Penn State Defeats Indiana Volleyball

Saturday, February 20

University Park, Pa.

6:00 PM

Indiana University

2-8,2-8Big Ten

#8 Penn State

4-3,4-3Big Ten

Indiana

Penn St.

2/20/2021 8:31:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Freshman Tommi Stockham and junior Breana Edwards both posted double-digit kills, but the Indiana volleyball team fell 3-0 to No. 8 Penn State on Saturday at Rec Hall (15-25, 21-25, 22-25).

KEY MOMENTS
• With the score tied 3-3 in the first set, Penn State went on a 5-0 run to take a 8-3 lead. Indiana cut the gap to three at 11-8, but Penn State scored another four consecutive points to expend their lead to 15-8.
• After falling behind 5-3 in the second set, Indiana scored three straight points and went up 6-5 on a block from freshmen Morgan Geddes and Savannah Kjolhede.
• Indiana took a 10-7 lead in the second set on a kill from freshman Tommi Stockham and back-to-back kills from junior Breana Edwards.
• Penn State used a couple 3-0 spurts to take a 22-19 lead in the second set. Indiana counted with an Edwards kill to close the gap to two at 22-20, but Penn State scored three of the next four points to take the set, 25-21.
• The Hoosiers jumped out to a 5-3 lead in the third set on a kill by Stockham.
• Penn State counted with a 4-0 run to go up 8-6, but Indiana came right back with a kill from Stockham and an ace by Emily Fitzner to tie it 8-8.
• After falling behind 18-15, Indiana scored three straight to tie it 18-18 and force Penn State into a timeout.
• Tied at 19-19, Penn State scored four of the next five points to take a 23-20 lead in the third set.
• Indiana closed the third set gap to one at 23-22, but Penn State scored the next two points to take the set and the match.

NOTES
• Indiana drops to 2-8 on the season. Penn State improves to 4-3.
• Tommi Stockham recorded double-digit kills for the second straight night against the Nittany Lions. Stockham tallied 11 kills and hit .391 in the match. She also added seven digs.
• It is the sixth match this season that Stockham has posted double-digit kills.
• Sophomore libero Haley Armstrong led Indiana with 12 digs.
• Through two sets, Breana Edwards had nine kills on 13 swings and was hitting .538. Edwards finished the match with 11 kills and hit .286.
• The second set was tied 10 times.

IU Head Coach Steve Aird
"Going up against a top-10 team on the road is tough, but I thought we competed like crazy. We lost some of the bang-bang plays that veteran teams make late in sets. I'm still shuffling things around and trying to find the right lineup. It's tough when you don't have a preseason before Big Ten play. It's almost like we have an eight-month preseason and with eight freshmen this season and adding four more freshmen in the fall I'm excited about the future with this program. They are a resilient group and I know they will be ready to compete against Purdue on Tuesday."

UP NEXT
Indiana hosts Purdue on Tuesday Feb. 23 on Big Ten Network at 5:00 p.m.

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