Hoosiers Take Down No. 15 Kentucky in Five Sets

Saturday, September 14

Lexington, Ky.

4:00 PM

Indiana University

8-2

#15 Kentucky

6-3

Indiana

Kentucky

Hoosiers Take Down No. 15 Kentucky in Five Sets

9/14/2019 7:40:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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LEXINGTON, Ky.– The Indiana volleyball team beat No. 15 Kentucky for the first time since 1996 with a five set (16-25, 25-22, 12-25, 25-20, 15-11) win at Memorial Coliseum on Saturday.

Key Moments

After Kentucky took a 4-0 lead in the second set, the Hoosiers used a 5-0 run to take a 5-4 lead on a block from Deyshia Lofton and Kari Zumach. Later in the set the Hoosiers used a 6-1 run to go up 18-15 and won set two, 25-22.
Ignited by a 10-0 run in the third set, Kentucky took set three, 25-12.
Leading 10-7 in the fourth set, Indiana went on a 6-0 run with two aces by Kamryn Malloy, to go up 15-7.
With Indiana up 22-14 in the fourth set, Kentucky used a 4-0 run to get within four at 22-18.
Up 24-19, Jacqui Armer put down a kill to give the Hoosiers a 25-20 set four win and force a fifth set.
The Hoosiers scored seven of the first 10 points of the fifth set to jump out to a 7-3 lead.
Kentucky got within three at 13-10, but Indiana scored two of the next three points, including a kill from Deyshia Lofton on match point.

Notables

The Hoosiers improved to 8-2 on the season and went 3-0 on the weekend at the Bluegrass Battle.
Deyshia Lofton was named the MVP of the tournament and Hayden Huybers and Breana Edwards also earned spots on the All-Tournament Team.
Breana Edwards led the Hoosiers with 20 kills, her seventh match of the season with double-digit kills.
Lofton posted 34 kills over the three-matches, including a career-high 19 in the win against Cleveland State.
Edwards added a career-high eight blocks.
Bayli Lebo led the Hoosiers with 17 digs.
The 15 digs by Victoria Brisack were a career-high.
The Hoosiers had a season-high 17 blocks in the match.

IU Head Coach Steve Aird
"I feel fortunate to win a big match. I have tremendous respect for Coach Skinner and his program. They are fantastic and will have a great season. I'm proud of our group, but no crazy celebration, let's put our head down and work. The season is young."

Up Next
Up next the Hoosiers travel to Tampa, Fla., where they will take on South Florida and Stetson at the USF Invitational.