Volleyball Comes up Short Against No. 1 Badgers

Saturday, February 13

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4:00 PM

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Volleyball Comes up Short Against No. 1 Badgers

2/13/2021 6:35:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind.- Despite a strong performance on their home court, Indiana volleyball fell to the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers 3-0 (23-25, 11-25, 24-26) for the second straight night at Wilkinson Hall.

KEY MOMENTS

Brooke Westbeld opens the IU scoring account with a kill and the first point of the match.
Tommi Stockham stops a 3-0 Wisconsin run with a kill during the first set.
Tommi Stockham follows that up with a service ace on a ball that falls in front of the Badger defenders.
Savannah Kjolhede and Brooke Westbeld combine on a block to deny Wisconsin a point off a long rally.
An Emily Fitzner service ace levels the score at eight early in the first set.
That ace was a part of a 5-0 run for IU to take a 10-8 lead in the game.
Following a quick Wisconsin run, Morgan Geddes adds a kill to her collection to restore the Hoosier lead at 11-10.
Brooke Westbeld and Breana Edwards each come up with huge kills to give IU the lead back during a tight first set.
Despite a tough battle from IU, the Badgers take the first set 25-23.
Leyla Blackwell opens scoring in the second set with an emphatic kill.
During a 4-0 Wisconsin run, Leyla Blackwell records another kill to stop the momentum.
Tommi Stockham drops a service ace into the Wisconsin side to level things at four early in the second set.
Out of a timeout, Ashley Zulauf hammers down a kill to trim Wisconsin's lead to 13-6.
Morgan Geddes comes up with a kill down the middle of the back row during the second set.
Leyla Blackwell continues her efficient night with another kill but Wisconsin manages to win the second set 25-11.
Tommi Stockham managed to sneak a tip past the Badgers to begin scoring in the third set.
Morgan Geddes records a kill on an assist from Brooke Westbeld to draw IU within one at 5-4 in the third game.
Tommi Stockham picks up a huge kill in the corner of the court during the third set.
Breana Edwards and Leyla Blackwell combine on the block to stuff Wisconsin at the net.
After a timeout, Breana Edwards records a kill to bring IU within five at 15-10.
Leyla Blackwell picks up her eighth kill of the night to keep IU's fight alive in the third set.
A service ace from Tommi Stockham trims the Badger lead to one and forces Wisconsin into a late timeout.
Despite the fight from IU, No. 1 Wisconsin holds on to win the third set 26-24 and the match 3-0.

NOTES

The Indiana Hoosiers fall to 2-6 on the season after loss to No. 1 Wisconsin who remain undefeated at 8-0.
Sophomore Ashley Zulaf made her second career start.
Freshman Leyla Blackwell hit 1.000 percent with five kills through the first two sets. She led the team with eight kills and posted a .643 hit percentage for the night.
In addition to Blackwell, freshman Savannah Kjolhede and sophomore Ashley Zulaf hit over .500 percent.
The Hoosiers held Danielle Hart to a negative hitting percentage (-.500) in the first two sets. Hart posts a .478 hitting percentage and ranks third in the nation. IU held her to .125 in tonight's match.
Senior Brooke Westbeld had 16 assists while Emily Fitzner dished out 15. They combined for all of the Hoosiers 31 assists.
IU hit .250 percent in tonight's match. Indiana is only the second team this season to hit over .200 against the No. 1 ranked Badgers since Illinois with .202.
Freshman Tommi Stockham had a game-high eight digs for Indiana. Stockham also had a career-high with four service aces against Wisconsin.
Freshman Morgan Geddes tied her career-high of eight kills.

IU Head Coach Steve Aird
"I thought Wisconsin was awfully good. Clearly an exceptional team. I thought that we played well in games one and three. Proud of the kids for hanging in there. I think game two was a testament to their serving. We struggled to serve and receive and they kind of strangled us and didn't let us do anything offensively.

As it goes, we've got to keep getting better. I'm disappointed we didn't pick off games one and three. You win those and you're up 2-1 and it's a whole different match, a whole different feeling. At some point we've got to grow up and find an ability to win those games.

Great players make great plays and I thought [Dana] Rettke had a great day. I thought we did a great jpb on some other players. Credit to [Devyn] Robinson. She's a fantastic player who had a great weekend. Congrats to her and good luck to them as they go forward."

UP NEXT
IU heads to Happy Valley to take on Penn State for a two-game weekend set. Friday's match will start at 7:00 p.m. EST from State College.

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