Offense Efficient in Sweep of Rutgers

Friday, November 10

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

18-10,8-7Big Ten

Rutgers

10-15,2-13Big Ten

Rutgers

Indiana

11/10/2023 11:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana volleyball team (18-10, 8-7) began an important four-game homestand Friday night with a sweep of Rutgers at Wilkinson Hall.

Meeting for the second time in a week, IU shook off a slow start to put away the visiting Scarlet Knights in straight sets (25-22, 25-19, 25-17) and complete a season sweep of Rutgers.

Junior setter Camryn Haworth ran a balanced offense with all five primary attackers taking at least 10 swings as the Hoosiers finished with a collective .352 (43-11-91) hitting percentage.

IU's block roared to life in the final two sets, finishing the match with 13 total team blocks. Graduate student middle blocker Kaley Rammelsberg led the way with seven.

The Hoosiers tallied their 18th win of the season, the most in a single campaign since 2010. IU sets up a massive Sunday afternoon showdown against Minnesota in Wilkinson Hall with the winner moving into fifth place in the conference with four matches to play.

Stats and Notes
Team
• IU dominated the match offensively, producing a .352 hitting percentage as a team with 43 kills in three sets. IU committed just five attacking errors in the final two sets and hit .538 (15-1-26) in game three.

• Led by seven blocks from Rammelsberg, the Hoosiers totaled 13 team blocks in just three sets. Senior middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede and sophomore outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles had five and four respectively.

• The Hoosiers' .352 hitting percentage was the best in a Big Ten match since hitting .359 vs. Rutgers in 2019. It was the fourth best single-game hitting percentage against a conference opponent in the 25-point scoring era.

• Victory 18 of the season marks the most wins in a single season for an IU team since winning 23 games overall (21 regular season) in the 2010 campaign.

#10 Haworth, Camryn
• The junior helped run a balanced offense with all five of her primary attackers finishing with five-or-more kills. Her 37 assists were the most in her career in a three-set match.

• With a pair of service aces, she moves into a tie for second in program history with 154 career aces. Her 63 aces this season are the third most all-time in a single season in school history.

• She is the first IU player since Megan Tallman (2014-15) with back-to-back seasons of 1,000+ assists. She is just 366 assists away from becoming the 8th player in program history with 3,000 career assists.

#15 Kjolhede, Savannah
• The senior has been exceptional down the stretch, providing IU with another errorless performance offensively (5-0-10) on Friday night.

• To balance out her night offensively, she also produced six blocks four digs and a service ace from the end line.

#18 Rammelsberg, Kaley
• As reliable as they come offensively, Rammelsberg swung at a .467 clip (9-2-15). She now has 989 kills in her career, just 11 from 1,000 for her collegiate tenure.

• She recorded seven blocks for the second time in Big Ten play this season and the fourth time against a conference opponent in an IU uniform.

Scoring Recap
Set 1: Indiana 25, Rutgers 22
• Despite struggling from the service line in the opening set, IU used 16 kills and 14 assists from Haworth to grab the first set 25-22 over Rutgers.

• Alonso-Corcelles and Rammelsberg combined for 11 kills in the first set while the Hoosiers held Rutgers to just .147 offensively through the first game.

• With the set tied at 19-19 all, IU closed on a 6-3 run to win the first with Rammelsberg converting on the final point of the frame.

Set 2: Indiana 25, Rutgers 19
• The Hoosiers came to life defensively in the second, blocking five shots and digging 10 balls to take a commanding 25-19 win.

• Rutgers hit negative in the second set (-.037, 8-9-27) while IU hit .286 offensively to take the momentum through two games Friday night,

• Haworth buried an ace past Rutgers out of a timeout to go up 20-16 with the Hoosiers using a pair of blocks from Rammelsberg to close out set two.

Set 3: Indiana 25, Rutgers 17
• IU erupted offensively in the third set, committing just one attacking error while hitting .538 with 15 kills.

• Sophomore opposite hitter Avry Tatum converted four kills on seven errorless swings while Alonso-Corcelles provided five of her own.

• The Hoosiers blocked five shots in the final frame while holding Rutgers to just .111 offensively. After reversing a call on match point, Rutgers added an additional pair of points to close the final deficit to just eight.