Indiana Volleyball Closes Hoosier Invitational With 3-1 Victory Against Yale

Sunday, September 8

Bloomington, Ind.

1:00 PM

Indiana University

5-0

Yale

0-0

Yale

Indiana

Indiana Volleyball Closes Hoosier Invitational With 3-1 Victory Against Yale

9/8/2019 4:27:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– The Indiana volleyball team picked up a 3-1 (23-25, 25-15, 25-14, 25-16) victory at Wilkinson Hall against Yale to wrap up the Hoosier Invitational.

Key Moments

In the first set against Yale, the Hoosiers responded to a 5-1 deficit with a 5-1 run of their own to tie the score 6-6. IU would later go on a 3-0 run with Yale up 20-17 to tie 20-20, but Yale came out on top 25-23.
After giving up the first point of the second set, the Hoosiers would score seven of the next eight points to take a 7-2 lead. Yale got as close as 13-10 before the Hoosiers closed the set on a 12-5 run to win 25-15.
The Hoosiers got out to a 7-3 lead in the third set before Yale responded with a 3-0 run to make it 7-6. The Hoosiers would use an 18-8 run to win the set 25-14.
With Yale up 7-6 in the fourth set, the Hoosiers went on a 19-9 run to win the set 25-16 and win the match 3-1.

Notables

The Hoosiers improved to 5-2 on the season.
Senior Deyshia Lofton filled the box score, recording 17 kills on 26 attempts with no errors to hit .654 against Yale. Lofton also added seven blocks, three digs, two assists, and one ace.
Lofton earned all-tournament team honors for the second straight weekend.
Sophomore Breana Edwards connected for 17 kills against Yale to bring her weekend total to 38. Edwards now has 105 kills on the season.
Senior Jacqui Armer added nine kills while hitting .500 and three blocks in the match.
Freshman Emily Fitzner contributed 21 assists, nine digs, and three aces.
The Hoosiers had 11 blocks in the match against Yale, their second straight match with double-digit blocks (14 vs. Oklahoma).

Up Next
Up next the Hoosiers travel to Lexington, Ky., for the Bluegrass Battle. The Hoosiers will match up against Florida Gulf Coast, Cleveland State, and host, Kentucky.

Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird
"A win is a win. I'm awfully fond of Yale's program. Their head coach I think is phenomenal and has been great for a really long time. The team I think is odds-on favorite to win the Ivy League. They've always had a fantastic RPI. I think they've got a great staff. They played really hard all weekend. I'm certainly pleased with a win.

We've got to learn to start on time, especially when we play teams that are good and control the ball and handle the ball well. I think that was the lesson tonight. Obviously, games two, three, and four we played pretty well and looked like what I hoped we'd look like out of the gate, but you know Yale had something to say about that. Again, 5-2 at the end of two weeks of preseason, hopefully on track to what we wanted to do at the start of the year, which is to be in a position at the end of the preseason where if we have a good run in the conference we have an opportunity to make postseason play. I thought for the most part we had some kids step up and do some really good things late in the games. And, you know, fortunate to get the win."