Indiana Pushes Illinois in 3-1 Defeat

Saturday, March 27

Champaign, Ill.

9:00 PM

Indiana University

3-15,3-15Big Ten

Illinois

6-10,6-10Big Ten

Indiana

Illinois

3/27/2021 11:34:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – After dropping the first two sets, Indiana scored the first six points of the third set and extended the match to four sets in a 3-1 defeat against Illinois (14-25, 22-25, 25-23, 16-25) on Saturday at Huff Hall.

KEY MOMENTS
• Tommi Stockham put the Hoosiers up 5-4 with a kill early in the first set.
• With Illinois leading 7-6 in the opening set the Fighting Illini used a 5-0 run to go up 12-6.
• A kill from Breana Edwards and a block by Leyla Blackwell put the Hoosiers up 2-0 in the second set.
• Illinois scored six straight points to take a 6-2 lead in the second set.
• Breana Edwards sent a ball down the line for a kill as part of a 5-0 run to bring the Hoosiers from down 9-3 to within one at 9-8 in the second set. A few points later Edwards crushed a ball to tie it at 10-10 to extend the run to 7-1.
• Tommi Stockham converted back-to-back kill to put Indiana up 12-10 in the second set.
• After Illinois tied the second set 14-14, the Hoosiers scored two straight points with back-to-back kills from Edwards to go up 16-14.
• Indiana trailed 22-18 in the second set, but got within one at 23-22 on a block by Leyla Blackwell and Morgan Geddes. Illinois scored the final two points to win the set and take a 2-0 lead in the match.
• After dropping the second set, Indiana came out strong, scoring the first six points of the third set. The Hoosiers led 8-2 early in the third set.
• A kill by Brooke Westbeld put the Hoosiers up 19-16 in the third set and forced an Illinois timeout.
• An ace by Tommi Stockham put the Hoosiers up 24-22 and a kill by Blackwell gave Indiana the set third win.
• Illinois got out to a 17-10 lead in the fourth set.
• It took Illinois three match points but they finished the match with a 25-16 win in set four.

NOTES
• Indiana falls to 3-15 on the season and Illinois improves to 6-10 on the season.
• Tommi Stockham and Breana Edwards combined for 28 of the Hoosiers 44 kills as each tallied 14.
• Edwards had eight of her 14 kills in the second set for the Hoosiers.
• Stockham recorded a double-double with 14 kills and 11 digs.
• Brooke Westbeld tallied a double-double with 27 assists and 12 digs. Westbeld added five kills on seven attempts to hit .714.
• Indiana had nine team blocks as six different players recorded at least one block for the Hoosiers. Leyla Blackwell and Savannah Kjolhede had four blocks each.

IU Head Coach Steve Aird
"First off really excited for IU women's basketball and Coach Moren. They are having a great season and it's been fun to watch them and see the hard work they put in. For us I thought we were better tonight. We battled against a great team in Illinois. I thought we ran out of gas a little bit in sets one and four, but we kept playing hard the whole match. We have one more week to get better and I'm excited to get back in the gym on Monday and prepare for a good Ohio State team."

UP NEXT
Indiana hosts Ohio State on April 2-3 at 4:00 p.m. ET at Wilkinson Hall.

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