Indiana Volleyball Captures 3-1 Victory over Northwestern

Saturday, October 5

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

11-5

Northwestern

9-6

Northwestern

Indiana

Indiana Volleyball Captures 3-1 Victory over Northwestern

10/5/2019 11:05:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– The Indiana volleyball team picked up their first conference win of the season, beating Northwestern 3-1 (26-24, 25-22, 21-25, 27-25) on Saturday at Wilkinson Hall.

Key Moments

In the first set against Northwestern, the Hoosiers got out to a 4-1 lead, and would eventually go up 13-8. After Northwestern responded with a 3-0 run to close the gap, the Hoosiers pushed the lead back to 17-13.
With the score tied score tied 23-23 Northwestern challenged a call that could have make it 24-22 NU, but the call stood, and the score remained tied.
Down 24-23, IU won three straight set points wtih Breana Edwards recording two consecutive kills and would go on to win 26-24 with the help of a Deyshia Lofton ace that secured set point.
With the score tied 3-3 in the second set, the Hoosiers used a 3-0 run to go up 6-3 before Northwestern used a 4-0 run of their own to go up 7-6. Two straight aces by Deyshia Lofton would later tie the score 12-12, and two kills by Breana Edwards would give IU a 14-13 lead.
The Hoosiers challenged a call late in the second set that would've made it 22-22, but they won challenge and instead went up 23-21. They would go on to win 25-22.
After the Hoosiers scored the first two points in set three, Northwestern used a 5-0 run to take the lead 5-2. After Northwestern pushed the lead to 15-10, the Hoosiers used a 5-1 run that included two kills and a solo block by Deyshia Lofton to close the gap to 16-15. Northwestern would go on to win 25-21.
Indiana got out to a 3-0 lead in the fourth set thanks to a Kamryn Malloy ace and consecutive block assists by Kari Zumach and Deyshia Lofton. The score would remain within two for the remainder of the match.
The Hoosiers challenged a late call that would have given Northwestern a 26-25 lead, but IU won the challenge and instead went up 26-25. They would go on to win 27-25 on a match-clinching kill by Breana Edwards.

Notables

The Hoosiers improved to 12-5 overall and 1-3 in Big Ten play. Northwestern drops to 9-6 overall and 0-3 in the Big Ten.
Senior Deyshia Lofton filled the box score, recording14 kills, five blocks, five digs, and three aces. She led the match with 22 total points.
Senior Victoria Brisack contributed a double-double for the Hoosiers with 17 assists and 13 digs. It is her fifth double-double of the season.
Freshman Emily Fitzner led Indiana with a season-high 28 assists, bringing her weekend total to 52.
Junior Kamryn Malloy impacted both sides of the court with 14 digs, eight kills, three blocks, and one ace.
Sophomore Breana Edwards led IU with 16 kills.
Senior Megan Sloan tallied a season-high eight blocks.
Indiana had 15 blocks vs. Northwestern, marking the eighth time this season Indiana has recorded double-digit blocks.

Up Next
Up next the Hoosiers host Purdue on Wednesday Oct. 9 at 7:00 p.m. in Wilkinson Hall.

Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird
"Heck of a match, big time volleyball game. Big time Big Ten Volleyball. That's a really good volleyball team. They're young in certain positions. Temi Thomas-Ailara kid is special and she's going to be a problem for everyone the next four years. They play really hard; they play the game the right way. I think they're really well coached. Certainly, fortunate to get a victory. We talked a lot after the Kentucky win, I was trying to explain to people that's why we're not dancing around the locker room: because I don't think we're there yet. Conversely, losing to three really, really good teams in a row doesn't mean that we're not good. I think we're somewhere in between; I've said that all year, and I was really proud of how we battled.

I thought we battled first whistle to last whistle. I thought we had opportunities in game three, we were just really sloppy. We played the game the right way late, took some brave swings. I was really proud of Bre for finishing the match. She's had opportunities in the past to do it, worked through as a freshman and made some mistakes but took care of that. Megan Sloan had a good night, I thought Kamryn Malloy played great. We're still trying to get Beerman back to 100 percent where she's the Beerman that I know. Kam's been more than serviceable, she's done a good job. Kari wasn't great offensively, but she was a huge part of our defense and really did a good job on their outsides. Their outsides had a truckload of kills, but the numbers were good. So, the one kid got set 67 times, the other 42, and they were both hitting in the .100s so I thought that was a really good effort from us. Obviously proud, 12-5 on the year, that's another top 100 win. We've got a top 25 win on the resume; we've got four or five wins in the top 100. I think we're in a good position clearly, and lots of work to do; we've got things to clean up. Great crowd, great atmosphere, pretty good day for Indiana Athletics.