Volleyball Central: vs. Maryland and #3 Wisconsin

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana volleyball team (18-11, 8-8) welcomes Maryland (16-12, 6-10) and No. 3 Wisconsin (23-2, 14-2) to Bloomington on Friday and Sunday for the final home weekend of the season. The Hoosiers will honor five players for Senior Day on Sunday afternoon.

Coming off a weekend split with Rutgers and Minnesota, IU will chase its best Big Ten finish in over a decade over the final two weeks of the regular season with four matches remaining on the docket. After this weekend, IU will head to the Michigan schools over Thanksgiving break to close the season.

Junior setter Camryn Haworth continues to be a driving force in a successful Hoosier season, making her case to be IU's first All-American in 13 years. She leads the Big Ten in aces and assists and is one of three setters averaging 10+ assists per set this year in the conference.

Both team and individual history is on the line over the final weeks of the season as head coach Steve Aird's group continues the rise and development of its volleyball program in Bloomington. First serve from Wilkinson Hall will be at 6:00 PM on Friday (Maryland) and 1:00 PM on Sunday (No. 3 Wisconsin).

Match Info
Friday, November 17th, 2023 | vs. Maryland | 6:00 PM ET
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Sunday, November 19th, 2023 | vs. #3 Wisconsin | 1:00 PM ET
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Hoosier News and Notes
Team Notes
• The Hoosiers sit 18-11 (8-8) ahead of the final four matches of the regular season. The 18 wins are already the most in a single season since 2010.

• Only five times in program history has IU won 20-or-more games in a regular season. IU needs just two more to achieve that feat for a sixth time. IU's regular season wins record, during the Big Ten era, is 21 set twice in 1995 and 2010.

• IU hasn't won 20 games overall and 10 games in the Big Ten in the same season since 2002. IU needs just two wins to accomplish that feat for the fifth time in program history.

• The Hoosiers are hitting .242 as a team this season with four matches left. The rally-era single season program record is .239 and the all-time mark, regardless of scoring system, is set at .245. Both of IU's middle blockers, Savannah Kjolhede and Kaley Rammelsberg, are top-seven in the conference in hitting.

• IU has 188 aces on the season, needing just 12 to hit 200 in back-to-back seasons. The Hoosiers haven't had consecutive seasons with 200+ aces since 1995-96.

• At least one victory this weekend would give IU 10 home wins in a single season for the first time since 2010. The Hoosiers nine wins at home are already the most in Wilkinson Hall history (opened 2019).

The Final Four
If the Hoosiers finish with these respective records, they will accomplish the following:

4-0: 22-11 (12-8):
- most regular season wins of all-time (22), match the program record for Big Ten wins in a season (12)

3-1: 21-12 (11-9):
- match program regular season wins record (21), most Big Ten wins since 1999 (11) (2nd most all-time)

2-2: 20-13 (10-10):
- 20 wins overall/10 Big Ten wins for first time since 2002, 20-win regular season for sixth time in program history

1-3: 19-14 (9-11):
- back-to-back seasons of nine conference wins, most overall wins since 2010

What's At Stake?
• The Hoosiers are looking for a 19th and 20th win of the season this weekend.

• A win over Maryland would be IU's second season sweep of a Big Ten opponent this year (Rutgers).

• IU is 0-36 all-time against top-three opponents and looking for the program's highest-ranked win (vs. #3 Wisconsin on Sunday).

Player Watch
#10 Haworth, Camryn
• The junior setter is making her case for All-American honors in 2023, leading the Big Ten in assists (1,077), the Big Ten and NCAA in aces (64) and one of three players in the conference with 10+ assists per set (10.07).

• With three aces this past weekend, Haworth is now No. 2 all-time in program history in service aces (155). Already the program's rally-era record holder, she needs just 43 aces to break the all-time mark of 197.

• Her 64 aces in a single season are 10th most in Big Ten history during the rally-era (since 2001). She has 113 in the last two years, the third most by a single Big Ten player in a two-year span since 2010.

• She is looking to become the first IU player with back-to-back seasons of 1,100 assists since Victoria Zimmerman (2002-03).

• Among Big Ten setters, she is top six in kills (104), assists (1,077), assists per set (10.07), aces (64), digs (232) and blocks (52.0).

#18 Rammelsberg, Kaley and #15 Kjolhede, Savannah
• Two of the most efficient middle blockers the program has ever seen, Rammelsberg and Kjolhede are on track to put up some of the biggest offensive numbers in school history.

• With four games to go, Rammelsberg is second (.370) and Kjolhede is fourth (.362) in single-season hitting percentage. Rammelsberg (.328) and Kjolhede (.298) are second and fourth in career hitting percentage.

• In Big Ten games only during a single season, Kjolhede (.384) and Rammelsberg (.359) are first and second in hitting percentage.

• The two are both top seven in the Big Ten in hitting percentage. Among players hitting .370 or better, Rammelsberg has the most kills (251).

#32 Gary, Ramsey
• An important addition to the program, the freshman libero leads the Big Ten in digs (472) and is a close second in digs per set (4.41).

• She already holds the IU single-season freshman digs record and needs just 54 in four games to break the all-time single season digs record for the Hoosiers.

• Gary has tied the program record for most 10+ dig games (27) and most 20+ dig games (9) in a single season. She is looking to be the first IU freshman and first IU libero to be named First Team All-Big Ten.

Opponent Breakdown: Maryland
Series History: 11-6 (Maryland leads) | Last Meeting: 10/7/23 (W, 3-0)

• An always competitive opponent, Maryland is coming off an efficient home sweep of Ohio State last time out.
• IU head coach Steve Aird was the Maryland coach for four years. The Terrapins are coached by Aird's good friend Adam Hughes.
• The Hoosiers swept the Terrapins in College Park in October.
• Sam Csire leads Maryland with 260 kills and 2.86 per set while setter Sydney Dowler averages 8.97 assists per set.

Opponent Breakdown: #3 Wisconsin
Series History: 59-24 (Wisconsin leads) | Last Meeting: 9/24/23 (L, 0-3)

• One of the most complete teams in the nation, Wisconsin has lost just twice this season.
• The Badgers swept the Hoosiers in Madison in the teams' first meeting in September.
• Sarah Franklin is a front runner for Big Ten Player of the Year and averages 4.05 kills per set while hitting .306.
• The Badgers hit .310 as a team while averaging 3.01 blocks per set.

Volleyball Central: vs. Maryland and #3 Wisconsin

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Players Mentioned

Camryn Haworth

Savannah Kjolhede

Kaley Rammelsberg