Hoosiers Dominate Highlanders in Weekend Finale

Saturday, August 26

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

3-0,0-0Big Ten

Radford

0-3,0-0Big South

Radford

Indiana

Hoosiers Dominate Highlanders in Weekend Finale

8/26/2023 9:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana Volleyball team (3-0, 0-0) jumped out to a 17-1 lead in the opening set of Saturday night's match against Radford, never looking back in a dominant straight sets victory (25-5, 25-15, 25-14) to close out the Indiana Invitational.

IU conceded just five points and only one kill to Radford in the opening set (25-5), the fewest ever allowed to an opponent in program under the current scoring format (since 2008).

The Hoosiers scored 17 of the first 18 points of the match which included a run of three-straight kills from sophomore opposite hitter Avry Tatum.

As a team, IU hit .500 on the evening, matching the program record for single-game hitting percentage in the rally era. All-time, the .500 clip is tied for third in a single game in program history. The Hoosiers converted on 42 of 70 swings with just seven errors.

Radford hit just .029 on the evening (17-15-69) and were held to just -.269 (1-8-26) hitting in the dominant opening set for the Hoosiers.

IU heads out west next weekend for a challenging slate of games in Long Beach, Calif. against host school Long Beach State and future conference opponents UCLA and Washington.

Stats and Notes
Team
• IU hit a collective .500 as a team (42-7-70), matching the single-game program record in the rally era (last done in 2016).

• The Hoosiers allowed just five points to Radford in the first frame, the fewest allowed by IU in a single set to any opponent under the current scoring format (since 2008).

• IU aced opponents on 26 occasions this weekend led by eight from junior setter Camryn Haworth.

#16 Geddes, Morgan
• The senior outside hitter was once again fantastic, contributing nine kills on an errorless 14 swings while hitting .643.
• Between both games Saturday, Geddes had 21 kills on 28 swings with zero errors.

#13 Tatum, Avry
• IU's newest hitter found her groove on Saturday night, putting away 12 kills on 20 swings including a run of three straight to blow the first set open.

#4 Saris, Mady
• IU's top offensive option recorded 35 kills across three matches this weekend including 11 on Saturday night against Radford.

Scoring Recap
Set 1: Indiana 25, Radford 5
• A dominant set from start to finish, IU jumped out to a 17-1 lead and never looked back.
• The Hoosiers hit .550 in the first set with Tatum putting away seven kills.
• Radford had just one kill to their eight errors in the first set.

Set 2: Indiana 25, Radford 15
• IU hit .583 in the second frame with Saris putting away five kills on eight swings.
• The lead got as big as 11 in the second set with Tatum burying a ball to make it 17-6 in favor of IU.

Set 3: Indiana 25, Radford 14
• Geddes found her footing in the final frame to the tune of six kills on 10 errorless swings.
• Haworth and Geddes contributed two aces a piece in the final set to ensure the victory.