Friday, September 27
Seattle, Wash.
10:00 PM
Indiana University
at
(RV) Washington
Volleyball Central: Washington and Oregon
9/25/2024 2:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A 20-game, 10-week conference grind begins this week in the deepest and most talented volleyball league in the country. The Big Ten begins its conference slate on Wednesday evening with two national television contests. The remaining 14 teams will open play on Friday.
Four nationally relevant programs from the west coast highlight a new era of Big Ten volleyball. The Indiana Volleyball team (7-3, 0-0 B1G) will get an early welcome to two of those teams as it heads to the Pacific Northwest to play (RV) Washington on Friday (Sept. 27) and #11 Oregon on Saturday (Sept. 28).
IU finished the non-conference slate with a 7-3 record, capping off the opening four weeks with a 3-1 win over Notre Dame at Wilkinson Hall. The Hoosiers are unblemished at home this year (5-0) and have combined to go 17-6 in the non-conference over the past two seasons. Each of those seasons has featured a win over an ACC program.
Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles had an outstanding weekend for IU against Notre Dame. She combined for 31 kills in two matches (4.43 per set) including a season best 17 kills on Friday in South Bend. The Spaniard was efficient in serve receive on Sunday. She was targeted 29 times and committed zero errors.
The Hoosiers have enjoyed a great run of form in conference play over the past two seasons. Their 20 combined wins in 2022 and 2023 are the most in consecutive seasons this century. Senior setter Camryn Haworth has started all 40 conference games the last two years, winning half of them.
IU played with as much intensity as it has all year in Sunday's win against the Fighting Irish. The Hoosiers recorded 55 digs (second most this year) and matched a season best mark of 13 total team blocks. IU has blocked 10+ balls in three-consecutive games for the first time since 2021.
Friday night's game in Seattle will be the first trip to the campus of Washington for IU. The two teams played for the first time ever last year in Long Beach, with the Huskies sweeping a tight early-season matchup. IU has never played Oregon in women's volleyball.
Head coach Steve Aird has history in Seattle prior to his time with the Hoosiers. As a first-year head coach, he took his Maryland program to Seattle in 2014 to face No. 5 Washington. He also won a national title in Seattle with Penn State in 2013 against Wisconsin.
Gameday Info
at (RV) Washington (Friday, September 27th – 10:00 PM ET)
Live Video: t.ly/jHA9S
Live Stats: t.ly/DC3eJ
at #11 Oregon (Saturday, September 28th – 8:30 PM ET)
Live Video: t.ly/E_wtE
Live Stats: t.ly/2ASho
Stat Notes
• Of Big Ten players hitting above .350 this season, junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum is averaging the most kills (3.26 per set) in the conference. She is the only player with 100+ kills and a hitting percentage above .350 in the entire league.
• In the last two waves of Big Ten realignment, the Hoosiers have been the first home league game for two different schools. In 2014, Maryland, and then Terrapin head coach Steve Aird, hosted IU in its first ever Big Ten home game. In 2024, Washington will do the same.
Notable
Welcome to the West Coast
• In the era of conference realignment in college athletics, the Big Ten has gone through multiple waves of additions to the league. The latest features four west coast programs, all with great historical success in women's volleyball.
• IU opens Big Ten play with conference newcomers Washington and Oregon on their home courts. Two teams that have both been in the Final Four in the last 15 years, the Huskies and Ducks have a combined 18-1 record. IU has never played Oregon in volleyball and will play Washington for just the second time ever (L, 0-3 in 2023).
Junior Heavy Hitters
• The Hoosiers expected to get breakout offensive seasons from juniors Candela Alonso-Corcelles and Avry Tatum and have been rewarded for their belief. The duo has combined for 247 kills, over half of IU's offense this season.
• Tatum had the brightest moment of the year with a 25-kill effort in a win over Ball State. Alonso-Corcelles gets the heavy load, accounting for the most attempts (351) on the team while also playing the full six rotations. Among Big Ten players hitting above .350, Tatum has the most kills per set (3.26) in the conference.
Morris Returns
• IU associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Rachel Morris will make a return to Oregon on Saturday evening after graduating with a degree in sociology in 2010. She played volleyball for two seasons and remains connected with the alumni to this day.
Best Stretch of Big Ten Play
• The Hoosiers are enjoying their best run of success in Big Ten play since the turn of the century. Over the past two years, IU has won 20 conference games - the most in a two-year span since 1999-2000.
• IU hasn't won nine-plus games in three-straight seasons since 1998-2000. In the 50 years of being a varsity sport, the Hoosiers have never won 10+ league games in consecutive seasons. Last year, the Hoosiers won 11 contests in Big Ten play.
Chasing Career Marks
• Senior setter Camryn Haworth passed the 3,000-assist threshold - the 8th in program history to do so - in the contest at No. 1 Texas this year. She is now chasing 4,000 assists and is closing to moving into the top five in IU's history books.
• Along the way, Haworth is hoping to pass the all-time aces mark of 197. She's got 183 for her career, needing just 15 in 20 remaining regular season matches. She sits fifth among all Big Ten players in aces since the beginning of the 25-point rally era (2008-Present).
• Fellow senior Mady Saris is looking to become the 20th member of the 1,000-kill club at Indiana. She has 957 for her career, just 43 away from reaching the threshold. Breana Edwards (2018-21) is the only other player under head coach Steve Aird to hit the mark.
Scouting the Opponent
Washington (10-0, 0-0 B1G)
• Big Ten newcomers Washington are the last undefeated program in the conference this season, taking an unblemished 10-0 record into Friday night. The Huskies will open their tenure in the league by hosting Indiana on Friday and Illinois on Saturday.
• Washington had made 21-straight NCAA Tournament appearances before last year. In her first season as head coach, Leslie Gabriel dealt with injuries and a depleted roster but finished the campaign above .500 (16-15). The Huskies haven't had a losing season since 2001 and are well on their way to extending that streak.
• Maddi Endsley has been the de facto leader of the offense. She averages 2.62 kills per set and leads the program with 102 kills on the season. Kierstyn Barton has been phenomenal for the Huskies this year but sat out both games last weekend in California.
• Canadian opposite Emoni Bush made her return to the court this year after sitting out 2023 through injury. She's a national team teammate of IU senior outside hitter Mady Saris. The two played together at the NORCECA Women's Final Six Pan Am Cup this summer in the Dominican Republic.
• Washington runs a 6-2 system with Molly Wilson and Alexis Haury doing the setting. Freshman middle blocker Julia Hunt has been impressive, averaging 2.10 kills per set and 1.33 blocks per set in the early portion of the year. Lauren Bays is the libero in Seattle.
Oregon (8-1, 0-0 B1G)
• Like Washington, Oregon will play its debut weekend in the Big Ten with visits from Illinois and Indiana respectively. Head coach Matt Ulmer is in his eighth season and picked up his 150th career win on Sunday with the Ducks. He has led Oregon to back-to-back appearances in the regional finals.
• A completely rebuilt starting lineup is anchored by 2022 AVCA National Freshman of the Year, Mimi Colyer. The 6-3 outside hitter has over 1,100 kills in her career including 533 as a freshman two seasons ago. Opposite hitter Noemie Glover (2.34 kills per set) and middle blocker Onye Ofoegbu (2.59 kills per set) are additional options offensively.
• Cristin Cline is running her offense for the first time in her career. She's third in the Big Ten with 10.76 assists per set. Daley McClellan leads the team with 3.22 digs per set. Kansas State transfer Mackenzie Morris averages 2.13 digs per set. The Ducks are top three in the Big Ten in blocks.
Inside the Series
Washington
• The two teams played for the first time last year when Washington was a member of the Pac-12. The Huskies swept a tight match in Long Beach, Calif., gaining the advantage with 13 blocks in just three sets. IU setter Camryn Haworth had 32 assists, 6 kills, 3 blocks, 5 digs and 3 aces.
Oregon
• IU and Oregon have never played in women's volleyball.
Four nationally relevant programs from the west coast highlight a new era of Big Ten volleyball. The Indiana Volleyball team (7-3, 0-0 B1G) will get an early welcome to two of those teams as it heads to the Pacific Northwest to play (RV) Washington on Friday (Sept. 27) and #11 Oregon on Saturday (Sept. 28).
IU finished the non-conference slate with a 7-3 record, capping off the opening four weeks with a 3-1 win over Notre Dame at Wilkinson Hall. The Hoosiers are unblemished at home this year (5-0) and have combined to go 17-6 in the non-conference over the past two seasons. Each of those seasons has featured a win over an ACC program.
Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles had an outstanding weekend for IU against Notre Dame. She combined for 31 kills in two matches (4.43 per set) including a season best 17 kills on Friday in South Bend. The Spaniard was efficient in serve receive on Sunday. She was targeted 29 times and committed zero errors.
The Hoosiers have enjoyed a great run of form in conference play over the past two seasons. Their 20 combined wins in 2022 and 2023 are the most in consecutive seasons this century. Senior setter Camryn Haworth has started all 40 conference games the last two years, winning half of them.
IU played with as much intensity as it has all year in Sunday's win against the Fighting Irish. The Hoosiers recorded 55 digs (second most this year) and matched a season best mark of 13 total team blocks. IU has blocked 10+ balls in three-consecutive games for the first time since 2021.
Friday night's game in Seattle will be the first trip to the campus of Washington for IU. The two teams played for the first time ever last year in Long Beach, with the Huskies sweeping a tight early-season matchup. IU has never played Oregon in women's volleyball.
Head coach Steve Aird has history in Seattle prior to his time with the Hoosiers. As a first-year head coach, he took his Maryland program to Seattle in 2014 to face No. 5 Washington. He also won a national title in Seattle with Penn State in 2013 against Wisconsin.
Gameday Info
at (RV) Washington (Friday, September 27th – 10:00 PM ET)
Live Video: t.ly/jHA9S
Live Stats: t.ly/DC3eJ
at #11 Oregon (Saturday, September 28th – 8:30 PM ET)
Live Video: t.ly/E_wtE
Live Stats: t.ly/2ASho
Stat Notes
• Of Big Ten players hitting above .350 this season, junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum is averaging the most kills (3.26 per set) in the conference. She is the only player with 100+ kills and a hitting percentage above .350 in the entire league.
• In the last two waves of Big Ten realignment, the Hoosiers have been the first home league game for two different schools. In 2014, Maryland, and then Terrapin head coach Steve Aird, hosted IU in its first ever Big Ten home game. In 2024, Washington will do the same.
Notable
Welcome to the West Coast
• In the era of conference realignment in college athletics, the Big Ten has gone through multiple waves of additions to the league. The latest features four west coast programs, all with great historical success in women's volleyball.
• IU opens Big Ten play with conference newcomers Washington and Oregon on their home courts. Two teams that have both been in the Final Four in the last 15 years, the Huskies and Ducks have a combined 18-1 record. IU has never played Oregon in volleyball and will play Washington for just the second time ever (L, 0-3 in 2023).
Junior Heavy Hitters
• The Hoosiers expected to get breakout offensive seasons from juniors Candela Alonso-Corcelles and Avry Tatum and have been rewarded for their belief. The duo has combined for 247 kills, over half of IU's offense this season.
• Tatum had the brightest moment of the year with a 25-kill effort in a win over Ball State. Alonso-Corcelles gets the heavy load, accounting for the most attempts (351) on the team while also playing the full six rotations. Among Big Ten players hitting above .350, Tatum has the most kills per set (3.26) in the conference.
Morris Returns
• IU associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Rachel Morris will make a return to Oregon on Saturday evening after graduating with a degree in sociology in 2010. She played volleyball for two seasons and remains connected with the alumni to this day.
Best Stretch of Big Ten Play
• The Hoosiers are enjoying their best run of success in Big Ten play since the turn of the century. Over the past two years, IU has won 20 conference games - the most in a two-year span since 1999-2000.
• IU hasn't won nine-plus games in three-straight seasons since 1998-2000. In the 50 years of being a varsity sport, the Hoosiers have never won 10+ league games in consecutive seasons. Last year, the Hoosiers won 11 contests in Big Ten play.
Chasing Career Marks
• Senior setter Camryn Haworth passed the 3,000-assist threshold - the 8th in program history to do so - in the contest at No. 1 Texas this year. She is now chasing 4,000 assists and is closing to moving into the top five in IU's history books.
• Along the way, Haworth is hoping to pass the all-time aces mark of 197. She's got 183 for her career, needing just 15 in 20 remaining regular season matches. She sits fifth among all Big Ten players in aces since the beginning of the 25-point rally era (2008-Present).
• Fellow senior Mady Saris is looking to become the 20th member of the 1,000-kill club at Indiana. She has 957 for her career, just 43 away from reaching the threshold. Breana Edwards (2018-21) is the only other player under head coach Steve Aird to hit the mark.
Scouting the Opponent
Washington (10-0, 0-0 B1G)
• Big Ten newcomers Washington are the last undefeated program in the conference this season, taking an unblemished 10-0 record into Friday night. The Huskies will open their tenure in the league by hosting Indiana on Friday and Illinois on Saturday.
• Washington had made 21-straight NCAA Tournament appearances before last year. In her first season as head coach, Leslie Gabriel dealt with injuries and a depleted roster but finished the campaign above .500 (16-15). The Huskies haven't had a losing season since 2001 and are well on their way to extending that streak.
• Maddi Endsley has been the de facto leader of the offense. She averages 2.62 kills per set and leads the program with 102 kills on the season. Kierstyn Barton has been phenomenal for the Huskies this year but sat out both games last weekend in California.
• Canadian opposite Emoni Bush made her return to the court this year after sitting out 2023 through injury. She's a national team teammate of IU senior outside hitter Mady Saris. The two played together at the NORCECA Women's Final Six Pan Am Cup this summer in the Dominican Republic.
• Washington runs a 6-2 system with Molly Wilson and Alexis Haury doing the setting. Freshman middle blocker Julia Hunt has been impressive, averaging 2.10 kills per set and 1.33 blocks per set in the early portion of the year. Lauren Bays is the libero in Seattle.
Oregon (8-1, 0-0 B1G)
• Like Washington, Oregon will play its debut weekend in the Big Ten with visits from Illinois and Indiana respectively. Head coach Matt Ulmer is in his eighth season and picked up his 150th career win on Sunday with the Ducks. He has led Oregon to back-to-back appearances in the regional finals.
• A completely rebuilt starting lineup is anchored by 2022 AVCA National Freshman of the Year, Mimi Colyer. The 6-3 outside hitter has over 1,100 kills in her career including 533 as a freshman two seasons ago. Opposite hitter Noemie Glover (2.34 kills per set) and middle blocker Onye Ofoegbu (2.59 kills per set) are additional options offensively.
• Cristin Cline is running her offense for the first time in her career. She's third in the Big Ten with 10.76 assists per set. Daley McClellan leads the team with 3.22 digs per set. Kansas State transfer Mackenzie Morris averages 2.13 digs per set. The Ducks are top three in the Big Ten in blocks.
Inside the Series
Washington
• The two teams played for the first time last year when Washington was a member of the Pac-12. The Huskies swept a tight match in Long Beach, Calif., gaining the advantage with 13 blocks in just three sets. IU setter Camryn Haworth had 32 assists, 6 kills, 3 blocks, 5 digs and 3 aces.
Oregon
• IU and Oregon have never played in women's volleyball.
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