INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy volleyball team (16-6, 7-2 GLVC) flipped the script on Saturday afternoon, sweeping the visiting McKendree Bearcats (11-12, 4-5 GLVC) on the heels of a season-best .442 hitting percentage.
 
Taylor Jacquay paced the Greyhounds with 14 kills, while Katie Furlong chipped in 13 putaways at a .545 attacking clip. Defensively, UIndy scooped up 51 percent of possible McKendree attacks, while recording seven blocks.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Like on Friday night, the Greyhounds dominated the opening set, hitting .615 as a team with zero errors to win, 25-11. Furlong posted a set-best five kills, while MaKenna Barnhart recorded four digs.
 
The McKendree attack picked up in the second, but not quite enough to even the match. Five more kills from Furlong and Jacquay led the offense, however it was Elizabeth Eads and Emma Jones that finished off a run that saw UIndy earn six of the final seven points.
 
The Greyhounds tallied four of their seven blocks in the third frame, with freshman middle Kyra Simmons in on three herself. When a Bearcat swung it by Greyhound hands, Barnhart recorded six digs to lead a back line that picked up half of the possible attacks. UIndy rattled off five of the final six points in the set to finish the sweep, with Furlong and Jacquay each scoring a kill.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-The Greyhounds recorded a whopping 83 percent of sideouts, including 11 of 12 in the first set
-After a season-high 19 kills on Friday, Jones totaled five on nine attempts against the Bearcats
-UIndy committed just four attacking errors on Saturday, with McKendree recording its lone block of the afternoon late in the third set
- Eads and Simmons combined to hit .348 in the win, tallying 10 kills between them
-Simmons kept up the pressure at the net, recording another five blocks against the Bearcats
 
MORE NOTES
Julia Kruzan upped her action to two sets against McKendree, scoring three kills on nine attempts in the win … McKendree's Megan Marks led the Bearcats with nine kills on .350 hitting … After scooping up 25 digs on Friday, Gillian Santana recorded another nine against the Bearcats … the only other time UIndy has surpassed .400 hitting as a team was against Maryville back on September 27.
 
UP NEXT
UIndy will spend the next two weekends on the road, first squaring off against No. 25 Missouri-St. Louis next Friday evening at 8 p.m. The Tritons spoiled the Greyhounds' final home match a year ago, downing UIndy in four sets.