CEDARVILLE, Ohio — The No. 24 University of Indianapolis volleyball team defeated Cedarville 3-1 on Wednesday. The Greyhounds totaled 49 kills and 72 digs while holding Cedarville to a .093 hitting percentage.
INS & OUTS
After dropping the opening set the Greyhounds took control in set two, jumping to a 6-2 lead. Junior
Maddie Lynch and senior
Allison Jansen added kills as the Greyhounds pushed the margin to 9-3, and after the teams traded points to 12-7, Fonda served consecutive aces to make it 15-7. The Greyhounds kept the separation with kills from
Kelsey McKenney and Lynch around a Cedarville error to reach 20-10, and after
Amaree Haralson's ace made it 22-11 and Cedarville answered once, the Greyhounds took the final three points on Cedarville errors to finish the set 25-12.
UIndy went on a 7-1 tear early in set three, with Lynch putting down three kills and blocks involving Mackenzie Pflederer, Jansen, and
Maddie Berger helping the Greyhounds move ahead 8-4. The Yellow Jackets came back with four straight points to tie the set at 8-8, and after the Greyhounds tied it again at 10-10 on
Caitlin Blomberg's kill from Haralson, Cedarville scored four straight for a 14-10 lead. Indianapolis worked back to 18-18 on a Lynch kill, a Cedarville bad set and a Cedarville attack error, then used a Jansen kill and another Cedarville bad set to even the set again at 20-20. After Cedarville led 22-21, Berger's kill tied the set, McKenney and Blomberg combined on a block for a 23-22 Greyhounds lead; Cedarville tied it once more, and Lynch's kill put the Greyhounds ahead 24-23 before a Cedarville attack error finished the Greyhounds' 25-23 win.
After the teams split the first four points, the Greyhounds moved ahead with Lynch's second early kill and later built an 8-4 lead behind kills from Berger and Jansen. Cedarville pulled within 11-9 on back-to-back Allie Pilat kills, but Berger and McKenney answered with kills to keep the Greyhounds in front at 13-9. The set tightened again at 17-13 before Lynch sided out for the Greyhounds and Jansen followed with consecutive kills to make it 20-13. Down the stretch, the Greyhounds got a Jansen kill for 21-14, a Berger kill for 22-15 and a McKenney-Berger block for 23-15; after Cedarville's final point made it 23-16 and an attack error brought up set point, McKenney's kill from Fonda finished a 25-16 set win.
INSIDE THE BOX
-Lynch's match-high 18 kills make for the junior's fourth-straight game leading the floor in the category.
-McKenney recorded two career-highs with five blocks and seven kills while hitting from a .357 clip.
-Indy held Cedarville to a .093 hitting percentage, making the seventh time this season the Hounds have held their opponents to a hitting percentage below .100.
UP NEXT
The Hounds advance to 14-2 on the season and return to the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center to host Maryville on Friday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m.
