IU readies for Purdue in Monon Spike match
After losing its first match to Purdue on Sept. 22, the IU volleyball team looks to go on the road to bring the Monon Spike back to Bloomington.
After losing its first match to Purdue on Sept. 22, the IU volleyball team looks to go on the road to bring the Monon Spike back to Bloomington.
One reason the Hoosiers might have had additional success this season is because of assistant coaches Nancy Mueller and Paul Koncir, who are in their first years.
The Hoosiers went 6-11 at University Gym in 2009, but this year the team is 9-1 on its home court.
Home court advantage seems to be in IU’s favor in Big Ten play. This weekend, No. 19 Minnesota (17-7, 7-5) and Iowa (6-15, 1-11) come to Bloomington to play on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
The Hoosiers lost to Penn State on Friday in three sets and to Ohio State on Saturday in four sets.
The IU volleyball team heads east for possibly one of the its toughest road trips of the year. The Hoosiers (17-5, 5-5) take on No. 9 Penn State (17-4, 7-3) on Friday and Ohio State (17-6, 5-5) on Saturday.
The Hoosiers (17-5, 5-5) proved they could defend their home court, defeating No. 13 Michigan and Michigan State this weekend.
No. 13 Michigan (18-2, 7-1) and Michigan State (11-8, 3-5) travel to Bloomington for contests on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
Sophomore Lindsay Enterline was recruited to play basketball. After two years under coach Felisha Legette-Jack, Enterline joined the school’s volleyball team in August.
Senior middle blocker Ashley Benson was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
The Hoosiers claimed a win at Wisconsin and then fell to No. 8 Illinois during the weekend.
The IU volleyball team (14-4, 2-4) travels to Wisconsin (11-6, 0-6) on Friday and No. 8 Illinois (13-3, 5-1) on Saturday.
The 2010 season is Sherry Dunbar's fourth as IU volleyball coach, and the impression that she has made on her program is already showing, Kevin Bowen writes.
IU defeated Penn State, the three-time defending national champion, for the first time in school history after going 0-39 in the last 28 years against the Nittany Lions.
It’s all about pink for the IU volleyball match on Friday. The team’s first game of this weekend, a contest against Ohio State (14-3) at 7 p.m., is being dubbed “Dig Pink Night,” raising awareness for breast cancer.
Losses at Iowa and Minnesota dropped the IU volleyball team to 12-4 on the season and 0-4 in conference matches.
The IU volleyball team will face two very different teams this weekend on a road trip. IU begins at Iowa (5-6, 0-2) on Friday and then travels to Minneapolis to take on No. 17 Minnesota (11-3, 1-1) on Sunday.
The Big Ten conference might not get any easier for the IU volleyball team next year with the addition of current No. 3 Nebraska.
On Friday, the Hoosiers received their first Big Ten road loss to Northwestern. The Wildcats won by scores of 21-25, 25-21, 25-20 and 25-23.
After IU volleyball (12-1, 0-1) suffered its first loss this season Wednesday, it must quickly rebound to face Northwestern two days later.