No. 22 Wolverines Edge Hoosiers in Four Sets

Friday, November 29

Ann Arbor, Mich.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

14-18,3-16Big Ten

#22 Michigan

20-10,13-7Big Ten

Indiana

Michigan

11/29/2019 9:29:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.– The Indiana volleyball team came within three points of forcing a fifth set, but fell against No. 22 Michigan, 3-1 (12-25, 25-23, 19-25, 23-25) on Friday at Cliff Keen Arena.

Key Moments

After Michigan took the opening set, 25-12, the Hoosiers jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the second set on a kill from Deyshia Lofton.
Michigan worked back to tie the second set, 20-20, but Indiana scored four of the next six points to go up 24-22. After a Michigan kill, the Wolverines made a service error that ended the set for Indiana, 25-22.
With Michigan up 13-8 in the third set the Hoosiers used a 4-0 run and got within one at 13-12 on a solo block from Hayden Huybers.
Leading 18-15 Michigan went on an 4-0 run to increase their advantage to 22-15. Indiana responded with a 4-0 run of their own and cut it to 22-19 with a kill from Kamryn Malloy. Michigan scored the final three points of the set to win it, 25-19 and take a 2-1 lead in the match.
The Hoosiers got five straight kills to open the fourth set and a 5-0 lead. Huybers and Megan Sloan each had two kills in the run.
An Emily Fitzner kill in the fourth set put the Hoosiers up 15-11.
With Indiana up16-12 in the fourth set, Michigan used a 6-0 run to go up 18-16.
With Michigan up 20-17 in the fourth set, Indiana scored three straight to tie it, 20-20.
At 21-21, Michigan scored two straight to go up 23-21. Indiana closed it to 23-22 on a kill from Jacqui Armer, but Michigan closed out the set with a 25-23 win in the fourth set.

Notables

The Hoosiers improved to 14-18 overall and 3-16 in Big Ten play. Michigan improves to 20-10 overall and 13-7 in the Big Ten.
Kamryn Malloy led the Hoosiers with 18 kills and Hayden Huybers notched 12 kills and hit .476 in the match.
Deyshia Lofton collected five kills in the match and recorded her 900^th career kill.
Jacqui Armer hit .500 with eight kills and added two blocks.
Klaire Thoman tallied a career-high three aces.
Meaghan Koors (11) and Bayli Lebo (10) had double-digit digs for Indiana.
Emily Fitzner recorded a team-high 43 assists.
Michigan recorded 69 kills with 13 errors to hit .421 in the match.