Volleyball Outlasts Iowa in Five Sets

Saturday, February 6

Iowa City, Iowa

5:00 PM

Indiana University

2-4,2-4Big Ten

Iowa

1-5,1-5Big Ten

Indiana

Iowa

2/6/2021 8:38:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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CORALVILLE, Iowa- The Indiana freshmen trio of Tommi Stockham, Leyla Blackwell and Savannah Kjolhede combined for 47 kills and the Hoosiers recorded 22 team blocks in a 3-2 win (28-30, 25-14, 25-18, 23-25, 15-13) against Iowa on Saturday.

KEY MOMENTS
• The Hoosiers jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the first set after a block by Breana Edwards and Leyla Blackwell.
• Iowa answered with a 5-0 run to take a 7-5 lead in the opening set.
• A block assist by Morgan Geddes and Blackwell put Indiana up 26-25 and a kill by Edwards put the Hoosiers up 27-26, but Indiana could not convert the set points and Iowa won the opening set, 30-28.
• Iowa led 9-5 in the second set.
• Tied at 13-13, the Hoosiers broke open the second set with a 9-0 run to go up 22-13. After an Iowa point to take it 22-14, Indiana scored the final three points to win the second set 25-14 on a kill from Breana Edwards.
• Indiana scored four of five points to give the Hoosiers a 17-11 advantage in set three. The Hoosiers scored on two blocks and two kills in the spurt.
• The Hoosiers put the third set away with a block assist from Edwards and Savannah Kjolhede.
• With Iowa leading 14-12 in the fourth set, Indiana scored four straight and took a 16-14 lead on a block by Edwards and Kjolhede.
• A block assist from Blackwell and Fitzner put Indiana up 22-19 in the fourth set.
• Iowa scored six of the last seven points in the fourth set to even the match 2-2.
• Trailing 7-5 in the fifth set the Hoosiers scored back-to-back points and tied it on a solo block by Tommi Stockham.
• An Indiana block by Kjolhede and Fitzner put the Hoosiers up 13-12 in the fifth set.
• Up 14-13 in the fifth set, a Breana Edwards kill won the set and the match for the Hoosiers.

NOTES
• Indiana improves to 2-4 on the season. Iowa drops to 1-5.
• The 22 blocks are tied for the second best in a Big Ten match in program history.
• Freshman Tommi Stockham led the Hoosiers with a season-high 26 kills. Stockham added 10 digs for her second straight double-double.
• Freshman Leyla Blackwell tallied 13 blocks, to tie the Indiana program record for blocks in a five-set match.
• Freshman Savannah Kjolhede registered nine kills and hit .467 in the match.
• The first set was tied 17 times.
• In the Hoosiers 9-0 run in the second set, Tommi Stockham had two aces.
• Indiana hit .348 in the second set with 10 kills and held Iowa to a negative hitting percentage, -.138.
• Indiana hit .500 in the fifth set with nine kills and one error.
• Brooke Westbeld had a double-double with 32 assists and 11 digs.
• Haley Armstrong led the Hoosiers with 15 digs and was one of three Hoosiers with double-digit digs.

IU Head Coach Steve Aird
"I thought we battled in all the games tonight. I'm most proud of the level at which we competed. We got great contributions from a lot of people. The blocking was good. It's important to me that we develop into a good blocking team."

UP NEXT
Indiana returns home to home Wisconsin for matches on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13 at Wilkinson Hall.

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