Indiana University Athletics
Friday, February 19
University Park, Pa.
7:00 PM
Indiana University
at
#8 Penn State
Road Trip to Penn State Next for Indiana Volleyball
2/18/2021 9:31:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– The Indiana volleyball team will go back on the road this week for two matches against Penn State.
Indiana at No. 8 Penn State
Friday February 19, 2021 • 7:00 p.m. ET
Saturday February 20, 2021 • 6:00 p.m. ET
Rec Hall • University Park, Pa.
Video: BTN Plus
Live Stats
Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Attendance at 2020-21 volleyball matches will be limited to the immediate family of student-athletes, coaching staff, volleyball personnel and members of the team traveling parties.
ABOUT PENN STATE
• The Nittany Lions got a late start to the season and have played five matches with a 3-2 record. Penn State is in a stretch where they will play five matches in eight days.
• Penn State head coach Russ Rose is in his 42nd year with the program. Earlier this season, Rose won his 1300th career match and current has a record of 1,301-214.
• IU head coach Steve Aird served as an assistant on two staffs with Rose that won national championships at Penn State in 2007 and 2012. Aird also played on the men's team at Penn State from 1997-01.
• Junior Jonni Parker leads the Penn State offense with 61 kills on the season.
• Sophomore Macall Peed played in high school with Indiana sophomore Emily Fitzner, at Torrey Pines in San Diego, Calif.
SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State leads the all-time series 55-1 and have won the last 15 matches. The one Indiana win came on Oct. 9. 2010. Penn State would go on to win the national championship that year. IU would go to the Sweet 16.
NOTES
• IU head coach Steve Aird is in his third season with Indiana volleyball.
• The Hoosiers 2020 class of current freshmen were ranked 15th in the country by PrepVolleyball.Com. It is the highest ranked class in program history and includes eight freshmen.
• In addition to the eight freshmen the Hoosiers add transfer Brooke Westbeld. Westbeld comes from Dayton and will be a senior. In 2018 Westbeld earned AVCA All-America Honorable Mention honors.
• The Hoosiers return just four players that played 17 or more sets in the 2019 season.
• The Indiana 2021 class, announced in November includes three top kids from Indiana and a player current on the Canadian Junior National Team.
• In March, then sophomore Breana Edwards was selected to the US Collegiate National Team – Gold Roster. She would have trained over the summer with the senior national team in their preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but that was canceled.
• Although no fans will be allowed this season, last year the Hoosiers ranked 15th in the country in attendance and set a program record for average attendance.
• The Hoosiers captains for the 2021 season are Brooke Westbeld, Emily Fitzner and Breana Edwards.
• Freshman Tommi Stockham leads the Hoosiers with 94 kills on the season and is averaging 3.24 kills/set. Stockham is also second on the team in digs with 65 at 2.24/set.
• Freshman Leyla Blackwell recorded 13 blocked in the Hoosiers five set win at Iowa, which tied the Indiana program record for blocks in a Big Ten five-set match for a player. Blackwell leads the Hoosiers with 37 blocks on the season and ranks seventh in the Big Ten in blocks at 1.28/set.
• Haley Armstrong has recorded double-digit digs in six of her last seven matches. Armstrong leads Indiana in digs with 99 on the season and 3.41 per set.
• In the Hoosiers third set against No. 1 Wisconsin on Saturday Feb. 13, Indiana hit .314 with 16 kills and dropped a narrow set, 26-24.
UP NEXT
Indiana hosts Purdue in a nationally televised match on Big Ten Network on Tuesday Feb. 23.
Follow Indiana Volleyball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
#GoIU
Indiana at No. 8 Penn State
Friday February 19, 2021 • 7:00 p.m. ET
Saturday February 20, 2021 • 6:00 p.m. ET
Rec Hall • University Park, Pa.
Video: BTN Plus
Live Stats
Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Attendance at 2020-21 volleyball matches will be limited to the immediate family of student-athletes, coaching staff, volleyball personnel and members of the team traveling parties.
ABOUT PENN STATE
• The Nittany Lions got a late start to the season and have played five matches with a 3-2 record. Penn State is in a stretch where they will play five matches in eight days.
• Penn State head coach Russ Rose is in his 42nd year with the program. Earlier this season, Rose won his 1300th career match and current has a record of 1,301-214.
• IU head coach Steve Aird served as an assistant on two staffs with Rose that won national championships at Penn State in 2007 and 2012. Aird also played on the men's team at Penn State from 1997-01.
• Junior Jonni Parker leads the Penn State offense with 61 kills on the season.
• Sophomore Macall Peed played in high school with Indiana sophomore Emily Fitzner, at Torrey Pines in San Diego, Calif.
SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State leads the all-time series 55-1 and have won the last 15 matches. The one Indiana win came on Oct. 9. 2010. Penn State would go on to win the national championship that year. IU would go to the Sweet 16.
NOTES
• IU head coach Steve Aird is in his third season with Indiana volleyball.
• The Hoosiers 2020 class of current freshmen were ranked 15th in the country by PrepVolleyball.Com. It is the highest ranked class in program history and includes eight freshmen.
• In addition to the eight freshmen the Hoosiers add transfer Brooke Westbeld. Westbeld comes from Dayton and will be a senior. In 2018 Westbeld earned AVCA All-America Honorable Mention honors.
• The Hoosiers return just four players that played 17 or more sets in the 2019 season.
• The Indiana 2021 class, announced in November includes three top kids from Indiana and a player current on the Canadian Junior National Team.
• In March, then sophomore Breana Edwards was selected to the US Collegiate National Team – Gold Roster. She would have trained over the summer with the senior national team in their preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but that was canceled.
• Although no fans will be allowed this season, last year the Hoosiers ranked 15th in the country in attendance and set a program record for average attendance.
• The Hoosiers captains for the 2021 season are Brooke Westbeld, Emily Fitzner and Breana Edwards.
• Freshman Tommi Stockham leads the Hoosiers with 94 kills on the season and is averaging 3.24 kills/set. Stockham is also second on the team in digs with 65 at 2.24/set.
• Freshman Leyla Blackwell recorded 13 blocked in the Hoosiers five set win at Iowa, which tied the Indiana program record for blocks in a Big Ten five-set match for a player. Blackwell leads the Hoosiers with 37 blocks on the season and ranks seventh in the Big Ten in blocks at 1.28/set.
• Haley Armstrong has recorded double-digit digs in six of her last seven matches. Armstrong leads Indiana in digs with 99 on the season and 3.41 per set.
• In the Hoosiers third set against No. 1 Wisconsin on Saturday Feb. 13, Indiana hit .314 with 16 kills and dropped a narrow set, 26-24.
UP NEXT
Indiana hosts Purdue in a nationally televised match on Big Ten Network on Tuesday Feb. 23.
Follow Indiana Volleyball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
#GoIU
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