UCLA Outlasts Indiana in Four Sets

Friday, September 1

Long Beach, Calif.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

3-2,0-0Big Ten

UCLA

3-1,0-0Pac-12

Indiana

UCLA

9/1/2023 10:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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LONG BEACH, Calif. - Despite taking the opening set in convincing fashion, the Indiana Volleyball team (3-2, 0-0) fell in four sets (25-18, 14-25, 21-25, 25-27) to UCLA on Friday (Sept. 1) evening.

Junior outside hitter Mady Saris led the way with 12 kills while sophomore outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles hit .241 with 11 kills on 29 swings.

The Hoosiers forced set point in the fourth set but UCLA put away a chance at going the distance with productive play through the middle in the late sets.

Stats and Notes
Team
• The Hoosiers recorded nine team blocks on the afternoon with graduate student middle blocker providing a team-four stuffs.

• IU hit .134 as a team on the evening with senior middle blocker leading the way with a .308 clip (5-1-13).

#10 Haworth, Camryn
• Haworth finished one dig shy of a double-double with 28 assists and nine digs. She also chipped in two aces and three blocks.

#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela
• The sophomore continued her run of outstanding play, providing 11 kills for the Hoosier attack. She also had five digs and a block.

Scoring Recap
Set 1: Indiana 25, New Hampshire 18
• The Hoosiers hit a whopping .476 (12-2-21) with sophomore opposite hitter Avry Tatum providing four kills on six errorless swings.

• IU took a lead as large as six after a kill from Tatum forced UCLA into a timeout at 18-12. The Hoosiers would go back up six at 23-17 following a setting error from the Bruins.

• Haworth aced UCLA on set point to give IU a 25-18 victory in the first frame.

Set 2: UCLA 25, Indiana 14
• IU struggled offensively in the second set, hitting -.125 with 11 errors. UCLA middle blocker Anna Dodson had four blocks in the set.

• UCLA got a lead as large as nine, going up 20-11 following a service error from IU senior outside hitter/defensive specialist Grae Gosnell.

Set 3: UCLA 25, Indiana 21
• Alonso-Corcelles had three kills in the third set but the Bruins put away 14 balls to take advantage of the match.

• Junior outside hitter Kenzie Daffinee gave IU the lead back at 17-16 with a service ace but UCLA would close the frame on a 9-4 run. UCLA scored the final three points of the set.

Set 4: UCLA 27, Indiana 25
• Alonso-Corcelles and Kjolhede were fantastic in the fourth set, combining for seven kills on 17 errorless swings.

• Haworth dug five balls in the set and had seven assists and one kill to keep IU's chances alive.

• The Hoosiers had set point at 24-23 but UCLA's Dodson put away one of her seven kills to even things at 24-all. UCLA would win the match on back-to-back kills.