Tatum Takes IU to Sweep in Champaign

Wednesday, November 26

Champaign, Ill.

9 p.m.

Indiana University

23-6,14-5Big Ten

Illinois

13-15,8-11Big Ten

Indiana

Illinois

11/26/2025 11:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Indiana volleyball team has ended a number of long streaks this season as a historic 2025 campaign roars on. For the first time since 2007, the Hoosiers picked off Illinois in Champaign with a sweep (25-18, 25-21, 25-18) on Wednesday (Nov. 26) evening at Huff Hall.

IU's win over the Fighting Illini moved its road conference record to 7-2 on the year, breaking a single-season program record for Big Ten wins away from home. The Hoosiers had one of their most impressive serving nights of the year. IU provided nine aces in the victory, led by three from freshman setter Teodora Krickovic.

On top of her outstanding serving night, Krickovic worked a fantastic night offensively with her senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum. The connection helped Tatum to 13 kills on 24 swings and a .417 hitting percentage. Senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles went for 12 kills. The veteran duo is now 26-8 in the last three years when both players reach double figures in the same contest.

Freshman outside hitter Jaidyn Jager had seven kills on 12 attempts (.500 hitting percentage) but added 12 digs and two aces. Alonso-Corcelles and freshman libero Hannah Leftridge each had six digs. Senior middle blocker Madi Sell helped turn the tides in game three with a solo block – part of a four-block night for IU.

The win made Alonso-Corcelles the winningest player in program since the NCAA made women's volleyball a varsity sport in 1981. She has 75 wins and counting in her career to go along with her already program-record 42 Big Ten victories. IU's 23 wins this season are tied for a single-season program record.

IU will have the chance to finish off the regular season in style on Saturday. A win over No. 11 Purdue at Mackey Arena would give the Hoosiers their best Big Ten finish (3rd or T-3rd) in program history. It would also be an outright, single-season record for wins (24).

How it Happened
• A big serving night was crucial in helping IU to the sweep of Illinois. The Hoosiers offered up nine aces and committed just one service error in 74 attempts. Illinois struggled mightily in reception and it allowed IU ample time to run its offense on free balls from the hosts.

• The Hoosiers' veterans stepped up when it mattered most. Senior opposite Avry Tatum had the outstanding offensive night but senior middle blocker Madi Sell came up with an important solo block and graduate student outside hitter Jessica Smith added a late kill out of the back row.

Top Hoosier Performers
#10 Krickovic, Teodora
39 assists, 3 aces, 2 digs, 2 kills

#13 Tatum, Avry
13 kills, .417 hitting percentage, 4 digs

#24 Jager, Jaidyn
12 digs, 7 kills, 2 aces, .500 hitting percentage

Notes to Know
• Wednesday's win over Illinois was the first win for the program in Champaign since 2007. It snapped a 15-match losing streak at Huff Hall that dated back 18 seasons. The series between the two schools dates back to 1975 but it's the first road sweep of Illinois in school history.

• Senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles picked up her 75th career victory on Wednesday, making her the program's winningest player in the NCAA era. She has been a part of historic success since arriving on campus in 2022 and now sits alone the all-time wins chart in Bloomington.

• Senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum recorded 13 kills on a .417 hitting percentage in the sweep of Illinois. It's the 12th time in her IU career that she's had a match with at least 12 kills and a hitting percentage of .400 or better. It's the second-straight year she's done it in a win over Illinois (Nov. 29, 2024).

• Head coach Steve Aird and the Hoosiers matched a program record for wins (23) in the NCAA era with Wednesday's victory over Illinois. The next win will officially give IU its best season in school history. IU also set a single-season program record for Big Ten road wins (7) and extended its single-season program record for conference wins (14).

• Senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles recorded 12 kills in Wednesday's win, the 50th time in her career she's gone for 10-or-more kills in a Big Ten match. She and senior opposite Avry Tatum are now 26-8 over the last three years when they both go for double-digit kills in the same match. The duo is 7-1 in league play in 2025 when that occurs.