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Indiana Drops Tight Contest with No. 21 Western Kentucky 3-1
9/17/2022 6:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Despite an opening-set victory, a pair of two-point losses in the second and fourth sets was enough to see the Indiana Volleyball team (7-5, 0-0) take a 3-1 defeat to No. 21 Western Kentucky in the final game of the WKU Invitational.
IU held leads late in the second and fourth sets but were unable to close either of them out after dominating the first frame. The No. 21 Hilltoppers were able to shake off that first set to the tune of a 19-25, 26-24, 25-12, 25-23 victory on Saturday afternoon.
Morgan Geddes hit .375 with 13 kills while Mady Saris supplied a near career-high with 17 kills, but it wasn't enough. The Hoosiers hit just .185 in comparison to Western Kentucky's .307 on the afternoon.
IU ends the non-conference portion of the schedule with a 7-5 record and will head into conference play next week with a trip to Penn State (Sept. 23) and Maryland (Sept. 25).
SET 1 (Indiana 25, Western Kentucky 19)
• The Hoosiers jumped out to an 8-2 advantage after a kill from Savannah Kjolhede.
• Camryn Haworth's service ace in the middle of the set put IU up 14-7 and forced the Hilltoppers into a timeout.
• After Western Kentucky closed the gap to one point, IU went on a 4-0 run to take a 22-17 lead late in the opening frame.
• Mady Saris polished off the 25-19 first-set victory with a kill.
SET 2 (Western Kentucky 26, Indiana 24)
• A back-and-forth second set saw IU take a 10-6 lead with a pair of Western Kentucky errors sending the Hilltoppers into a timeout.
• Morgan Geddes had two kills following an IU timeout as the Hoosiers jumped back up to a 21-18 advantage.
• After tying the set at 24-all, Western Kentucky closed out the second frame to win 26-24.
SET 3 (Western Kentucky 25, Indiana 12)
• The Hoosiers jumped out a 7-3 lead with four kills from Mady Saris and a kill from Candela Alonso-Corcelles.
SET 4 (Western Kentucky 25, Indiana 23)
• A back-and-forth second set saw IU take a 10-6 lead with a pair of Western Kentucky errors sending the Hilltoppers into a timeout.
• Back-to-back kills from Mady Saris and Candela Alonso-Corcelles along with a Hilltopper error sent Western Kentucky into a timeout down 14-9.
• Camryn Haworth skipped the set and went for a kill to take a 19-13 lead late in the fourth.
• Despite IU holding a 23-21 lead in the fourth, Western Kentucky would go on to win the set and the match.
NOTABLES
• Morgan Geddes tallied 13 kills on a .375 clip.
• Mady Saris added 17 kills with five total blocks for the Hoosiers.
• Savannah Kjolhede had eight total blocks and eight kills while hitting .312.
• Paula Cerame recorded 19 digs.
