Back-to-Back B1G Road Sweeps - Indiana University Athletics

Friday, October 23

Columbus, Ohio

7 p.m.

Indiana University

12-6,5-4Big Ten

Ohio State

10-9,3-6Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Indiana	25	25	25	3
Ohio St.	23	23	18	0

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10/23/2026 9:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – To close out a tough three-match road trip, the Indiana volleyball team (12-6, 5-4 B1G) picked up its second-straight Big Ten sweep with a victory over Ohio State (25-23, 25-23, 25-18) on Friday (Oct. 23) evening at the Covelli Center. The win was IU's first in Columbus since taking down the Buckeyes in five sets back in 2022.

Despite some late pushes from the home team in the first two sets, IU held on to win all three frames in the victory. A balanced offensive effort, which featured at least six kills from all five primary attackers, was key in finishing off the pesky Ohio State defense. The Hoosiers hit .310 (46-10-116) with 23 combined kills from fifth-year opposite hitter Avry Tatum and second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager.

Second-year middle blocker Victoria Gray was given a start for the first time in October and made the most of her opportunity. The dynamic attacker had nine kills on 15 errorless swings (.600), finishing one kill shy of the fourth double-digit effort in her career. She added three blocks and provided 10.5 total points in Friday's win. Her counterpart, fifth-year middle blocker Kiki Granberry, added six kills (.333 hitting percentage).

A welcomed sign for head coach in the past few weeks has been the explosion of his team's net defense. For the third-straight match, IU had double-digit blocks. The Hoosiers finished with 12 in the sweep of the Buckeyes in Columbus. Granberry had a hand in seven of those while Jager and Tatum each had four. Jager led the charge with 16 points (11 kills, 4 blocks, 2 aces).

IU will get a chance to stretch its winning streak to three games in a top-20 battle against No. 16 Penn State on Sunday (Oct. 25) afternoon at Wilkinson Hall. The Hoosiers haven't beaten Penn State in back-to-back years in program history. First serve is set for 3 p.m. on FS1 with Chris Vosters (PxP) and Camryn Irwin (Color) on the call.

How it Happened
• Fighting to win sets late in road games has been something that IU has done a lot this year. After conceding a pair of seven-point leads in set one, IU scored the final three points in game one to take an early lead in the match. Second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager had the final two kills.

• The same script nearly came true in set two as well. After a service error from Ohio State, IU led by five points (22-17). The hosts crawled all the way back to tie the set at 23-all, forcing head coach Steve Aird into his final timeout. A pair of late errors from the Buckeyes put points back on the side of the visitors and ensured a 2-0 lead.

• IU went on a late 5-0 run in set three, on the serve of second-year setter Teodora Krickovic, to ensure that set three ended in a timely fashion. The Hoosiers hit .359 (17-3-39) in the final frame, led by six kills from fifth-year opposite hitter Avry Tatum.

Top Hoosier Performers
#13 Tatum, Avry
12 kills, 4 blocks, 3 digs

#24 Jager, Jaidyn
11 kills, 9 digs, 4 blocks, 2 aces

#23 Gray, Victoria
9 kills .600 hitting percentage, 3 blocks

Notes to Know
• For the first time since head coach Steve Aird's first season in Bloomington, the Hoosiers have recorded double-digit blocks in three-straight Big Ten games. IU picked up a season high 16 blocks at Oregon last week and have followed that up with 10 at Washington and 12 at Ohio State. The last time IU did that in a three-match conference stretch was Oct. 27 – Nov. 3, 2018.

• Second-year middle blocker Victoria Gray had nine kills on 15 errorless swings in Friday's win over Ohio State while making her first start in the month of October. It's the third time in her career that she's had eight-or-more kills and zero errors in a Big Ten match. She also did so against Oregon (8-0-11 – Nov. 14, 2025) and Wisconsin (8-0-14 – Oct. 1, 2026).

• Second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager picked up 11 kills on an efficient .313 hitting percentage against the Buckeyes. It's the 21st time in 29 career Big Ten matches that she's had double-digit kills. However, it's the first conference match in her college career where she's had 10-or-more kills while committing fewer than two attacking errors.

• Over the last two seasons, the Hoosiers have picked up six Big Ten road sweeps. That includes Friday's effort at Ohio State and last weekend's victory over No. 20 Washington. IU is 19-10 in conference action since the beginning of 2025 and will look to push that to 20 victories on Sunday against Penn State.

• In the first seven years of Aird's tenure as the head coach at IU, his teams hit above .300 in a match on 29 occasions. Since the start of last year, the Hoosiers have done that 22 different times. That mark includes IU's .310 hitting efficiency in the sweep of Ohio State. Nine of those matches have come in Big Ten play.