Big Ten Volleyball Breakdown: Week 2

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 two weeks of action, here's how thing shake out in the conference.

BIG TEN WEEK IN REVIEW
• Wisconsin had three big wins over the SEC including a pair of victories at Arkansas and a home win against Tennessee.
• Nebraska broke the world record for a crowd for a women's sporting event with over 90K crammed inside Memorial Stadium.
• Penn State, Iowa and Michigan State won three matches a piece at their respective home invitationals.
• Purdue won a pair of five-set thrillers against ranked opponents in Kansas and Marquette.
• Minnesota lost ranked battles at Florida and vs. Texas while Indiana lost three tough matches on the west coast at the Long Beach Invitational.

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, Penn State)
• Nebraska and Wisconsin are the lone remaining undefeated teams.
• Only Michigan and Northwestern are below .500

STAT LEADERS (Indiana)
Team
• Opp. Hitting Percentage (6th, 167)
• Aces Per Set (2nd, 2.05)
• Total Aces (1st, 41)
• Total Blocks (5th, 48.0)

#10 Haworth, Camryn
• Aces Per Set (1st, 0.75)
• Total Aces (1st, 15)
• Total Assists (3rd, 190)

#32 Gary, Ramsey
• Total Digs (7th, 72)

# 18 Rammelsberg, Kaley
• Hitting Percentage (6th, .382)

SEASON IN REVIEW
August 29th

WEEKLY AWARDS
September 5th
• Offensive Player of the Week: Jess Mruzik, OH (Penn State)
• Defensive Player of the Week: Nalani Iosia, L (Michigan State)
• Setter of the Week: Sydney Dowler, S (Maryland)
• Freshman of the Week: Chloe Chicoine, OH (Purdue)

THIS WEEK IN THE BIG TEN
Thursday, September 7th
Illinois at Notre Dame (7:00 PM)
Arizona at Wisconsin (8:00 PM)

Friday, September 8th
Ohio State at Stanford (TBD)
Indiana vs. Valpo (1:00 PM)
Rutgers vs. Morgan State (3:00 PM)
Northern Colorado vs. Northwestern (5:00 PM)
Indiana vs. Lindenwood (5:00 PM)
Coastal Carolina at Maryland (6:00 PM)
Illinois at Oklahoma (6:00 PM)
Penn State at Temple (7:00 PM)
Duke at Michigan State (7:00 PM)
North Carolina at Michigan (7:00 PM)
Central Michigan at Iowa (7:00 PM)
SMU at Purdue (7:00 PM)
Oregon vs. Minnesota (7:30 PM)
Miami vs. Wisconsin (8:00 PM)

Saturday, September 9th
Ohio State vs. Oregon (TBD)
Nebraska vs. Long Beach St. (TBD)
Northwestern vs. Northeastern (2:00 PM)
Princeton vs. Maryland (2:30 PM)
Indiana at Austin Peay (3:30 PM)
Rutgers at Columbia (6:30 PM)
Missouri State at Iowa (7:00 PM)
Duke at Michigan (7:00 PM)
Kentucky/Houston at Purdue (7:00 PM)
Minnesota vs. Stanford (10:00 PM)

Sunday, September 10
Northwestern at Fairfield (1:00 PM)
Penn State at Louisville (1:00 PM)
North Carolina at Michigan State (1:00 PM)
Maryland at Howard (1:00 PM)
Grand Canyon at Iowa (3:00 PM)

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