Hoosiers Take Full Control on Senior Night

Friday, November 29

Bloomington, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

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Illinois

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Illinois

Indiana

11/29/2024 9:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana Volleyball team (15-15, 8-12 B1G) put together one of its best performances of the season, sweeping aside visiting Illinois (25-21, 25-19, 25-18) on senior night (Nov. 29) at Wilkinson Hall. The Hoosiers finish the season at .500 or better for the third-straight season.

IU had a complete offensive performance from start to finish, hitting .340 (48-12-106) across the three-set win. Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles and junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum had 18 and 14 kills respectively while senior outside hitter Mady Saris chipped in eight kills in her final career game.

Senior setter Camryn Haworth ended her illustrious career with 41 assists in three sets. She added eight digs and three aces in her final game for the Hoosiers. She ends her time in Bloomington fourth in all-time assists (3,923) and first in all-time aces (213).

Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary led a stout defensive effort with 19 digs in three games (6.33 p/s). Across the weekend, Gary averaged 5.28 digs per set in a pair of wins. The Hoosiers had a 46-32 advantage in digs and held Illinois to just a .151 team hitting percentage. Illinois' star outside hitter – Raina Terry – had 10 kills but hit just .129.

IU avenged its earlier season loss to Illinois in the regular season finale. It marks the third-straight year that IU has beaten Illinois on its home court. The Hoosiers have now won at least eight Big Ten games in three-straight seasons for the first time since 1998-2000. IU's four-year senior class – Haworth, Saris, Kenzie Daffinee and Carly Mills – finished their careers with 32 Big Ten wins, the most since 2002.

Set Breakdown
Set 1: Indiana 25, Illinois 21
IU came to play on senior night, providing 14 kills in the opening set. Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles had five kills while senior setter Camryn Haworth dished out 13 assists. Junior middle blocker Madi Sell and junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum each had a hand in two blocks as IU won 25-21. The Hoosiers racked up four aces, including two from Haworth, to put the opening game away.

• IU trailed briefly at 8-9 following back-to-back attacking errors from Alonso-Corcelles. After the Spaniard quickly terminated, Haworth went to the service line and took IU on a 4-0 run. She had an ace during the serving stretch and also helped Sell and Tatum set up for a big block of Illinois outside hitter Raina Terry.

• The Hoosiers' lead got to as big as six on a service ace from Maple. Her top-spin jump serve split the Illinois back line and landed in for the ace. Senior outside hitter Mady Saris had a big kill in the point proceeding that as the Hoosiers went up 21-15.

• Illinois fended off a pair of set points but missed on the third attempt with a service error from defensive specialist Lily Barry. IU won the set 25-21 and took control early in the match.

Set 2: Indiana 25, Illinois 19
The Hoosiers played a phenomenal second set to take a massive lead in the contest. IU hit .375 (15-3-32) in game two while holding the Fighting Illini to a .143 team clip. In the second set, Illinois committed seven attacking errors – all unforced. Alonso-Corcelles had six kills to lead things for the Hoosiers. Saris and Tatum each contributed three to give IU all the momentum at Wilkinson Hall.

• Senior outside hitter Kenzie Daffinee recorded the final ace of her career to give IU a 10-9 lead early in game two. Illinois responded with a timeout but the Hoosiers answered on a 7-3 run out of the break before the visitors had to burn their second timeout. Terry and Illinois outside hitter Averie Hernandez had back-to-back attacking errors as the set began to slip away.

• Alonso-Corcelles took over late in set two. She had four kills in the red zone but it was Saris that put the finishing touches on the second set. Head coach Steve Aird took a brief timeout to draw up a play. Haworth answered accordingly by feeding Saris on a go ball to finish off game two.

Set 3: Indiana 25, Illinois 18
Illinois put up a fight but a blistering offensive effort from the Hoosiers was enough to close out the match. Haworth ran a brilliant set three with 15 assists as the team swung .395 (19-4-38) to finish off the Fighting Illini. Tatum had eight kills in game three while Alonso-Corcelles followed with three. Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary added eight digs to help see out the win.

• With set three tied at 8-all, IU flexed its muscles to open up a big advantage. Tatum had three kills as part of a 5-2 run to hand the Hoosiers a three-point lead. Illinois tied the match at 15-all but wouldn't lead the rest of the way after that.

• Alonso-Corcelles terminated on a pair of big rallies on either side of an Illinois timeout to go up 19-15. Senior defensive specialist Carly Mills had a big dig of Terry to bring the crowd to its feet before Alonso-Corcelles finished it off.

• The Madrid native had the play of the night on a massive block of Terry to put the match to bed at 22-16. Tatum did her part to close out the match, terminating on match point at 25-18. She had eight kills in game three to hand the Hoosiers a victory.

Top Hoosier Performers
#10 Haworth, Camryn
41 assists, 8 digs, 3 aces, 1 kill

#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela
18 kills, 5 digs, 1 block

#13 Tatum, Avry
14 kills, 2 blocks, .600 hitting percentage

#32 Gary, Ramsey
19 digs, 3 assists

Notes to Know
• Senior setter Camryn Haworth dished out 41 assists in just three games on Friday evening. It was the first time in her career she's finished a three-set Big Ten match with 41 assists. She's the first IU setter with 41 helpers in a three-set Big Ten contest since Whitney Granado against Iowa on Nov. 10, 2012.

• Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles racked up 18 digs in the win and closed out the season with four-straight matches of at least 18 kills. She had 43 kills in the two wins this year and ends the season with 409, the highest season output of her career.

• The Hoosiers finished off the match in a sweep on Friday night. It was IU's first sweep of Illinois since 1994. It marked the third-straight home win over the Fighting Illini.

• Junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum was outstanding offensively, recording 14 kills on a .600 hitting percentage. It was the second time in the Big Ten season she had at least 14 kills with an offensive clip of .500 or better (vs. Northwestern, .545, 14-2-22).

• For the first time since 1998-2000, the Hoosiers have finished three-consecutive seasons with eight Big Ten wins. It's the first occasion since 2008-10 that IU has gone three-straight campaigns finishing .500 or better. IU's four-year senior class (Saris, Haworth, Mills and Daffinee) finished their careers with 32 Big Ten wins, the most by a senior group since 2002.

• IU has recorded 28 Big Ten wins over the past three seasons, the most in a three-year stretch since 1998-2000 (29). The Hoosiers' four-year senior class finished their outstanding careers with 62 wins all-time since arriving on campus in the fall of 2021.