Hoosiers Remain Undefeated at Home

Sunday, October 6

Bloomington, Ind.

1:00 PM

Indiana University

Ohio State

10/6/2024 4:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Night in and night out, the Big Ten offers some of the nation's toughest challenges. That was the case on Sunday (Oct. 6) afternoon at Wilkinson Hall as the Indiana Volleyball team (9-5, 2-2 B1G) outlasted visiting Ohio State 3-1 (25-15, 25-23, 23-25, 25-22).

IU moves to 7-0 at home in Wilkinson Hall, the best start to a home slate in program history. The Hoosiers have now won three of five against the Buckeyes and are 5-4 against Ohio State under head coach Steve Aird.

Senior outside hitter Mady Saris shook off a light Friday night effort to provide 16 kills (.256 hitting percentage). Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles led the way with 18 kills. Senior setter Camryn Haworth had 38 assists but made her mark from the service line with three aces.

Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary led an outstanding defensive effort with a match-high 18 digs. Haworth recorded the 28th double-double of her career (38 assists, 13 digs). Alonso-Corcelles and senior defensive specialist Carly Mills each had eight digs. Sophomore middle blocker Ava Vickers had a team high four blocks.

After losing a tight match at No. 11 Oregon last weekend (two deuce sets), IU found a way to finish off a series of close games against the Spartans and Buckeyes. Five of the six set wins on the weekend came by four-or-fewer points.

IU's trademark over the past three years has been from the service line. On Sunday, it made a world of difference. With seven aces and just seven errors, IU had a 16-point advantage from the end line. Ohio State finished the match with just one ace and 17 service errors.

The road ahead gets difficult for the Hoosiers with a trip to No. 12 Minnesota (Friday) and a visit from No. 3 Penn State (Sunday) on the horizon. The first edition of the RPI ratings come out tomorrow afternoon.

Set Breakdown
Set 1: Indiana 25, Ohio State 15
The Hoosiers played their best first set of the season, forcing the visitors from Columbus into several unforced errors with tough serves. IU had three aces and 10 kills but defensively held Ohio State to a -.033 hitting percentage. The Buckeyes had five service errors and seven attacking errors while pulling their starting setter game one. Avry Tatum had four kills in a 25-15 win.

• Kenzie Daffinee provided some momentum from the service line with back-to-back aces. Ohio State called its opening timeout after only 16 points, trailing 11-5 in the early proceedings.

• Camryn Haworth got her serve going as well, extending a 5-0 run into a 16-6 lead. Emmi Sellman committed consecutive attacking errors before Tatum terminated on a back set from Haworth. The Buckeyes eventually sided out on a mistake from Mady Saris.

• Ohio State got the deficit down to seven but a kill from Saris forced the first set point. Haworth nailed the libero, Olivia Hasbrook, in the face with her lethal serve to take the opening frame, 25-15.

Set 2: Indiana 25, Ohio State 23
Ohio State turned up the pressure offensively, with seven kills from All-American Emily Londot, but five service errors kept the Hoosiers in the set. Saris provided six of IU's 15 kills while Ramsey Gary had eight digs. IU nudged its way back into set two, winning a deuce game 25-23.

• The two teams exchanged early blows but Ohio State took the first advantage, opening up a 13-10 lead on four kills from Londot. She terminated on a pair of balls with a big Buckeye block sparking a 3-0 run. IU head coach Steve Aird took his first timeout of the match down three.

• Aird and company won an important challenge on a kill from Saris. The call was reversed in the favor of the Hoosiers with Ohio State in the net on the swing. IU's deficit quickly grew to four with a kill from Londot and a Buckeye block.

• Candela Alonso-Corcelles went on a great run of serve, fighting through breaks from Ohio State's timeouts to force set point. Sellman fought off the initial set point but Saris tooled the block on a long rally to give the Hoosiers a 25-23 set win.

Set 3: Ohio State 25, Indiana 23
A struggle of IU's this season has been closing the match when a window is there. The Hoosiers did that again on Sunday afternoon, allowing Ohio State to hit .467 (16-2-30) in game three. The Hoosiers had 15 kills and two aces but couldn't make the plays in the red zone. Alonso-Corcelles had six kills on 11 swings in the set.

• A tight open to the third set quickly opened up to a three-point lead. Haworth aced the Buckeyes, followed by another kill from Saris. Ohio State called its first timeout, trailing 10-13.

• IU and Ohio State were tied at five points between 15-all and 21-all, with both sides refusing to let the momentum swing in one direction. Madi Sell found the floor in transition to go up 21-19 but the Buckeyes closed on a 6-2 run. Londot had eight kills in game three, helping Ohio State to a 25-23 win.

Set 4: Indiana 25, Ohio State 22
Both teams hit .250 or above in game four but a three-point advantage from the service line made the difference as IU closed out the match. Sell came alive with three kills while Alonso-Corcelles provided six in the clinching frame. Gary and Haworth each had an ace to help IU win in four games.

• Ohio State opened a 6-1 lead, its biggest advantage of any kind in the match, to begin the fourth set. From there, the Hoosiers went on a 12-3 run. Sell and Saris capped off the long run with a big double block.

• The Buckeyes worked back into the lead, taking the advantage on a successful challenge from Jen Flynn Oldenburg. Their lead lasted to 22-all before Londot served out of bounds. Alonso-Corcelles tooled the block, a call upheld after a challenge, to force match point.

• Tatum went back to serve on match point. Londot attacked out of the back row, hitting directly at Tatum. The Solana Beach, Calif. native stuck her feet and ate the attack off her chest. An overpass over the net wasn't called by any Ohio State players, dropping to win the match for IU.

Top Hoosier Performers
#4 Saris, Mady
16 kills, 2 digs, 1 block

#10 Haworth, Camryn
38 assists, 13 digs, 3 aces, 1 kill, 1 block

#32 Gary, Ramsey
18 digs, 4 assists, 1 ace

Notes to Know
• A win over Ohio State on Sunday extended IU's home winning streak to seven games to begin the season. The 7-0 start to its home campaign is the best in program history. Over the past two seasons, the Hoosiers are 17-3 in Wilkinson Hall.

• Senior outside hitter Mady Saris had a fantastic game, providing 16 kills and much needed offense in transition for IU. This was her 10th career Big Ten match with 15+ kills and the first since recording 17 in a win over Northwestern (Nov. 18, 2022).

• Saris, a native of Burlington, Ontario, is closing on a major milestone in her outstanding college career. She has 995 career kills, putting her five away from becoming the 20th member of the 1,000-kill club at Indiana.

• IU was in control of the match from the service line on Sunday afternoon. The Hoosiers had just seven service errors, its best output since a contest with Wisconsin in 2023 (six). IU got aces from four different players in the win over Ohio State.

• Senior setter Camryn Haworth had three aces in Sunday's victory. For her illustrious career, she sits second all-time with 193. The Fishers, Ind. native is four away from tying the record and five from sitting alone at the top of the record books.