Indiana Volleyball Comes up Short in Five Sets at Michigan

Friday, March 12

Ann Arbor, Mich.

6:00 PM

Indiana University

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RV Michigan

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Indiana

Michigan

Indiana Volleyball Comes up Short in Five Sets at Michigan

3/12/2021 8:56:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Indiana volleyball came back from down 0-2 and led 11-7 in the fifth set, but couldn't close it out as RV Michigan won 3-2 (22-25, 22-25, 28-26, 25-21, 15-11) on Friday.

KEY MOMENTS
• Trailing 11-9 in the first set the Hoosiers scored four straight points and took a 13-11 lead on a kill from Brooke Westbeld.
• With the Hoosiers leading 19-17, Michigan used a 3-0 spurt to take a 20-19 lead and won the first set, 25-22.
• Indiana rebounded and came out to a 7-6 lead in the second set off an ace from Morgan Geddes.
• Michigan used a 6-0 run to take control of the second set and go up 12-7.
• The Hoosiers trailed 17-11 in the second set, but scored six of the next seven points to get within one at 18-17 on a kill from Tommi Stockham.
• Indiana again trailed by one at 21-20, but Michigan scored four of the last six points of the set to take it 25-22 and go up 2-0 in the match.
• Indiana jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third set with kills from Breana Edwards and Savannah Kjolhede.
• With Michigan serving for the match, up 24-23 in third set Breana Edwards got a kill and served up an ace to put IU up 25-24.
• Back-to-back blocks propelled Indiana to a 28-26 victory in the third set.
• Indiana used a 7-0 run early in the fourth set to take an 10-5 lead and force a Michigan timeout.
• Michigan responded with an 6-0 run to go up 13-12 in the fourth set.
• A Haley Armstrong ace on a short serve, put the Hoosiers up 20-18 in the fourth set.
• Savannah Kjolhede sent the match to a fifth set with a service ace.
• Tommi Stockham found the floor with a well-placed shot to give Indiana a 7-3 lead in the fifth set.
• A Morgan Geddes ace put the Hoosiers up 10-7 in the fifth set.
• Indiana made two attack errors in the final three points to give Michigan a 15-11 win in the fifth set to take the match.

NOTES
• The Hoosiers fall to a record of 3-12 while Michigan improves to 3-3.
• Tommi Stockham led the Hoosiers with 19 kills and added 10 digs for her sixth double-double of the season.
• Breana Edwards registered 13 kills for the match. Edwards recorded seven kills on nine swings with one error to hit .667 in the third set.
• Indiana out blocked Michigan 14-5 in the match.
• Freshman Leyla Blackwell led Indiana with seven blocks and fellow freshman Savannah Kjolhede tallied six blocks.
• The Hoosiers had three players with double-digit digs led by Brooke Westbeld with 13, Haley Armstrong with 12 and Stockham with 10.
• Westbeld notched a season-high 37 assists. She added five blocks as well.
• Four Hoosiers had multiple aces, led by Haley Armstrong with a career-high four. Ashley Zulauf had a career-high three aces.

IU Head Coach Steve Aird
"Michigan was playing without some of their regular players and I thought they played well. I thought we showed character coming back in the third and fourth sets. We have to find a way to win in the fifth set. Tommi and Breana were solid offensively and our serving was good. We blocked 14 balls, but I didn't think our blocking was great."

UP NEXT
Indiana takes on Michigan tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. ET

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