Hoosiers up 8-1 in the second set.
• The Hoosiers led by as many as 13 at 20-7 in the second set and took it, 25-14 to go up 2-0 in the match.
• The Hoosiers led 17-11 in the third set, but EKU cut it to three at 18-15. Indiana scored the next three points of the set to go up 21-15 and won the match with a 25-18 set three victory.

S2| Bayli Lebo with two aces this set and the Hoosiers lead it 12-5. pic.twitter.com/oX1vVeKb1x
— Indiana Volleyball (@IndianaVB) September 15, 2018

Notables
• Indiana improved to 9-2 on the season to finish non-conference play.
• Freshman Breana Edwards was named the MVP of the Queen City Classic. Edwards tallied 38 kills over the three matches and hit .306 for the weekend. Against EKU Edwards led Indiana with 10 kills and hit .450 for the match.
• Edwards has tallied double-digit kills in seven straight matches and ranks second on the team in kills.
• Junior Deyshia Lofton and sophomore Bayli Lebo earned spots on the All-Tournament Team.
• Lebo registered 52 kills for the weekend (16 vs. EKU) for a 4.73 digs per set average.
• Lofton hit .327 with 25 kills for the weekend and recorded 12 blocks (1.09 per set).
• Kendall Beerman led the Hoosiers with 44 kills on the weekend and 26 digs.
• Victoria Brisack led Indiana with 69 assists and contributed five aces.

Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird on the progress of the team
"I think they are playing harder. We aren't that good, so we have to rely on competing like crazy every day. We have gaps and issues that are going to get in the way of having real, legit, big time success, but you can make up for a lot if you play hard. So much of what I'm trying to tell them is if you care a ton and do the right thing every day you get opportunities to win and every once in a while, good things happen."

Up Next
The Hoosiers play at home for the first time this season when they host Northwestern on Friday Sept. 21 at 7:00 p.m. and Illinois on Sunday Sept. 23 at 1:00 p.m.