Hoosiers Sweep Terrapins in College Park

Saturday, November 2

College Park, Md.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

12-10,5-7Big Ten

Maryland

10-13,1-11Big Ten

Indiana

Maryland

11/2/2024 9:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A strong defensive effort for the Indiana Volleyball team (12-10, 5-7 B1G) paved the way for a big road sweep (25-21, 25-22, 25-23) of Maryland on Saturday (Nov. 2) night in College Park. IU limited Maryland to just a hitting percentage of .116 while digging 42 balls and racking up eight blocks in a comfortable victory.

The Hoosiers picked up their third-straight win in the Big Ten ahead of a massive weekend at Wilkinson Hall. This is IU's first three-game winning streak in conference play since Oct. 7-14, 2023. IU has won three-straight matches in College Park and four of the last five overall against the Terrapins.

Senior setter Camryn Haworth filled up the stat sheet for the Hoosiers in the victory. She tallied 29 assists, seven digs and five kills. She added a pair of aces, taking her past 200 for her illustrious career. Haworth is just the fourth Big Ten player in the rally-scoring era to hit the 200-ace threshold.

Junior opposite Avry Tatum led the way offensively with 13 kills. Fellow junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles was in double figures with 11. Haworth's five kills made up for a slow offensive evening on the outside from senior Mady Saris. Junior middle blocker Madi Sell had four kills.

Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary handled the back row efforts with a match high 15 digs. Alonso-Corcelles and sophomore middle blocker Ava Vickers each had a hand in five blocks. Maryland got just 14 kills from its three pins with those players forced into 12 attacking errors by the Hoosiers.

A massive opportunity awaits IU next weekend at Wilkinson Hall. Purdue (Friday) and USC (Sunday) will visit Bloomington with a chance for the Hoosiers to add a resume-boosting win to the ledger. Friday will be a "White Out" and is Sold Out to the general public.

Set Breakdown
Set 1: Indiana 25, Maryland 21
After both teams played last night, each side showed some tired legs in the early portions of set one. Offensively, there were no answers by either side. IU hit .000 in the set with seven unforced attacking errors but got important kills from junior Candela Alonso-Corcelles down the stretch. IU had four aces and two blocks to pick up the slack, holding on to win the opening game. Junior Avry Tatum had three aces from the end line.

• The first long rally of the night ended in favor of the Hoosiers after junior Madi Sell terminated on a nice ball from senior Camryn Haworth. The Maryland block jumped with the setter, leaving Sell with no one in front of her. That kill put the Hoosiers up 7-5.

• Tatum got hot from the service line and put some pressure on the Terrapins. Her second ace of the match pushed the lead out to four (9-5) and made Maryland call its first timeout. She got her third ace directly out of the break to cap off a 7-0 run from the Hoosiers.

• The lead got back up to six points as Tatum found the floor with a swing at 18-12. Maryland got the the lead down to two late in the set but IU was able to finish off the frame comfortably on a kill from Alonso-Corcelles, winning 25-21 to open the proceedings.

Set 2: Indiana 25, Maryland 22
The Hoosiers flipped the script offensively in the second set with some help from Haworth. She dished out 12 assists as IU hit .412 (18-4-34) led by eight kills on the massive right arm of Tatum. Sophomore Ramsey Gary had six digs while Alonso-Corcelles had a hand in three blocks. Haworth was far more offensive in the set and added four kills. Maryland hit only .219 and struggled to find points on the floor. IU committed five service errors but held on to win the set.

• Haworth began to be more offensive in the second set at the encouragement of head coach Steve Aird. Her first kill of the set made Maryland take a timeout (8-4) and her second kill in game two opened up IU's lead to three points (9-6).

• As is necessary to win road matches, IU started to string together some wins in long rallies. The two sides exchanged swings midway through the set before Alonso-Corcelles bounced a ball off the block to win an important point. Her swing extended the lead out to five points (13-8).

• Haworth went back to the service line after that point and proceeded to make history. Her serve split the back row and landed for her 200th career kill. She became the fourth Big Ten player in the rally era to record 200 aces and extended her already program-record mark.

• IU was forced into a timeout as it began to struggle with the fundamental tasks. Alonso-Corcelles was the culprit of two bad passes while senior Mady Saris hit a ball in the net to end a long rally. Aird had the 16-13 lead but attempted to kill the momentum with a break for his team.

• Tatum had two of her eight kills in the red zone for the Hoosiers to help finish off the second game. Saris eventually tapped down an overpass to secure the second set victory in College Park.

Set 3: Indiana 25, Maryland 23
The Hoosiers did just enough to finish the match in three sets in its final back-to-back match weekend of the season. Sophomore Ava Vickers had three blocks while Alonso-Corcelles put down four kills to reach double figures. There were 15 ties and five lead changes in set three as both teams began to wore down from the long weekend. IU scored the final three points to finish the victory.

• IU opened up an early 7-4 lead and had all the momentum before quickly turning away three-straight points to the Terrapins. Alonso-Corcelles recorded a kill to get Maryland middle blocker Eva Rohrbach off the service line.

• Both teams exchanged points in the middle of the frame. Tatum took a big swing to take the lead at 14-13 before an attacking error from Maryland outside hitter Sam Csire sent the Hoosiers to the media timeout with the 15-14 advantage.

• Haworth used her versatility to IU's advantage late in the set. She turned and recorded a kill before going back to the service line and acing the Terrapins. She gave IU an 18-16 lead before Maryland took its final timeout of the match.

• Alonso-Corcelles, after 65 swings on Friday, started to wear down as the match went on. She passed over 60 balls on the weekend. She got aced as Maryland leveled the score at 18-all. In typical Candela fashion, the Spanish outside hitter responded with a big block to give IU the lead back at 19-18.

• Down 22-23, IU took its first timeout. The conference's aces leader, Maryland opposite Samantha Schnitta, went back to the line and recorded a service error. On the ensuing point, IU got a good block touch and finished the point with Sell terminating out of the middle, forcing match point in College Park. Maryland took its last timeout but Csire sent a ball into the net as IU finished off the contest in three sets.

Top Hoosier Performers
#10 Haworth, Camryn
29 assists, 7 digs, 5 kills, 2 aces

#13 Tatum, Avry
13 kills, 2 digs, 3 aces, 1 assist, 1 block

#32 Gary, Ramsey
15 digs, 4 assists

Notes to Know
• IU extended its winning streak in Big Ten play to three games with the victory in College Park. Its consecutive wins over Northwestern (3-0), Rutgers (3-1) and Maryland (3-0) give IU its first three-game winning streak in conference action since Oct. 7-14, 2023. It's the third-straight season IU has a run of at least three wins in league action.

• Senior setter Camryn Haworth passed 200 service aces for her career, finishing the evening with 201. She becomes the fourth Big Ten player in rally-era history to reach the threshold, joining Micha Hancock (Penn State), Emily Danks (Ohio State) and Raina Terry (Illinois) in the club.

• Haworth's all-around performance takes her into another elite club in Big Ten history. She joins Olympian Micha Hancock (Penn State) as the only two league players in the rally-scoring era (since 2001) to record 3,500 assists, 800 digs, 300 kills, 200 aces and 150 blocks in a career.

• Junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum (13) and junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles (11) each reached double figures for kills in the third-straight match. It's the 10th time the pair of Hoosiers has done that this season. In such matches, IU is 8-2 this year with four of those wins coming in Big Ten play.

• Sophomore middle blocker Ava Vickers combined on 12 blocks over the weekend. She's had at least five blocks in each of the last three matches. When Vickers hits five-or-more blocks in a match this year, the Hoosiers are 5-1 overall and 4-0 in conference play.

• Over the past three seasons, head coach Steve Aird and IU have racked up 25 wins in Big Ten play. It's the most conference wins that the Hoosiers have had in a three-year stretch in program history since winning 29 league matches from 1998-2000.