Friday, March 26
Champaign, Ill.
8:00 PM
Indiana University
at
Illinois
Indiana Volleyball Travels to Illinois
3/24/2021 10:21:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– Indiana volleyball will take their final road trip of the season to Illinois this week.
Indiana at Illinois
Friday March 26 8:00 PM ET
Saturday March 27 9:00 PM ET on Big Ten Network
Champaign, Ill.
Video: BTN Plus
Second Match
Live Stats
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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 ILLINOIS
• Illinois is 4-10 on the season.
• Last time out Illinois beat Maryland 3-1 and 3-2 on March 19-20.
• Megan Cooney ranks ninth in the Big Ten in kills per set with 3.53.
• Taylor Kuper leads the Big Ten in service aces with 31 in 56 sets (0.55/set).
SERIES HISTORY
• Illinois leads the all-time series 68-17-1 and have won the last 16 matches in the series.
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.
• Indiana has played eight of their 12 matches against top-11 opponents (No. 1 Wisconsin, No. 5 Nebraska No. 8 Penn State and No. 11 Purdue).
• Haley Armstrong has recorded double-digit digs in 12 of her last 15 matches. Armstrong leads Indiana in digs with 191 on the season.
• Freshman Leyla Blackwell lead the Hoosiers in blocking with 55 on the season. Blackwell earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors following the Hoosiers five set win at Iowa, where she recorded 13 blocks in the match.
• Freshman Tommi Stockham leads the Hoosiers with 183 kills on the season. Stockham posted double-digit kills in each match at Penn State. Stockham was the Big Ten Freshman of the Week following the Hoosiers series with Iowa when she tallied 26 kills in the Hoosiers five set win over Iowa.
• In the Hoosiers series with Penn State, Indiana won the second set of the first match, 27-25. It was the first time since 2012 that Indiana had won a set against the Nittany Lions.
• Sophomore Ashley Zulauf recorded a career-high 11 digs in the match at Purdue.
• Tommi Stockham and Breana Edwards each recorded 10 kills in the Hoosiers win against Maryland on March 5.
• Freshman Morgan Geddes registered a season-high three aces in the Hoosiers win against Maryland and tallied a season-high 12 digs the next night against Maryland.
UP NEXT
Indiana finishes the season by hosting Ohio State on April 2 and 3 at Wilkinson Hall.
Follow Indiana Volleyball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
#GoIU
Indiana at Illinois
Friday March 26 8:00 PM ET
Saturday March 27 9:00 PM ET on Big Ten Network
Champaign, Ill.
Video: BTN Plus
Second Match
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 ILLINOIS
• Illinois is 4-10 on the season.
• Last time out Illinois beat Maryland 3-1 and 3-2 on March 19-20.
• Megan Cooney ranks ninth in the Big Ten in kills per set with 3.53.
• Taylor Kuper leads the Big Ten in service aces with 31 in 56 sets (0.55/set).
SERIES HISTORY
• Illinois leads the all-time series 68-17-1 and have won the last 16 matches in the series.
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.
• Indiana has played eight of their 12 matches against top-11 opponents (No. 1 Wisconsin, No. 5 Nebraska No. 8 Penn State and No. 11 Purdue).
• Haley Armstrong has recorded double-digit digs in 12 of her last 15 matches. Armstrong leads Indiana in digs with 191 on the season.
• Freshman Leyla Blackwell lead the Hoosiers in blocking with 55 on the season. Blackwell earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors following the Hoosiers five set win at Iowa, where she recorded 13 blocks in the match.
• Freshman Tommi Stockham leads the Hoosiers with 183 kills on the season. Stockham posted double-digit kills in each match at Penn State. Stockham was the Big Ten Freshman of the Week following the Hoosiers series with Iowa when she tallied 26 kills in the Hoosiers five set win over Iowa.
• In the Hoosiers series with Penn State, Indiana won the second set of the first match, 27-25. It was the first time since 2012 that Indiana had won a set against the Nittany Lions.
• Sophomore Ashley Zulauf recorded a career-high 11 digs in the match at Purdue.
• Tommi Stockham and Breana Edwards each recorded 10 kills in the Hoosiers win against Maryland on March 5.
• Freshman Morgan Geddes registered a season-high three aces in the Hoosiers win against Maryland and tallied a season-high 12 digs the next night against Maryland.
UP NEXT
Indiana finishes the season by hosting Ohio State on April 2 and 3 at Wilkinson Hall.
Follow Indiana Volleyball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
#GoIU
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