Indiana University Athletics
Friday, September 7
Muncie, Ind.
12:00 PM
Indiana University
vs
North Dakota State
Hoosiers Continue Road Swing at Active Ankle Challenge
9/6/2018 3:22:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana volleyball team will continue its string of 11 straight road matches to open the season as they travel to Muncie, Ind., for the Ball State Active Ankle Challenge.
The Schedule
Friday September 7 at 12:00 PM ET: Indiana vs. North Dakota State
Friday September 7 at 5:00 PM ET: Indiana vs. Northern Iowa
Saturday September 8 at 7:00 PM ET: Indiana at Ball State
All matches at Worthen Arena | Muncie, Ind.
Penn State Invitational
The Hoosiers split a pair of matches last weekend in State College, Pa. Indiana fell 3-0 to Texas A&M and regrouped for a five-set win over Temple. In the match against Temple, freshman Breana Edwards led the Hoosiers with 23 kills. Edwards and sophomore Bayli Lebo were honored on the All-Tournament Team. Lebo recorded 21 digs against the Owls.
The Opponents
North Dakota State has posted a record of 1-5 this season with their win coming against Niagara. Most recently NDSU played in a tournament hosted by Minnesota and dropped matches to the host Gophers, Arkansas and Georgia Southern. Northern Iowa started the season in impressive fashion with wins against #13 Creighton and #5 Kentucky. That put UNI at #17, but defeats against Iowa State and Washington State twice has dropped UNI out of the top-25. Ball State has a 4-2 mark on the season and have won three of their last four matches. Last weekend Ball State beat Grambling and Oral Robert and lost to host Missouri State.
Notes
• The Hoosiers are 4-1 on the season.
• Indiana and Ball State met in Bloomington last year with the Hoosiers winning in three sets. It was the Hoosiers season opener.
• The match against NDSU will be the first between the two teams.
• Indiana and Northern Iowa have played each other twice and have split the matches. The last one was 12/3/99.
• Kendall Beerman leads the Hoosiers in kills with 74 and is second on the team in digs with 51. Beerman is four kills away from 600 for her career.
• The Hoosiers have started at least one freshman in each match this season. In the season opener Indiana started all three freshmen.
• Freshman Breana Edwards is second on the team in kills with 54. Edwards ranks fourth among Big Ten freshmen in kills.
• Deyshia Lofton ranks second in the Big Ten in blocks per set at 1.74 per set.
• The Hoosiers play their first 11 matches on the road, with the home opener September 21 against Northwestern.
IU head coach Steve Aird
On the Penn State Invitational
"It was great to be back at Penn State. I think 1-1, we were fortunate with the weekend. I think Texas A&M were a little ahead of where we were. Going into it was had a game plan, but it wasn't quite good enough. On the flipside, I was really pleased with how we battled against Temple. Temple has a great team. They are very foreign and very well coached. I thought we kept battling and some of our young kids played well."
On what needs to improve going forward
"We have about 15,000 things we need to get better at. The truth about this group is that they are a really good group of kids. They aren't ultra-competitive. I think the standards in practice have to be higher. What they desire out of this experience has to be more. I don't have a lot of time in my life for part-time people, so it's got to be an all-in thing and I think they are learning that and developing that. It's going to take time. This is not microwavable, it is a slow, baking process that is going to take years."
The Schedule
Friday September 7 at 12:00 PM ET: Indiana vs. North Dakota State
Friday September 7 at 5:00 PM ET: Indiana vs. Northern Iowa
Saturday September 8 at 7:00 PM ET: Indiana at Ball State
All matches at Worthen Arena | Muncie, Ind.
Penn State Invitational
The Hoosiers split a pair of matches last weekend in State College, Pa. Indiana fell 3-0 to Texas A&M and regrouped for a five-set win over Temple. In the match against Temple, freshman Breana Edwards led the Hoosiers with 23 kills. Edwards and sophomore Bayli Lebo were honored on the All-Tournament Team. Lebo recorded 21 digs against the Owls.
The Opponents
North Dakota State has posted a record of 1-5 this season with their win coming against Niagara. Most recently NDSU played in a tournament hosted by Minnesota and dropped matches to the host Gophers, Arkansas and Georgia Southern. Northern Iowa started the season in impressive fashion with wins against #13 Creighton and #5 Kentucky. That put UNI at #17, but defeats against Iowa State and Washington State twice has dropped UNI out of the top-25. Ball State has a 4-2 mark on the season and have won three of their last four matches. Last weekend Ball State beat Grambling and Oral Robert and lost to host Missouri State.
Notes
• The Hoosiers are 4-1 on the season.
• Indiana and Ball State met in Bloomington last year with the Hoosiers winning in three sets. It was the Hoosiers season opener.
• The match against NDSU will be the first between the two teams.
• Indiana and Northern Iowa have played each other twice and have split the matches. The last one was 12/3/99.
• Kendall Beerman leads the Hoosiers in kills with 74 and is second on the team in digs with 51. Beerman is four kills away from 600 for her career.
• The Hoosiers have started at least one freshman in each match this season. In the season opener Indiana started all three freshmen.
• Freshman Breana Edwards is second on the team in kills with 54. Edwards ranks fourth among Big Ten freshmen in kills.
• Deyshia Lofton ranks second in the Big Ten in blocks per set at 1.74 per set.
• The Hoosiers play their first 11 matches on the road, with the home opener September 21 against Northwestern.
IU head coach Steve Aird
On the Penn State Invitational
"It was great to be back at Penn State. I think 1-1, we were fortunate with the weekend. I think Texas A&M were a little ahead of where we were. Going into it was had a game plan, but it wasn't quite good enough. On the flipside, I was really pleased with how we battled against Temple. Temple has a great team. They are very foreign and very well coached. I thought we kept battling and some of our young kids played well."
On what needs to improve going forward
"We have about 15,000 things we need to get better at. The truth about this group is that they are a really good group of kids. They aren't ultra-competitive. I think the standards in practice have to be higher. What they desire out of this experience has to be more. I don't have a lot of time in my life for part-time people, so it's got to be an all-in thing and I think they are learning that and developing that. It's going to take time. This is not microwavable, it is a slow, baking process that is going to take years."
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