Alonso-Corcelles Provides Career High 25 Kills, Hoosiers Beat Wolverines

Wednesday, November 27

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

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Michigan

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Alonso-Corcelles Provides Career High 25 Kills, Hoosiers Beat Wolverines

11/27/2024 10:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles continued her scorching hot end to the season, providing a career best 25 kills as the Indiana Volleyball team (14-15, 7-12 B1G) beat visiting Michigan (25-22, 25-27, 25-18, 25-21) on Wednesday (Nov. 27) evening at Wilkinson Hall.

The native of Madrid, Spain has recorded three-straight 20-kill matches for the first time in her career. She's the first IU player in at least the last nine seasons with a streak of such note. Her 25 kills surpassed her previous all-time best of 24 last November against Minnesota. She also was tasked with taking a career high 71 swings on Thursday evening.

Alonso-Corcelles joins junior opposite Avry Tatum (Sept. 14 – Ball State) as IU players with 25-kill matches this season. She's the first IU player since Breana Edwards (39 vs. Maryland - Nov. 15, 2019) with a 25-kill match in a Big Ten contest.

All three attacking pin players had at least 10 kills with Tatum and senior outside hitter Mady Saris providing 13 and 12 kills respectively in the victory. It was the first time since a loss to Oregon (Sept. 28) that three IU players had double-digit kills in the same match.

Senior setter Camryn Haworth recorded the 31st double-double of her career (46 assists, 12 digs) in the penultimate match of her tenure in Bloomington. She also added three blocks, three kills and two aces – taking her career aces tally to 210.

Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary had 18 digs to lead the way in a 75-dig effort by the Hoosiers. It was the most digs in a four-set match since picking up 89 in a win over Western Carolina in 2022. It was IU's best Big Ten four-set performance in the category since racking up 80 digs in a win over Michigan in 2018.

Junior middle blocker Madi Sell had five kills, five digs and five blocks. As a team, the Hoosiers were out blocked but still recorded nine stuffs. IU held the advantage in aces (5-4) but committed two more service errors (12-10). IU created a massive gap in total kills (61-45).

The Hoosiers close the season on Friday (Nov. 29) evening at Wilkinson Hall against Illinois. IU will be looking for its eighth Big Ten win of the campaign and will look to send its seven seniors out on a high note. First serve is at 7:00 PM.

Set Breakdown
Set 1: Indiana 25, Michigan 22
The Hoosiers held a massive advantage in hitting percentage (.205-.094) to close out a solid first set performance and a 25-22 win. Junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum had six of IU's 15 kills while junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles and senior outside hitter Mady Saris each had three. All five of IU's attacking errors (5) came from Michigan blocks. The Hoosiers responded with four blocks and three aces to pull away for the first set win.

• Michigan leveled the set at 7-all but the Hoosiers responded with a three-point run to open the biggest lead of the night to that point. Alonso-Corcelles had back-to-back kills before senior outside hitter Kenzie Daffinee split the back row with an ace to go up 10-7.

• Alonso-Corcelles had a pair of aces down the line as IU opened up a big 14-9 lead. From there, Michigan responded with a 9-3 run to take a brief lead at 18-17. Michigan Opposite hitter Kendyl Reaugh and middle blocker Serena Nyambio combined on a block of Alonso-Corcelles to take their first lead of the set.

• IU restored its lead down the stretch, closing the frame on an 8-4 run. Alonso-Corcelles and junior middle blocker Madi Sell combined on a big double block to make it 23-20. Michigan was rejected on the ensuing point by Sell and Tatum to force set point. Sell eventually came away with a kill on the overpass to finish off game one.

Set 2: Michigan 27, Indiana 25
IU felt like it was in full control of the second set but a series of errors let it slip away in favor of the Wolverines. The two teams combined on nine service errors and 10 unforced attacking errors. Michigan had the advantage in kills (17-12) and outhit the Hoosiers enroute to the comeback win. Alonso-Corcelles went for nine kills in game two – the third time this season she's had at least nine kills in a set. Michigan had 24 kills in set two to keep rallies alive and pull out a 27-25 victory.

• The Hoosiers trailed by as many as three in the early going (4-7) but responded nicely to take a 15-12 lead into the media timeout. Tied at 12-all, Alonso-Corcelles recorded a kill before back-to-back Michigan attacking errors pushed the momentum back to the side of the home team.

• IU was first into the redzone with a 20-17 lead after Michigan opposite hitter Valentina Vaulet hit a ball into the net. From there, both teams exchanged errors in a rocky end to the set. Michigan libero Maddi Cuchran got an ace on a ball that fell off the net to tie things at 21-all.

• Saris split the block with a kill to bring up set point at 24-23. Graduate student defensive specialist Delaynie Maple served a ball into the net to tie it at 24-all. Two long rallies on the ensuing points made it 25-all before Michigan found kills from setter Morgan Burke and outside hitter Ella Demetrician to win game two 27-25.

Set 3: Indiana 25, Michigan 18
The Hoosiers responded nicely with a stout defensive effort in game three. A couple long runs of serve from the end line helped the home team to a 25-18 lead. Michigan closed the gap late but had just eight kills (.114) in set three and pulled Vaulet halfway through. Alonso-Corcelles and Tatum each had four kills for the Hoosiers while sophomore libero Ramsey Gary picked up seven digs. Sell had two blocks and two kills as IU held on for a 25-18 victory.

• Gary did a good job at breaking up the Michigan offense with her serving patterns. She forced Michigan to go across the court to Vaulet on the go ball. She was awaited by the big double block of Sell and Haworth. Gary helped serve the Hoosiers on a 6-0 run to go up 11-6.

• Haworth got back to the end line and provided the intensity to blow open the set. She aced Michigan outside hitter Amalia Simmons and helped set up Sell and Tatum for kills to take an eight-point lead (15-8). Michigan finally called its first timeout after a kill from Alonso-Corcelles (17-9).

• Michigan made a late push down the stretch as attacking errors continued to rack up for IU. A pair of blocks from Nyambio and outside hitter Lydia Johnson closed the deficit to just four (18-22). The Hoosiers quickly corrected form and got kills from Haworth, Sell and Alonso-Corcelles to close out the 25-18 win.

Set 4: Indiana 25, Michigan 22
With a chance to close out the match, IU played its best overall set of the night to beat Michigan in four games. The Hoosiers recorded 19 kills (.220), led by another nine-kill set from Alonso-Corcelles. She finished the night with a career high 25 kills and had nine a piece in games two and four. IU racked up 24 digs across some late rallies. Saris came alive with five kills – including match point – to close out the match.

• Sophomore setter Luca Fickell provided a great run of serve from the end line to open up a big lead. She helped open the advantage to six points (10-4) as Vickers and Saris collected three-straight kills. Fickell stuck some balls in long rallies as Michigan was forced to call its first timeout.

• The Wolverines closed a five-point gap to get the match tied as late as 20-all. Alonso-Corcelles terminated on a pair of back row swings to give IU a 22-20 lead and force Michigan head coach Erin Virtue into her second timeout. Alonso-Corcelles and Saris finished out game four and the match with late kills for IU's seventh Big Ten win of the year.

Top Hoosier Performers
#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela
25 kills, 9 digs, 2 aces, 1 assist

#10 Haworth, Camryn
46 assists, 12 digs, 3 blocks, 3 kills, 2 aces

#32 Gary, Ramsey
18 digs, 7 assists

Notes to Know
• Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles provided a career high 25 kills in the win over Michigan on Wednesday evening. Her 25 kills were the most in a four-set Big Ten match since Erica Short (25) against Illinois on Sept. 26, 2008.

• Alonso-Corcelles is on a run of three-straight matches – UCLA (20), Ohio State (23), Michigan (25) – with 20-plus kills. Her 68 kills in a three-match stretch are the most by an IU player since Erica Short combined on 69 in a run of three-straight matches in 2008.

• In available game-by-game reports, Alonso-Corcelles is the first player since 2002 – Christina Archibald vs. Northwestern (23), Wisconsin (20), Illinois (23) – to record 20 kills in three-straight matches. All five of Alonso-Corcelles' 20-kill matches in her career have come in Big Ten play.

• Junior middle blocker Madi Sell had a 5-5-5 night at the office on Wednesday evening with five kills, five digs and five blocks. She's the first IU middle blocker since Savannah Kjolhede (Nov. 12, 2023 – vs. Minnesota) with that stat line.

• The Hoosiers had a season high 75 digs with three players reaching double figures. It was the highest four-set dig output for IU since a win over Western Carolina (89) in 2022. It's the best mark in a four-set Big Ten match since picking up 80 shots against Michigan (Oct. 31, 2010).

• All three of IU's attacking pin hitters reached double figures in the victory over Michigan. It's the first time IU's had three players hit 10+ kills in the same match since a defeat at Oregon on Sept. 28, 2024.

• Senior setter Camryn Haworth recorded 46 assists in the four-set win, taking her season tally to 1,020. She's the first IU player with three-straight 1,000-assist seasons since Michelle McElroy (1993-95). Haworth is the first player in the rally-scoring era at IU to accomplish the feat. The Fishers, Ind. native needs 44 assists in her final career game to finish third all-time in program history in helpers.

• IU has enjoyed great success over the Wolverines in the past three seasons. The Hoosiers have won four-straight matches in the series for the first time since 1999-2000. In fact, against both Michigan and Michigan State, the Hoosiers have combined to go 9-1 since the fall 2021 season.

• Wilkinson Hall has been a great place for the Hoosiers to play in the last two years. With Wednesday's win, IU picked up its 10th home win of the season. It's the first back-to-back 10-win home campaigns since repeating the feat in 1999 and 2000.

• The four-year senior class of Haworth, outside hitters Mady Saris and Kenzie Daffinee and defensive specialist Carly Mills combined to win their 31st career Big Ten match. All four played a part in the victory and now have the most Big Ten wins by a senior class since 2002.