Indiana University Athletics
Wednesday, September 20
Bloomington, Ind.
8:00 PM
Indiana University
vs
Illinois
Volleyball Central: vs. Illinois
9/19/2023 10:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Volleyball team (10-3, 0-0) begins the 20-game Big Ten gauntlet on Wednesday (September 20th) evening with a visit from Illinois.
The match will be the first of four for the Hoosiers broadcasted nationally on the Big Ten Network (8:00 PM) with Connor Onion (PxP) and Elena Shkylar (Color) on the call.
IU has won three Big Ten home openers under head coach Steve Aird including the past two in 2021 (Michigan State) and 2022 (Iowa). The Hoosiers are riding a seven-game win streak into Wednesday's match, the program's longest since the 2019 campaign.
Five Hoosiers went for double-digit kills in a win last Friday night in Miami (FL) including sophomore opposite Avry Tatum (17) and graduate student middle blocker Kaley Rammelsberg (15).
IU will go for back-to-back wins over the Illini for the first time since (2000). The Hoosiers won the programs' last meeting on November 23rd, 2022.
Match Info
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | vs. Illinois | 8:00 PM ET
TV: Big Ten Network
Live Stats
Hoosier News and Notes
Team Breakdown
• The Hoosiers opened their 2023 campaign at the Indiana Invitational, sweeping New Hampshire, Southern Indiana and Radford in commanding victories.
• IU tested itself early in the season with a trip to the Long Beach Invitational. A tough weekend at The Beach, which featured three defeats and eight of nine set loss by four of fewer points, was a strong litmus test for the Hoosiers in the early going of the season.
• With a straight sweep of opponents at the Stacheville Challenge and four wins at the 305 Challenge, IU has now won seven-straight contests heading into Big Ten play.
• 12 players from last year's roster return including All-Big Ten junior setter Camryn Haworth, junior outside hitter Mady Saris, senior outside hitter Morgan Geddes and senior middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede.
• IU adds Cincinnati transfer Avry Tatum (OPP) as well as talented freshmen Ramsey Gary (L), Ava Vickers (MB) and Luca Fickell (S) to the roster.
The Hoosiers
• IU closed out non-conference play with four wins in Miami at the 305 Challenge including an impressive five-set thriller over Miami (FL) on its home court.
• Graduate student Kaley Rammelsberg as well as Haworth and Saris were All-Tournament selections at the Stacheville Challenge (Sept. 8-9) as IU handled opponents in three easy sweeps.
• Haworth followed that up by winning the program's first Big Ten weekly honor of the season (Setter of the Week) after an impressive showing at the 305 Challenge (Sept. 15-16).
• A perfect weekend in Miami ensured the Hoosiers 10 wins in the non-conference for the first time since 2019 and be the fourth season since the turn of the century the program brought 10+ wins and at least one power five victory home out of the preseason.
• Steve Aird became the first coach in program history with multiple seasons of 10+ wins in non-conference with at least one true road win over Power Five team (2019 and 2023).
• IU's nine victories by sweep in the non-conference were the most since winning nine during the 2010 preseason.
• As a team, the Hoosiers are 1st in the Big Ten and 9th nationally with 2.28 aces per set. In total, IU has 98 aces on the season including 33 from Haworth (tied No. 1 in Big Ten).
• The Hoosiers are 23rd in the NCAA and 2nd in the Big Ten in total team blocks, racking up 113.0 stuffs across the first 13 matches of the season.
• IU is holding opponents to just .150 hitting offensively which ranks third in the Big Ten this season.
Building on Momentum
• The Hoosiers took a massive step forward in the 2022 season, playing to 16 total wins including nine in the conference. IU finished eighth in the conference after being picked 13th to begin the season.
• IU won nine conference games in 2022 compared to four in 2021 which marked a five-win increase, tied for the second-biggest jump in program history.
• An overall jump from 10 to 16 wins in 2022 was tied for the third-biggest improvement between seasons in program history.
Returning Numbers
• IU returns a strong core of athletes from its 2022 team including six of seven starters. Coming along with that includes a large majority of team statistics from last year that return for another go-around. The Hoosiers return 98.4% of kills and 96.8% of blocks from last year's roster.
• Four different players on IU's roster last year had 200+ kills and all four athletes return including Saris, Geddes, Kjolhede and sophomore outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles.
Player Watch
#10 Haworth, Camryn
• Haworth was 4th in the Big Ten in assists (1,111), 6th in assists per set (9.03) and 1st in aces (49) in 2022. So far in 2023, she is No. 1 in the Big Ten in assists (423) and aces (33).
• She became the first IU athlete to earn First Team All-Big Ten honors since 2010 (Ashley Benson) and was named to the 2023 Preseason All-Big Ten team.
• The Fishers, Ind. native became the 11th player in program history to record 2,000 assists, crossing the mark in a 33-assist effort against Jacksonville on September 16th.
• She is third all-time in aces during the rally era (124) and could challenge for the rally-era ace record (130) this season across IU's 33 matches. She is one of just 19 IU players all-time to have ever recorded 100+ aces. Overall, she is 8th all-time in program history with 124 aces.
• For her career, Haworth has 2,038 assists, 541 digs and 124 aces. She is just the fourth player in program history with 2,000+ assists, 500+ digs and 100+ aces in an IU uniform.
• She matched her career high with 51 assists in a win at Miami (FL), the third time in her career she's recorded 50+ assists in a single match. She has had four or more aces on seven occasions in her time at IU including a five-ace performance over Stetson last weekend.
• The junior was named the conference's setter of the week after her performance in Miami, becoming the first IU player to win a Big Ten weekly award in consecutive seasons since Ashley Benson (2009-10).
#4 Saris, Mady
• Mady Saris finished 6th in the Big Ten in kills (427) last year, 8th in kills per set (3.47) and 6th in points (489) as the Hoosiers' top offensive weapon in 2022.
• Saris is in line to become the next member of the 1,000 kill club at IU. She has 825 kills through two seasons and would become the 20th athlete to eclipse the mark in an IU uniform.
• She reached double-digit kills in all three games at the Indiana Invitational including 14 in a victory over Southern Indiana. For her career, she's reached 10+ kills on 48 occasions across three seasons.
• The junior has started and contested in all 77 matches of her collegiate career. She was named to the Stacheville Challenge All-Tournament team after recording 38 kills in three matches.
• A six-rotation outside hitter for the Hoosiers, Saris is IU's first choice on offense and has been a consistent rock in the lineup since arriving in 2021.
#18 Rammelsberg, Kaley
• The graduate student had the most productive weekend of any Hoosier this season, earning Tournament MVP honors at the Stacheville Challenge after putting away 25 kills and blocking 23 shots.
• For her career, between stops at IU and High Point, Rammelsberg has 842 kills, 340 blocks and 1065.5. points while hitting a collective .342 with 1821 attempts.
• IU's all-time hitting percentage list is based on athletes with over 1,000 career attempts in the Cream and Crimson. In three seasons, she has hit .318 which is second in program history.
• Her 23 blocks across the three-game Stacheville Challenge were the most in a three-match span by an IU athlete since the 2014 campaign.
• She followed up her impressive weekend with a 15-kill effort in the win over Miami (FL) just one from matching her career high set at Georgia Tech in 2021. Rammelsberg is top-10 in the Big Ten in hitting percentage (.391) and total blocks (45.0) this season.
#15 Kjolhede, Savannah
• The Colleyville, Texas native was one of the Big Ten's best blockers last year and is 8th among active Big Ten players in blocks (294).
• She is 14th all-time in blocks at IU and is only six away from becoming the 14th athlete with 300+ blocks in an IU uniform. It would take 325 total stuffs to crack the top-10 in IU's all-time ranks.
• The veteran middle has played in 93 games of her college career and has started 90 of those including all 18 during her freshman campaign which was shortened by COVID-19. The only games she missed was the opening against Radford and Lindenwood in which she was a healthy, unused sub.
• She and Rammelsberg have combined to play 208 matches, put away 1,373 kills and reject 634 shots during their collegiate careers: making them one of the most veteran duos in college volleyball. Duke's middle blocker duo (229 career matches) and Dayton's (226) are the only ones confirmed to have played more.
#32 Gary, Ramsey
• One of the top-rated prep liberos in the 2023 class, Gary has lived up to the billing early in her college career. She has 167 digs across 13 matches including three 15+ dig efforts over the weekend in Miami
• Her 167 digs are most among Big Ten freshmen and most among Power Five freshmen in the NCAA this year ahead of Illinois's Lily Barry (144) in both categories.
BIG TEN PRESEASON POLL
Hoosiers among middle group of teams.
• IU was picked 8th in the Big Ten Preseason Volleyball poll, its highest mark since the conference begin ranking all 14 teams.
• Camryn Haworth made the Preseason All-Big Ten team, IU's first such honor since the 2010 season (Ashley Benson).
Opponent Breakdown: Illinois
Series History: 18-74-1 (Illinois leads) | Last Meeting: 11/23/22 (W, 3-1)
• The Illini open the Big Ten slate at 5-5 after dropping a pair of five-set matches to USC and UCF last weekend.
• All-Big Ten outside hitter Raina Terry is Illinois' preferred attacker, leading the team with 185 kills (4.63 per set).
• Freshman Lily Barry has 144 digs on the season while sophomore Brooke Mosher runs the team's offense.
The match will be the first of four for the Hoosiers broadcasted nationally on the Big Ten Network (8:00 PM) with Connor Onion (PxP) and Elena Shkylar (Color) on the call.
IU has won three Big Ten home openers under head coach Steve Aird including the past two in 2021 (Michigan State) and 2022 (Iowa). The Hoosiers are riding a seven-game win streak into Wednesday's match, the program's longest since the 2019 campaign.
Five Hoosiers went for double-digit kills in a win last Friday night in Miami (FL) including sophomore opposite Avry Tatum (17) and graduate student middle blocker Kaley Rammelsberg (15).
IU will go for back-to-back wins over the Illini for the first time since (2000). The Hoosiers won the programs' last meeting on November 23rd, 2022.
Match Info
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | vs. Illinois | 8:00 PM ET
TV: Big Ten Network
Live Stats
Hoosier News and Notes
Team Breakdown
• The Hoosiers opened their 2023 campaign at the Indiana Invitational, sweeping New Hampshire, Southern Indiana and Radford in commanding victories.
• IU tested itself early in the season with a trip to the Long Beach Invitational. A tough weekend at The Beach, which featured three defeats and eight of nine set loss by four of fewer points, was a strong litmus test for the Hoosiers in the early going of the season.
• With a straight sweep of opponents at the Stacheville Challenge and four wins at the 305 Challenge, IU has now won seven-straight contests heading into Big Ten play.
• 12 players from last year's roster return including All-Big Ten junior setter Camryn Haworth, junior outside hitter Mady Saris, senior outside hitter Morgan Geddes and senior middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede.
• IU adds Cincinnati transfer Avry Tatum (OPP) as well as talented freshmen Ramsey Gary (L), Ava Vickers (MB) and Luca Fickell (S) to the roster.
The Hoosiers
• IU closed out non-conference play with four wins in Miami at the 305 Challenge including an impressive five-set thriller over Miami (FL) on its home court.
• Graduate student Kaley Rammelsberg as well as Haworth and Saris were All-Tournament selections at the Stacheville Challenge (Sept. 8-9) as IU handled opponents in three easy sweeps.
• Haworth followed that up by winning the program's first Big Ten weekly honor of the season (Setter of the Week) after an impressive showing at the 305 Challenge (Sept. 15-16).
• A perfect weekend in Miami ensured the Hoosiers 10 wins in the non-conference for the first time since 2019 and be the fourth season since the turn of the century the program brought 10+ wins and at least one power five victory home out of the preseason.
• Steve Aird became the first coach in program history with multiple seasons of 10+ wins in non-conference with at least one true road win over Power Five team (2019 and 2023).
• IU's nine victories by sweep in the non-conference were the most since winning nine during the 2010 preseason.
• As a team, the Hoosiers are 1st in the Big Ten and 9th nationally with 2.28 aces per set. In total, IU has 98 aces on the season including 33 from Haworth (tied No. 1 in Big Ten).
• The Hoosiers are 23rd in the NCAA and 2nd in the Big Ten in total team blocks, racking up 113.0 stuffs across the first 13 matches of the season.
• IU is holding opponents to just .150 hitting offensively which ranks third in the Big Ten this season.
Building on Momentum
• The Hoosiers took a massive step forward in the 2022 season, playing to 16 total wins including nine in the conference. IU finished eighth in the conference after being picked 13th to begin the season.
• IU won nine conference games in 2022 compared to four in 2021 which marked a five-win increase, tied for the second-biggest jump in program history.
• An overall jump from 10 to 16 wins in 2022 was tied for the third-biggest improvement between seasons in program history.
Returning Numbers
• IU returns a strong core of athletes from its 2022 team including six of seven starters. Coming along with that includes a large majority of team statistics from last year that return for another go-around. The Hoosiers return 98.4% of kills and 96.8% of blocks from last year's roster.
• Four different players on IU's roster last year had 200+ kills and all four athletes return including Saris, Geddes, Kjolhede and sophomore outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles.
Player Watch
#10 Haworth, Camryn
• Haworth was 4th in the Big Ten in assists (1,111), 6th in assists per set (9.03) and 1st in aces (49) in 2022. So far in 2023, she is No. 1 in the Big Ten in assists (423) and aces (33).
• She became the first IU athlete to earn First Team All-Big Ten honors since 2010 (Ashley Benson) and was named to the 2023 Preseason All-Big Ten team.
• The Fishers, Ind. native became the 11th player in program history to record 2,000 assists, crossing the mark in a 33-assist effort against Jacksonville on September 16th.
• She is third all-time in aces during the rally era (124) and could challenge for the rally-era ace record (130) this season across IU's 33 matches. She is one of just 19 IU players all-time to have ever recorded 100+ aces. Overall, she is 8th all-time in program history with 124 aces.
• For her career, Haworth has 2,038 assists, 541 digs and 124 aces. She is just the fourth player in program history with 2,000+ assists, 500+ digs and 100+ aces in an IU uniform.
• She matched her career high with 51 assists in a win at Miami (FL), the third time in her career she's recorded 50+ assists in a single match. She has had four or more aces on seven occasions in her time at IU including a five-ace performance over Stetson last weekend.
• The junior was named the conference's setter of the week after her performance in Miami, becoming the first IU player to win a Big Ten weekly award in consecutive seasons since Ashley Benson (2009-10).
#4 Saris, Mady
• Mady Saris finished 6th in the Big Ten in kills (427) last year, 8th in kills per set (3.47) and 6th in points (489) as the Hoosiers' top offensive weapon in 2022.
• Saris is in line to become the next member of the 1,000 kill club at IU. She has 825 kills through two seasons and would become the 20th athlete to eclipse the mark in an IU uniform.
• She reached double-digit kills in all three games at the Indiana Invitational including 14 in a victory over Southern Indiana. For her career, she's reached 10+ kills on 48 occasions across three seasons.
• The junior has started and contested in all 77 matches of her collegiate career. She was named to the Stacheville Challenge All-Tournament team after recording 38 kills in three matches.
• A six-rotation outside hitter for the Hoosiers, Saris is IU's first choice on offense and has been a consistent rock in the lineup since arriving in 2021.
#18 Rammelsberg, Kaley
• The graduate student had the most productive weekend of any Hoosier this season, earning Tournament MVP honors at the Stacheville Challenge after putting away 25 kills and blocking 23 shots.
• For her career, between stops at IU and High Point, Rammelsberg has 842 kills, 340 blocks and 1065.5. points while hitting a collective .342 with 1821 attempts.
• IU's all-time hitting percentage list is based on athletes with over 1,000 career attempts in the Cream and Crimson. In three seasons, she has hit .318 which is second in program history.
• Her 23 blocks across the three-game Stacheville Challenge were the most in a three-match span by an IU athlete since the 2014 campaign.
• She followed up her impressive weekend with a 15-kill effort in the win over Miami (FL) just one from matching her career high set at Georgia Tech in 2021. Rammelsberg is top-10 in the Big Ten in hitting percentage (.391) and total blocks (45.0) this season.
#15 Kjolhede, Savannah
• The Colleyville, Texas native was one of the Big Ten's best blockers last year and is 8th among active Big Ten players in blocks (294).
• She is 14th all-time in blocks at IU and is only six away from becoming the 14th athlete with 300+ blocks in an IU uniform. It would take 325 total stuffs to crack the top-10 in IU's all-time ranks.
• The veteran middle has played in 93 games of her college career and has started 90 of those including all 18 during her freshman campaign which was shortened by COVID-19. The only games she missed was the opening against Radford and Lindenwood in which she was a healthy, unused sub.
• She and Rammelsberg have combined to play 208 matches, put away 1,373 kills and reject 634 shots during their collegiate careers: making them one of the most veteran duos in college volleyball. Duke's middle blocker duo (229 career matches) and Dayton's (226) are the only ones confirmed to have played more.
#32 Gary, Ramsey
• One of the top-rated prep liberos in the 2023 class, Gary has lived up to the billing early in her college career. She has 167 digs across 13 matches including three 15+ dig efforts over the weekend in Miami
• Her 167 digs are most among Big Ten freshmen and most among Power Five freshmen in the NCAA this year ahead of Illinois's Lily Barry (144) in both categories.
BIG TEN PRESEASON POLL
Hoosiers among middle group of teams.
• IU was picked 8th in the Big Ten Preseason Volleyball poll, its highest mark since the conference begin ranking all 14 teams.
• Camryn Haworth made the Preseason All-Big Ten team, IU's first such honor since the 2010 season (Ashley Benson).
Opponent Breakdown: Illinois
Series History: 18-74-1 (Illinois leads) | Last Meeting: 11/23/22 (W, 3-1)
• The Illini open the Big Ten slate at 5-5 after dropping a pair of five-set matches to USC and UCF last weekend.
• All-Big Ten outside hitter Raina Terry is Illinois' preferred attacker, leading the team with 185 kills (4.63 per set).
• Freshman Lily Barry has 144 digs on the season while sophomore Brooke Mosher runs the team's offense.
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