IU volleyball senior setter defies her own doubts
Crying and homesick, Megan Tallman called her mother from the Holiday Inn lobby bathroom and asked to go home after her first workout made her feel like she was going to die.
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Crying and homesick, Megan Tallman called her mother from the Holiday Inn lobby bathroom and asked to go home after her first workout made her feel like she was going to die.
IU pulled off another upset this weekend when it defeated No. 22 Ohio State in four sets, 25-22, 25-23, 17-25, 25-23, Saturday night in Bloomington. It was IU’s second upset victory in its last two home matches. The Hoosiers had not recorded a win against a ranked opponent in any prior match this season.
Saturday evening may be IU volleyball’s best chance to snap its nine-match losing streak, dating back to 2010, against No. 22 Ohio State, 15-10, 5-8 in conference.
IU played with the ferocity it showed in Saturday night’s upset of then-No. 13 Michigan, but came up short on the road at No. 2 Minnesota. The Golden Gophers won in three sets, but the Hoosiers kept it close in all three, losing 21-25, 24-26 and 21-25.
Following Saturday’s victory against then-No. 13 Michigan, IU cracked the top 50 in NCAA Women’s Volleyball RPI and hopes to carry that momentum into Wednesday’s match at No. 2 Minnesota.
IU Coach Sherry Dunbar-Kruzan’s prophecy turned out to be correct.
After being dubbed the favorite this weekend by team co-captains Megan Tallman and Taylor Lebo, IU volleyball seeks to begin a Big Ten winning streak as the schedule dwindles away.
Friday night’s match against Michigan State will bring senior co-captain Taylor Lebo’s collegiate career full circle.
It’s tough to win a Big Ten volleyball match in the first place, but when outperformed by a ranked opponent in a categorical strength, it becomes exceedingly more difficult.
IU volleyball will travel for two matches this weekend to take on No. 22 Illinois (13-6, 6-2) Friday night in Champaign, Illinois, and Northwestern (7-13, 0-8) Sunday afternoon in Evanston, Illinois.
If you ever need to find some IU volleyball players on a Friday when the team isn’t traveling, look no further than the classroom — the elementary school classroom, that is.
After dropping the first set, the sixteenth consecutive set that IU had lost, of the weekend, the Hoosiers shifted into a new gear and never looked back in their opening match against the Scarlet Knights on Saturday as IU ended its five-match losing streak.
IU is back in Bloomington this weekend after getting swept in two matchups last weekend on the road and is searching for a win to end a five-set losing streak that’s dropped its conference record to 1-5 and overall record to 12-7.
If you look at the volleyball team’s starting lineup for the past three years, you will notice remarkable stability at the setter position. But now, a key constant is missing.
The Hoosiers accomplished a feat Saturday they had not achieved since 2006. However, it was not one to be proud of.
In the midst of its toughest stretch of games in the regular season, IU volleyball (12-5, 1-3) is focusing even heavier on the mental, team-oriented aspect of volleyball than the technical aspect as they prepare to travel to No. 3 Nebraska and Iowa over the weekend.
In a weekend with the odds stacked against the IU volleyball team, the Hoosiers learned a lot about themselves.
The IU volleyball team delves deeper into its grueling four-game stretch and will welcome two high-profile opponents to Bloomington this weekend.
IU Volleyball is a family.
Purdue may have come out on top against IU in Saturday’s match at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana, but the Hoosiers beat themselves.