Indiana Sweeps Maryland, 3-0

Friday, March 5

Bloomington, Ind.

5:00 PM

Indiana University

3-10,3-10Big Ten

Maryland

1-10,1-10Big Ten

Maryland

Indiana

3/5/2021 8:06:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Breana Edwards and Tommi Stockham had 10 kills each for Indiana as the Hoosiers beat Maryland 3-0 (27-25, 25-22, 25-19) on Friday at Wilkinson Hall.

KEY MOMENTS
• The Hoosiers trailed 16-12 in the opening set and after calling a timeout came back to score five of the next six points to tie it 17-17.
• Indiana took a 21-19 lead on a kill from Savannah Kjolhede, but Maryland came right back to tie it, 21-21.
• At 25-25 back-to-back kills from freshmen Leyla Blackwell and Tommi Stockham gave Indiana the first set win.
• Trailing 7-4 in the second set, Indiana scored seven of the next nine points to go up 11-9. Sophomore Breana Edwards had three kills in a 5-0 spurt for the Hoosiers.
• After taking a timeout when Maryland tied it 21-21 in set two, Indiana used a 4-1 run to win the set and take a 2-0 lead in the match.
• Indiana opened up a 19-12 lead in the third set and finished the match with a 25-19 set three victory.

NOTES
• The Hoosiers improve to 3-10 on the season, while Maryland falls to 1-10.
• Tommi Stockham tallied her eighth match of the season with double digit kills, while Breana Edwards notched her seventh.
• The Hoosiers hit .367 with 16 kills in the opening set and hit .258 with 40 kills for the match.
• Sophomore libero Haley Armstrong led Indiana with 16 digs.
• Senior setter Brooke Westbeld led the Hoosiers with 31 assists.
• Freshmen middle blockers Leyla Blackwell and Savannah Kjolhede each hit over .400 and combined for 11 kills with three errors.
• Indiana had eight service aces for the match, which came from six different people. • Freshman Morgan Geddes tallied a season-high three aces.
• The match had 27 ties and nine lead changes across the three sets.

IU head coach Steve Aird
"Well, first things first, they were down a couple of their starters. I think the first thing to say is that's a shorthanded Maryland team. They're awfully good and they have a lot of talent. They were trying to scramble and put together a lineup. I think it's nice when opposing teams acknowledge they don't have certain parts. They were great against Minnesota, they took a game against Nebraska. That's a really good volleyball team when they're fully loaded.

I also wanted to talk about Emily Fitzner. We changed the lineup a little bit and Emily came in and so many kids this day in age in programs around the country. When they go from having a big role to a lesser role, it's all about them. Emily is the exact opposite. I told her we're gonna have Brooke set a lot more than her but we need you to serve and play that role. She won us Game two. If you talk about character kids and kids that help build programs, the only thing I said to the team after pointing out that Maryland was shorthanded was that I told Emily I loved her. I love what she brings to the table. She's an incredible person and a great teammate. That's how this program is going to get built. With people that care about what's on the front of the jersey."

UP NEXT
Indiana hosts Maryland tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. ET at Wilkinson Hall.

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