Hoosiers Fall at No. 17 Illinois

Saturday, October 12

Champaign, Ill.

8:00 PM

Indiana University

12-7,4-2Big Ten

#17 Illinois

8-7,2-4Big Ten

Indiana

Illinois

10/12/2019 10:12:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Indiana volleyball team fell on the road at No. 17 Illinois 3-0 (10-25, 13-25, 14-25) on Saturday at Huff Hall.

Key Moments

Illinois scored eight of the first 10 point of the first set to jump out to an 8-2 lead.
In the second set, trailing 9-5, Indiana used a kill from Kamryn Malloy and a block by Deyshia Lofton and Hayden Huybers to get within two at 9-7.
At 9-7 in the second set, Illinois scored five straight points to extend their lead to 14-7. Illinois would go on to win the second set, 25-13.
Indiana scored the first two points of the third set with an ace by Kamryn Malloy and a kill from Hayden Huybers.
After Illinois scored three straight to go up 11-6 in set three, the Hoosiers responded with a 3-0 run and got within 11-9 on a block by Lofton and Malloy.
Illinois scored five of the last six points of the third set to win it 25-14.

Notables

The Hoosiers fell to 12-7 overall and 1-5 in Big Ten play. Illinois improved to 9-6 overall and 4-2 in Big Ten play.
Deyshia Lofton led the Hoosiers with five kills and three blocks in the match. Lofton is now two blocks from moving into eighth on the Indiana all-time list for career blocks. She currently has 388 career blocks.
Seven different players at least one kill for the Hoosiers.

Up Next
Up next the Hoosiers are back on the road on Wednesday Oct. 16 at Maryland for a 6:00 p.m. match. That match will be televised on the Big Ten Network.