Hoosiers Close Preseason with Win at South Florida

Saturday, September 21

Tampa, Fla.

2:00 PM

Indiana University

10-2

South Florida

4-5

Indiana

South Fla.

Hoosiers Close Preseason with Win at South Florida

9/21/2019 4:27:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Indiana vs. South Florida Box Score (PDF)

TAMPA, Fla.– The Indiana volleyball team finished non-conference play with a 3-1 (25-22, 18-25, 25-12, 25-21) win on Saturday to push their record to 11-2 heading into Big Ten play.

Key Moments

After dropping the first point of the match, Indiana scored six of the next seven and took a 6-2 lead on an ace by Deyshia Lofton. After a USF point, Indiana used a 4-0 run to go up 10-3 on a block by Breana Edwards and Jacqui Armer.
USF made a late run to close the gap to two at 24-22, but Indiana put away the first set with a kill from Lofton.
South Florida had three different spurts of 3-0 runs in the second set on the way to evening the match with a 25-18 set two victory.
Up 9-6 in the third set, Indiana went on a 7-1 run to go up 16-7. The Hoosiers would continue the momentum and take the third set, 25-12.
The Hoosiers jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the fourth set, but South Florida closed to within one at 12-11.
Up 17-15 Indiana scored three straight points to go up 20-15 on a block by Kamryn Malloy and Deyshia Lofton and closed the match with a 25-21 win in set four.

Notables

The Hoosiers improved to 11-2 to finish non-conference play.
Deyshia Lofton led Indiana with 13 kills and one error to hit .444 for the match
Haley Armstrong led Indiana in digs with 17 and Victoria Brisack posted a double-double with 14 digs and 23 assists.
The win was the seventh straight win for the Hoosiers.
Jacqui Armer had eight kills and hit .438 against South Florida.
For the tournament Armer hit .444 with 26 kills and two errors. Armer was named the MVP of the USF Invitational.
Deyshia Lofton and Megan Sloan were also selected to the All-Tournament Team for the USF Invitational. Lofton has been selected for the All-Tournament Team in each of the Hoosiers four non-conference tournaments.
Lofton hit .413 with 29 kills and three errors and added 14 blocks for the tournament.