Hoosiers Lose Tight Battle to Long Beach State

Thursday, August 31

Long Beach, Calif.

10:00 PM

Indiana University

3-1,0-0Big Ten

(RV) Long Beach State

2-1,0-0Big West

Indiana

Long Beach St.

9/1/2023 2:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

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LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Indiana Volleyball team (3-1, 0-0) fell on the short end of a match that featured three deuce games, two games go to extra points and just six total points between the sides.

A back-and-forth affair went in favor the hosts (RV) Long Beach State 3-1 (26-28, 23-25, 26-24, 21-25) at the Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif. on Thursday (Aug. 31) night.

Senior middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede provided a career-high 13 kills while hitting .400 (13-3-25) on the evening with fellow middle blocker Kaley Rammelsberg chipping in 10 kills as well.

Sophomore outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles came off the bench in the first set and turned in a productive offensive night, hitting .345 with 12 kills on 29 swings.

IU out blocked Long Beach State 8-6 but a firm advantage in aces (7-5) and digs (57-39) for the hosts was enough to spur the contest in their favor.

The Hoosiers will play UCLA in the second of three contests in California on Friday (Sept. 1) evening at 7:00 PM ET/4:00 PM PT.

Stats and Notes
Team
• The Hoosiers had three players finish with double-digit kills including Kjolhede (13), Alonso-Corcelles (12) and Rammelsberg (10).

• IU led the match as a team with eight total blocks highlighted by three apiece from Kjolhede and Haworth.

#15 Kjolhede, Savannah

• IU's senior middle blocker produced an outstanding offensive night, hitting .400 with 13 kills on 25 swings.

• The Colleyville, Texas native set a career high in kills (13) which bested her previous mark of 12, last seen in a match against Purdue in October of 2022.

#10 Haworth, Camryn

• IU's junior setter recorded a season-best 46 assists to pair with four digs, three blocks and two aces.

• On the night, Haworth surpassed 100 career aces, becoming the 19th Hoosier in program history to hit that mark.

#32 Gary, Ramsey

• The freshman libero recorded a career-best 14 digs across four sets.

#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela

• The Madrid native came off the bench to record 12 kills and hit .345 for the Hoosiers. She also provided three digs and two solo blocks.

Scoring Recap
Set 1: Long Beach State 28, Indiana 26
• Kjolhede and Rammelsberg provided nine kills combined in the opening frame as IU looked to set the tone by running the middle and the slide.

• Kills by Kjolhede and Saris on either side of a Long Beach State timeout leveled the score at 22-all.

• The Hoosiers fended off a pair of set points but an IU attack error on the final point gave Long Beach a 28-26 victory in the first set.

Set 2: Long Beach State 25, Indiana 23
• Alonso-Corcelles hit .429 (6-0-14) and Kjolhede hit .667 (5-1-6) in the second set as the Hoosiers combined to hit .300 as a team.

• Long Beach State's lead never got bigger than the four-point advantage it held at 12-8 before a service error halted an offensive run.

• Alonso-Corcelles had her sixth kills of the set to fend off one set point but Long Beach State setter Zayna Meyer dumped a ball over the net on the next point to win the second frame.

Set 3: Indiana 26, Long Beach State 24
• Nine assists and two aces from Haworth gave IU a needed boost in the third set.

• A strong challenge from the IU bench reversed score and prevented the Hoosiers from going down two points late in the frame.

• Alonso-Corcelles buried a ball off the Long Beach State block before the hosts hit the next ball into the net to give IU a 26-24 win in set three.

Set 4: Long Beach State 25, Indiana 21
• Down 21-12 in the fourth set, junior outside hitter Kenzie Daffinee turned in a strong run of serve from the end line to spark a 5-0 run for the Hoosiers.

• A pair of aces from Daffinee, including the second which landed past the Long Beach State defenders, was enough to force a second timeout from Beach head coach Tyler Hildebrand.

• Saris had a kill to draw back within three and fend off a first match point but a big kill from Long Beach State's Maura Hayes ended the affairs on Thursday night.