Volleyball swept at Minnesota
Hopes of an upset by IU (8-4) against No. 9 Minnesota (13-1) were dashed early Wednesday night as the Golden Gophers swept the Hoosiers (25-14, 25-15, 25-18).
Hopes of an upset by IU (8-4) against No. 9 Minnesota (13-1) were dashed early Wednesday night as the Golden Gophers swept the Hoosiers (25-14, 25-15, 25-18).
After losing two games more than the weekend on the road, the IU volleyball team (8-3) doesn’t get much of a chance to rest before tonight’s match with Minnesota.
The IU Volleyball team (8-1) travels to North Carolina this weekend to take on ACC members Duke University and North Carolina University in the annual Big Ten-ACC Challenge. The Hoosiers are coming off a winning weekend in the Hoosier Classic tournament.
At times it wasn’t pretty, but somehow the IU volleyball team went undefeated in three games this weekend, winning the Hoosier Classic tournament to improve to 8-1 on the year.
The IU volleyball team (8-1) took care of business this weekend by beating Wyoming, Tennessee State and UAB in the Hoosier Classic tournament in Bloomington.
After suffering its first defeat last weekend to College of Charleston, the IU volleyball team (5-1) looks to get back on track with its second home tournament of the year.
Imagine Hoosier Nation packing University Gym. You think it gets loud at a Hoosier basketball game, but the acoustics in University Gym would not be able to contain the amount of noise fans would make.
The IU volleyball team (5-1) picked up two more wins and suffered its first loss of the season over the weekend at the College of Charleston Invitational.
The IU volleyball team (3-0) will head to Charleston, S.C., this weekend for its first road matches of the year in the College of Charleston Invitational.
The IU women’s volleyball team (3-0) started their season off this weekend by dominating their three opponents to win the Indiana Invitational.
The IU Volleyball team will open up the new season Friday evening when they take on Robert Morris at 7pm at University Gym in the second match of the annual Indiana Invitational. In the first match at 5pm, Kent State will take on future Big Ten member Rutgers.
IU Coach Sherry Dunbar said she doesn’t see why there is any reason the team shouldn’t make the tournament.
Junior college transfer Danetta Boykin has signed a National Letter of Intent with the IU volleyball team, the team announced in a press release Wednesday.
IU volleyball has gone a combined 5-34 in Big Ten play in its last two seasons. That culture of losing is over, IU Coach Sherry Dunbar said.
Sophomore Awele Nwaeze transferred from the University of Miami and will play either middle blocker or right-side hitter for the Hoosiers this fall, IU Coach Sherry Dunbar said.
The Hoosiers finished the season on a four match losing streak, losing to No. 2 Penn State, No. 15 Ohio State, No. 22 Purdue and No. 11 Minnesota.
IU and their seniors welcome No. 2 Penn State and No. 15 Ohio State this weekend into University Gym.
The three seniors of the volleyball program will be honored at Senior Night against Ohio State on Saturday.
IU continued its steady play this weekend, going 1-1 out in the western outskirts of conference territory by losing to No. 9 Nebraska and taking down Iowa.
IU (11-15, 3-11) flies west on its final road trip weekend of the season to play No. 9 Nebraska (18-5, 10-4) and conference cellar-dweller Iowa (10-17, 2-12).