Indiana Volleyball Drops Match Against Ohio State

Saturday, November 16

Bloomington, Ind.

5:00 PM

Indiana University

13-16,2-14Big Ten

Ohio State

11-14,4-9Big Ten

Ohio St.

Indiana

Indiana Volleyball Drops Match Against Ohio State

11/16/2019 8:36:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– The Indiana volleyball team fell short in four sets against conference opponent Ohio State, losing 3-1 (21-25, 27-29, 25-21, 21-25) on Saturday at Wilkinson Hall.

Key Moments

The Hoosiers got out to a 3-0 lead in the first set thanks to back-to-back aces by Kamryn Malloy and a kill by Kendall Beerman. Ohio State tied the score at 8-8 before IU used a 7-2 run that featured three kills by Malloy to go up 15-10 and force an OSU timeout.
Ohio State would use a 4-1 run to pull within two and force an IU timeout at 16-14, but a 3-0 answer by The Hoosiers would lead to another OSU timeout at 19-14. Ohio State used an 11-2 run to win set one 25-21.
With the score tied 8-8 in set two, a 7-4 Ohio State run put them up 15-12 and forced an IU timeout. The Hoosiers would respond with a 5-2 run to tie the score at 17-17.
IU challenged a play that would've put Ohio State up 21-18, but they won the challenge to pull within one at 20-19. The Hoosier would tie the score at 22-22 with the help of back-to-back kills by Jacqui Armer and Hayden Huybers, forcing an OSU timeout. Ohio State went on to win the second set 29-27.
OSU went up 9-5 in the third set before a 10-6 IU run put Hoosiers up 16-15. Ohio State would tie it at 16-16 before the Hoosiers used a 4-0 run that ended with consecutive points from Kamryn Malloy to go up 20-16.
IU challenged a play that would've closed Ohio State's deficit to 22-19, but they won the challenge to overturn the call and go up 23-18. The Hoosiers would go on to win set three 25-21 on a Jacqui Armer kill.
The Hoosiers were up 3-1 in the fourth set before Ohio State used a 7-0 run to go up 8-3. A 4-1 IU run that featured three points from Jacqui Armer closed gap to two points at 9-7.
Ohio State used an 8-3 run to go up 17-10 before the Hoosiers would get within three at 22-19 on the back of a 9-5 run highlighted by consecutive Kendall Beerman kills. Ohio State would go on to win the clinching set 25-21.

Notables

The Hoosiers fell to 13-16 overall and 2-14 in Big Ten play. Ohio State improved to 14-13 overall and 7-8 in the Big Ten.
The match saw the score tied 28 times while the teams changed leads 12 times.
Redshirt Junior Kendall Beerman led the Hoosiers with 16 kills while tying the high for the match. It marked the fourth time this season she's led IU in that department.
Freshman Emily Fitzner contributed a match-high 42 assists to go along with eight digs and one block. She also recorded a season-high four kills while hitting .444 (4-0-9).
Junior Kamryn Malloy notched a double-double for the Hoosiers with 18 digs and 11 kills. She also added three aces and one block. Her 18 digs matched a career high.
Senior Jacqui Armer matched a career-high with 10 kills while hitting a career-high .400 (10-2-20). She also contributed five blocks, three digs, and one ace.
Freshman Haley Armstrong provided 18 digs and three assists while Junior Bayli Lebo recorded eight digs and one assist.

Up Next
Up next the Hoosiers host conference opponent No. 8 Penn State for a match on Wednesday, Nov. 20 that tips at 8:00p.m. EST at Wilkinson Hall.

Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird
"Really proud of the team, I thought we competed first whistle to last whistle. I thought we played hard. We had windows and opportunities in all the games to find a way to steal it. I was really proud that we didn't give up after game two; we found a way. It's another close game that we lost. Different lineup for us, different group of kids, that battled and competed. I thought our middles played great. Beerman got us a bunch of kills which we dearly needed; we needed some more left-side offense. Kam played great, I thought Haley did some nice things. Haley and Emily at times were a little young and did some stuff that I'm not as in love with, but they're two good young players.

I think sometimes you lose, and you feel bad because the effort wasn't there, and the execution wasn't there, and you just didn't feel like you were prepared to do a good job. After last night's heartbreak I thought the bounce back was great and I was proud of the kids."