Indiana volleyball goes 1-1 over weekend against Rutgers, No. 12 Purdue

Indiana volleyball performed a pair of residence–and–away matches this previous weekend after beating each Michigan State and Michigan on the street final weekend. Indiana first confronted Rutgers on Friday night time in Bloomington earlier than touring to No. 12 Purdue on Sunday afternoon. 

A lot of the Hoosier crowd in Wilkinson Corridor was seen carrying costumes in honor of Indiana’s Halloween-weekend match towards Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights stole the third set which momentarily slowed the Hoosiers down, however Indiana received the match 3-1.  

Indiana began the primary set on a 5-0 run with sophomore exterior hitter Camryn Haworth serving for the group. Sophomore exterior hitter Mady Saris prolonged Indiana’s result in 12-2 in the identical set with an alert block on the web. Saris recorded 4 whole blocks on the night time. Rutgers was unable to make the primary set aggressive and Indiana received the opening body 25-13.  

With kills from senior center blocker Kaley Rammelsberg and Saris, the Hoosiers opened the second set with a 4-1 lead. They pressured the Scarlet Knights to take a second timeout after junior center blocker Savannah Kjolhede delivered an ace, placing the Hoosiers forward 12-6. The second set ended with back-to-back kills from junior exterior hitter Morgan Geddes, granting the Hoosiers a 25-17 win.  

The Hoosiers trailed for a lot of the third set till senior defensive specialist Paula Cerame dispatched a service ace to place the group up 19-18.  

After a service error by Rutgers, Indiana tied the rating at 25 apiece. Nonetheless, Rutgers discovered the ultimate two factors of the third set and prolonged the match to a fourth set.  

One other essential kill by Saris put Indiana up 7-2 within the fourth set. Indiana later went on a 3-0 run with kills from Geddes and Rammelsberg, positioning the group with a 14-6 lead. Indiana stayed in entrance of Rutgers the whole recreation and closed the fourth set with a kill from Kjolhede. Indiana received the fourth set 25-14 and took the primary match of the weekend 3-1.  

After the win, Saris spoke concerning the Hoosiers’ mindset that contributed to the group’s four-match successful streak within the Large Ten.  

“We’re all the time taking part in good groups within the Large Ten, whoever you bought,” Saris stated. “It’s about how we play not how they play.” 

After the hard-fought win, Indiana had a fast turnaround to West Lafayette, Indiana, the next Sunday. The Hoosiers couldn’t beat the top-25 Boilermakers on the street and fell brief to their in-state -rival 3-1.  

Indiana received the primary set 25-18, with the assistance of Cerame and her 4 service aces in the identical body, however then misplaced the following three units by a mixed 33 factors in non-competitive trend.  

The loss to Purdue breaks Indiana’s four-match successful streak and places the Hoosiers’ file at 6-6 within the Large Ten.  

Indiana will proceed taking part in on the street and face Nebraska at 9 p.m. Wednesday in Lincoln, Nebraska. The match will probably be broadcast on BTN+.