IU Swept by Block of No. 14 Minnesota

Friday, October 11

Minneapolis, Minn.

7:30 PM

Indiana University

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#14 Minnesota

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Indiana

Minnesota

10/11/2024 9:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – No. 14 Minnesota put up 12 team blocks in three sets, using its physicality to sweep the Indiana Volleyball team (9-6, 2-3 B1G) on Friday night at Maturi Pavilion (25-18, 25-19, 25-19). Golden Gopher middle blocker Calissa Minatee had a hand in a match high 10 blocks.

The Hoosiers were able to rack up 41 kills in three games but found the Minnesota defense suffocating on out-of-system balls. Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles led the way with 14 kills. Junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum had eight kills but committed seven attacking errors.

Senior setter Camryn Haworth had an impressive all-around stat line with 28 assists, nine digs and five kills. She hit .833 with her five kills coming on six errorless swings. She hit on the right side for one rotation at the end of the match, terminating on a line shot off an assist from freshman setter Sade Ilawole.

IU hung close the entire way but Minnesota found enough in the tank to pull away in each set. The hosts hit .358 (44-10-95) on the evening, never hitting below .320 in a single game. Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary had 13 digs. IU managed just three blocks, two of those coming at the end of the match on solo blocks from senior outside hitter Mady Saris.

Saris tallied five kills on the evening, reaching the 1,000-kill mark in her IU career. She becomes just the 20th player in program history to hit the threshold and the second in the head coach Steve Aird era (since 2018).

A tough stretch in conference play continues Sunday afternoon. IU returns home to Wilkinson Hall to face No. 3 Penn State. The Nittany Lions are fresh off a sweep of Michigan State and are undefeated in conference play.

Set Breakdown
Set 1: Minnesota 25, Indiana 18
The Hoosiers were competitive offensively but were hurt by four service errors. IU hit .250 (13-4-36) but Minnesota responded by hitting .364 (16-4-33). With Camryn Haworth forced to dig five balls, IU spent most of the set out-of-system. Avry Tatum had four kills in game one while Candela Alonso-Corcelles had three.

• IU opened the set with an early 6-3 advantage. Alonso-Corcelles and Haworth converted on back-to-back kills to keep the Maturi Pavilion quiet. The three-point lead was as big of a lead that IU would have all night. Minnesota took the lead at 8-7 and wouldn't relinquish it the rest of the way.

• The Hoosiers looked to have leveled the set at 14-all on an attacking error from Minnesota middle blocker Lydia Grote. However, Mady Saris was ruled to have been in the net. Minnesota took a 15-13 lead into the media timeout.

• Minnesota finally pulled away late in game one. Mckenna Wucherer, who had missed the last few games through injury, terminated on a kill. Minnesota setter Melani Shaffmaster pulled IU's middle blocker away, leaving the attacker a clean look offensively to go up 21-16.

• IU searched for answers late in the set. Freshman Ella Boersema entered the game and got a pair of block touches and a kill but Minnesota finished off a 25-18 set victory in game one.

Set 2: Minnesota 25, Indiana 19
Minnesota's block fully got going in set two. It stifled Tatum, IU's number one choice offensively. Tatum committed four attacking errors in set two. Phoebe Awoleye had a hand in five of Minnesota's six blocks. Alonso-Corcelles terminated on five kills but IU had no answer defensively. Minnesota pulled away late to win 25-19.

• The Hoosiers briefly held a lead at 3-2 following a kill from Tatum but Minnesota responded with a 6-0 run on the serve of Elise McGhie. IU was able to side out finally on a kill by Alonso-Corcelles, helped by a blocking error from Shaffmaster.

• Three was the tough numbers to break through for IU. That was as low as the deficit would get the rest of the way. Alonso-Corcelles aced Wucherer on a brilliant float serve to trim the deficit to three (8-11). The Hoosiers had a good chance to close the gap but Saris was blocked by the big hands of Shaffmaster to send Minnesota up 15-11 into the media timeout.

• Chances came up for IU down the stretch but it again struggled to terminate on long rallies. Down 19-22, the two teams battled through a long rally but Minnesota's Julia Hanson recorded the kill. Out of a timeout, Minnesota got consecutive points on a kill from Shaffmaster and an ace from Hanson to win the second set 25-19.

Set 3: Minnesota 25, Indiana 19
IU seemed to have a little bit of life left but Minnesota put that to bed, staving off a late run from the Hoosiers to win the match in a sweep. The Golden Gophers hit .393 (13-2-28) in the final set and tacked on four blocks. Alonso-Corcelles was benched briefly but still tallied six kills. Six different IU players had an assist in game three.

• Saris terminated on a kill as IU took its last lead of the match at 7-6. Saris would respond moments later with a kill (aided by a Minnesota net violation). That leveled the match at 9-all, the last time the contest was tied.

• IU made a late push on a 3-0 run. Saris recorded her 1,000th kill as an IU player before denying Minnesota on the slide with consecutive solo blocks. The Golden Gophers called timeout as the lead was trimmed to two (19-17).

• Out of the break, old mistakes continued to hurt IU. Hanson terminated over the IU block and past the server (Kenzie Daffinee) in right back. Saris committed consecutive attacking errors to quickly push the lead back out to five points (22-17).

• Tatum tooled the block to fend off one match point but Saris' ensuing serve went straight into the net to end the contest. Minnesota improved to 10-5 (3-2 B1G) while IU fell to 9-6 (2-3 B1G).

Top Hoosier Performers
#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela
14 kills, 6 digs, 2 aces

#10 Haworth, Camryn
28 assists, 9 digs, 5 kills

#32 Gary, Ramsey
13 digs, 5 assists

Notes to Know
• IU has now been swept at Minnesota on 21-straight occasions. The last set the Hoosiers won in Minneapolis came in 1999. Since that set victory, IU has lost 65-straight frames at Maturi Pavilion.

• Senior outside hitter Mady Saris hit 1,000 kills for her career with five on Friday night in Minneapolis. She becomes the 20th member of the 1,000-kill club in program history and the first since Breana Edwards in 2021. She's just the second to hit the threshold in the Steve Aird era (since 2018).

• All three of IU's contests so far this season against ranked opponents have come in true road environments. The Hoosiers are 0-3 in those contests, winning just one set (at No. 11 Oregon).

• Senior setter Camryn Haworth's run of 13-straight matches with an ace comes to a close. She's been held without a service ace in just two matches this season (at Kennesaw State, at No. 14 Minnesota).