Alonso-Corcelles Goes for 22 Kills to Beat Maryland

Friday, November 17

Bloomington, Ind.

6:00 PM

Indiana University

19-11,9-8Big Ten

Maryland

16-13,6-11Big Ten

Maryland

Indiana

Alonso-Corcelles Goes for 22 Kills to Beat Maryland

11/17/2023 10:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Sophomore outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles continued her strong run of form, supplying a match-high 22 kills to help lead the Indiana volleyball team (19-11, 9-8) to a 3-1 win (25-21, 24-26, 25-23, 25-14) on Friday night at Wilkinson Hall.

Despite relinquishing a massive lead and dropping the second set, the Hoosiers buckled down in the final two sets, hitting .324 (16-5-34) in game four to polish off the season sweep of Maryland.

IU's primary pin hitters combined for 48 of IU's 59 kills with junior setter Camryn Haworth supplying 53 assists in just four sets, the most in a four-set match in her career.

The Hoosiers improve to 19-11 (9-8) on the season, awaiting a massive test against No. 3 Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon at Wilkinson Hall. IU will honor five seniors following the match.

Stats and Notes
Team
• The Hoosiers have completed season sweeps of both Maryland and Rutgers following a four-set victory over the Terrapins on Friday.

• IU has now got 19 wins on the season, moving the program just one away from its first 20-win season since 2010. IU is also one game away from 10 conference wins, something it hasn't accomplished in 21 years.

• The 19 wins this season are the most for Steve Aird in a single season in his head-coaching career. IU now has 10 home wins in a single campaign for the first time since 2010.

• Led by Alonso-Corcelles, the Hoosiers won the offensive battle with 59 kills to Maryland's 46 while outhitting the visitors .238-.147.

#10 Haworth, Camryn
• Haworth ran an efficient offense, dishing out 53 assists in just four sets as the Hoosiers hit .238 on the match. This was the fifth 50-assist match of the season for the junior and the seventh of her career.

• Her 111 assists in the last two matches are the most in back-to-back games by a Hoosier setter during the current scoring system (in place since 2008).

• With 53 assists on the night, Haworth moves to 9th in program history with 2,745 helpers. She is the first setter with back-to-back seasons of 1,100 assists since 2002-03.

#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela
• After going for 24 kills on Sunday, Alonso-Corcelles followed up her career effort with an additional 22 kills on Friday vs. Maryland.

• She is the first IU player with back-to-back 20-kill matches since Amelia Anderson in 2015. Her 46 kills in back-to-back games are the most in consecutive matches since Breana Edwards went for 51 in a pair of matches in 2019.

#32 Gary, Ramsey
• After a slow start on Friday, Gary was instrumental in a defensive turnaround, supplying 22 digs in just four sets. Her 497 digs this season are fourth most in a single season in program history.

• She now has 10 matches with 20+ digs, the most such occurrences in a single season in program history. With three matches to go, Gary is just 32 digs from breaking IU's single-season program record (525).

Scoring Recap
Set 1: Indiana 25, Maryland 21
• The Hoosiers pulled away late in the first set, thanks in part to the prolific offensive play of Alonso-Corcelles, sophomore opposite hitter Avry Tatum and senior outside hitter Morgan Geddes.

• With the match tied at 13-all, IU went on a 5-0 run to take an 18-13 advantage late in the frame. Freshman libero Ramsey Gary went on a tremendous run of serve, including a service ace, to blow the set open.

• IU called timeout late in the set up three points and Geddes responded by putting away the final point of the set on a massive crosscourt swing.

Set 2: Maryland 26, Indiana 24
• IU started the second set offensively efficient but struggled down the stretch as Maryland turned around an eight-point deficit to tie the match.

• Alonso-Corcelles terminated on an attack to take a 20-12 lead but it was all Maryland from there. After Maryland sided out on a kill from Sydney Dowler, the visitors scored an additional five points to bring the match within two points.

• The Hoosiers had set point at 24-23 but a service errors and three-consecutive points from Maryland handed the Terrapins the 26-24 victory.

Set 3: Indiana 25, Maryland 23
• Alonso-Corcelles got a heavy load in the third set, converting seven kills on 20 swings with just one error, Haworth had 15 assists while Gary dug nine balls.

• The Hoosiers went down 4-10 but responded on a 12-5 run to take a 16-15 lead midway through game three. An IU attacking error out of a timeout tied things at 23-all but Alonso-Corcelles and Rammelsberg put away back-to-back kills to take the third set.

Set 4: Indiana 25, Maryland 14
• IU's most efficient set of the night saw the hosts hit .324 (16-5-34) with Geddes supplying six kills on nine errorless swings.

• After Maryland closed within three at 9-12, IU blew the doors open with a 13-5 run to close the match. Alonso-Corcelles supplied a service ace on the second match point.