Big Ten Volleyball Breakdown: Week 1

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Big Ten Volleyball season is off and running in 2023. Perhaps the nation's deepest conference, the Big Ten offers a wide variety of physical and skillful teams that have a shot at making the NCAA Tournament this year.

After one week of action, here's how thing shake out in the conference.

BIG TEN WEEK IN REVIEW
• An up-and-down weekend for the Big Ten saw seven teams go undefeated including Indiana who swept its own invitational.
• Minnesota and Wisconsin both defeated Baylor and Wisconsin at the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge in Minneapolis.
• Northwestern closed out its weekend in Hawaii by defeating No. 13 San Diego in four sets.
• Nebraska and Indiana were perfect in their respective invitationals.
• Penn State was defeated by both Georgia Tech and Florida while Purdue lost to Creighton and Loyola (Chicago).
• Ohio State won three matches at Northern Kentucky including a five-set win over Bowling Green.

AT A GLANCE
• Six Big Ten teams are ranked in the latest AVCA Top 25 poll including four in the top-12 (Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota, Ohio State)

STAT LEADERS (Indiana)
Team
• Opp. Hitting Percentage (1st, .054)
• Aces Per Set (2nd, 2.89)
• Total Aces (1st, 26)
• Total Blocks (3rd, 24)

#10 Haworth, Camryn
• Aces Per Set (1st, 0.89)
• Total Aces (1st, 8)

#16 Geddes, Morgan
• Hitting Percentage (1st, .750)
• Aces Per Set (3rd, 0.67)

# 18 Rammelsberg, Kaley
• Hitting Percentage (3rd, .565)

#11 Vickers, Ava
• Blocks per Set (3rd, 1.83)

WEEKLY AWARDS
August 28th
• Player of the Week: Emily Londot, OH/OPP (Ohio State)
• Defensive Player of the Week: Kylie Murr, L (Minnesota)
• Setter of the Week: Mia Tuman, S (Ohio State)
• Freshman of the Week: Harper Murray, OH (Nebraska)

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN
Tuesday, August 29th
Western Michigan at Michigan (6:00 PM)
Valpo at Illinois (7:00 PM)
Texas at Minnesota (8:00 PM)

Wednesday, August 30th
Wisconsin at Arkansas (8:00 PM)
Omaha at Nebraska (8:00 PM)

Thursday, August 31st
Rutgers vs. Winthrop (2:00 PM)
Purdue at Kansas (7:30 PM)
Wisconsin at Arkansas (8:00 PM)
Indiana at Long Beach State (10:00 PM)

Friday, September 1st
Georgia Tech at Ohio State (TBD)
Maryland vs. Old Dominion (4:00 PM)
Purdue vs. Marquette (4:00 PM)
Rutgers vs. NC State (6:00 PM
Wichita State vs. Illinois (6:00 PM)
Illinois State vs. Northwestern (6:00 PM)
Western Kentucky vs. Penn State (6:00 PM)
Indiana vs. UCLA (7:00 PM)
Middle Tennessee vs. Iowa (7:00 PM)

Saturday, September 2nd
Georgia Tech at Ohio State (TBD)
Belmont vs. Michigan State (10:00 AM)
Rutgers vs. Howard (1:00 PM
Colgate vs. Penn State (2:00 PM)
Maryland vs. Utah Valley (2:30 PM)
Michigan vs. Colorado State (3:00 PM)
Syracuse vs. Michigan State (7:00 PM)
Kent State vs. Iowa (7:00 PM)
Indiana vs. Washington (7:00 PM)

Saturday, September 2nd
Minnesota at Florida (12:00 PM)
Michigan at Arkansas (12:00 PM)
Delaware State at Michigan State (1:00 PM)
James Madison at Penn State (2:00 PM)
Illinois State at Illinois (2:00 PM)
Tennessee at Wisconsin (2:00 PM)
Maryland at Navy (2:00 PM)
South Dakota State at Iowa (3:00 PM)
Nebraska at Kansas State (5:00 PM)

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