Indiana Volleyball Falls at Michigan, 3-1

Saturday, March 13

Ann Arbor, Mich.

4:00 PM

Indiana University

3-13,3-13Big Ten

RV Michigan

4-3,4-3Big Ten

Indiana

Michigan

3/13/2021 6:33:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – After dropping the first set 30-28, Indiana came back to win set two, but RV Michigan closed the match in four sets (28-30, 25-20, 17-25, 19-25) on Saturday.

KEY MOMENTS
• The Hoosiers went up 13-9 in the first set on a kill from Breana Edwards. Indiana extended that lead to 17-11 on a Michigan attack error.
• The Wolverines used a 4-0 run to get within two at 17-15.
• Indiana went up 20-17, but Michigan responded with three straight to tie it 20-20.
• A Morgan Geddes ace gave Indiana set point at 28-27, but Michigan scored the next three points to take the opening set, 30-28.
• A block assist by Savannah Kjolhede and Morgan Geddes gave Indiana a set point in the second and Haley Armstrong finished it off with an ace for a 25-20 set two victory.
• Michigan jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the second set and won the second 25-17 to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
• Indiana used a 4-0 run early in the fourth set to take a 7-4 lead on a kill by Tommi Stockham.
• The fourth set was tied 13-13, until Michigan scored three straight to open a 16-13 lead. The Wolverines scored four of the next six to increase that lead to five at 20-15.
• Indiana kept it at five on a kill by Stockham to make it 23-18, but Michigan scored two of the next three to win the fourth set and the match.

NOTES
• The Hoosiers fall to a record of 3-13 while Michigan improves to 4-3.
• Indiana had four players reach double-digit kills.
• Breana Edwards led the Hoosiers with 13 kills and hit .440 for the match. For Edwards it is her ninth match this season with double-digit kills.
• Leyla Blackwell tallied 10 kills and hit .562 for the match.
• Tommi Stockham recorded 11 kills and had reached double-digit kills in 11 matches this season, including in each of the last four matches.
• Brooke Westbeld tallied a season-high 39 assists.
• Indiana out blocked Michigan 9-1, led by Savannah Kjolhede, who tallied six blocks.
• Haley Armstrong led the Hoosiers in digs with 16.
• The first set had 12 ties.
• After allowing Michigan's Paige Jones to record 37 kills and a .406 hitting percentage on Friday, the Hoosiers limited Paige to four kills and a negative hitting percentage on Saturday.
• After allowing 19 kills to Michigan in the first set, the Hoosiers limited the Wolverines to nine kills in set two and held them to a .100 hitting percentage.
• Leyla Blackwell connected on seven of her first nine attempts for kills and hit .750 through two sets.

IU Head Coach Steve Aird
"I was proud of how hard we played tonight. Michigan was back near full strength and we battled throughout the match. We had great offensive balance and I think this is more a preview of the future of this program. We took steps forward tonight."

UP NEXT
Indiana hosts Northwestern on March 20 and 21 next week.

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