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vs. N’western/Wisc Nov. 21-22 2009 indiana VOLLEYBHOOSIERaLL VOLLEYBALL media relations • Kyle Kuhlman, ASSISTANT direCtor e-mail - [email protected] • offiCe - (812) 855-4770 • iuhoosiers.Com media notes 2009 INDIANA at PENN STATE/OHIO STATE VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE Friday, October 23 • 8:00 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Indiana (14-8, 3-5) vs. #1 Penn State (20-0, 8-0) - Rec Hall flo hyman inVITATIONAL --ESPNU Live at 8 p.m., ESPN2 tape delay on 10/25 at 1 p.m. 8/28 vs. Southeastern Louisiana W, 3-0 (Play-by-Play: Beth Mowins; Color Commentary: Karch Kiraly) 8/29 vs. New Orleans W, 3-1 at Houston W, 3-0 Saturday, October 24 • 7 p.m. adidas ClassiC Indiana (14-8, 3-5) vs. Ohio State (15-6, 3-5) - St. John Arena 9/4 UT MARTIN L, 2-3 KENTUCKY L, 1-3 9/5 MURRAY STATE W, 3-1 *Live audio play-by-play by Jeremy Gray for both matches. ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W, 3-0 HAMPTON INN INVITATIONAL THE OPENING SERVE 9/11 vs. Delaware W, 3-1 at Ohio W, 3-2 The Indiana University volleyball team is set play a pair of road matches this weekend, flying 9/12 vs. Eastern Kentucky W, 3-0 east for showdowns with No. 1 Penn State (20-0, 8-0) and Ohio State (15-6, 3-5). Indiana’s Friday vs. Missouri State W, 3-2 night match versus the two-time defending champion Nittany Lians is being broadcast LIVE on ESPNU. It will then be re-aired on tape delay, Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN2. tis BooKstore inVITATIONAL 9/18 WESTERN MICHIGAN L, 1-3 Beth Mowins (play-by-play) and Karch Kiraly (analyst) will provide the commentary. 9/19 ALABAMA A&M W, 3-0 NORTH CAROLINA A&T W, 3-0 Indiana will also head to Columbus, Ohio for a Saturday night meeting with the Buckeyes at 7 p.m. The Hoosiers have won the last two meetings with OSU, sweeping the season series a year 9/25 MICHIGAN L, 0-3 ago. 8/26 MICHIGAN STATE W, 3-1 9/30 at Purdue (BTN) W, 3-2 As with all IU Volleyball matches this season, fans can also follow along online via live audio 10/4 MINNESOTA L, 0-3 broadcast provided by IUHoosiers.com, free of charge. Dave Leno will handle the play-by-play 10/10 at Illinois L, 0-3 duties for this weekend’s action. 10/11 at Northwestern L, 2-3 10/16 IOWA W, 3-0 10/18 WISCONSIN L, 2-3 ALL-TIME SERIES 10/23 at Penn State (ESPNU) 8 pm 10/24 at Ohio State 7 pm PENN STATE OHIO STATE 10/30 ILLINOIS 7 pm IU trails, 0-37 IU trails, 21-42 10/31 NORTHWESTERN 7 pm Last Year: Last Year: 11/4 PURDUE (BTN) 7 pm L, 0-3; away W, 3-1; away 11/6 at Minnesota 8 pm L, 0-3; home W, 3-1 - home 11/13 at Michigan State 6 pm Current Streak: L37 Current Streak: W2 11/14 at Michigan 7 pm 11/20 OHIO STATE 7 pm 11/21 PENN STATE 7 pm MEDIA INFORMATION 11/27 at Wisconsin 8 pm 11/28 at Iowa 8 pm Assistant Director of Media Relations Kyle Kuhlman is the primary media relations contact for the Indiana volleyball team. He can be reached in his office (812-855-4770), on his cell phone All times eastern (419-308-8292) or by email ([email protected]). Home matches in CAPS * – Big Ten match vs. N’western/Wisc Nov. 21-22 2009 STATISTICAL LEADERS ACE ASSASSIN HOOSIER HYSTERIA Freshman Laura Matula has found her groove Kills ........................ Haverly ............................. 289 IU Volleyball put a charge into this year’s Hoosier at the service2009 line indiana as of late. VOLLEYB The defensiveaLL ................................. Benson ............................. 273 Hysteria festivities, jump-starting the evening specialist from Munster, Ind., was a marksman .....................................Hall ................................ 142 with a 3-0 sweep (25-23, 25-14, 25-18) over the from the stripe this past weekend. Matula began Hitting % ............... Benson ............................ .376 Iowa Hawkeyes (10-9, 2-5 Big Ten) the weekend with four aces in a three-set .................................Wittmer ........................... .327 sweep over Iowa, flashing her skills to a crowd ................................Chaudoin .......................... .320 Ashley Benson paced the Hoosiers with 10 kills of nearly 6,000 fans in attendance during the Assists ..................Chaudoin ........................... 572 and four blocks while hitting at a .409 clip (10-1- Hoosier Hysteria festivities. She then followed ................................ Granado ............................ 346 22). Jordan Haverly and Kelci Marschall weren’t that up two days later with four more aces .....................................Cox .................................. 57 far behind in the kills column with nine put- versus Wisconsin. Matula has now recorded Aces ........................Matula ............................... 24 aways each. In the defensive backcourt, three two or more aces in three consecutive matches .....................................Cox .................................. 22 different Hoosiers dug 10 or more balls. Caitlin and propelled herself into the Big Ten’s top-10 ................................. Haverly ............................... 19 Cox, donning a pink libero jersey in recognition for service aces per set. Digs ............................Cox ................................media 314 of Breast notes Cancer Awareness Month, led the way .....................................Hall ................................ 186 with 14 digs. INSTANT IMPACT ................................. Haverly ............................. 179 Indiana’s Jordan Haverly was named the Big Ten Blocks ................... Benson ............................... 91 PUR-DON’T, A BOILER SPOILER Freshman of the Week by the conference office .................................Wittmer .............................. 71 In a match that will go down as one of the most on Monday. It marks the second such weekly ................................Chaudoin ............................. 64 exciting in the history of the Indiana-Purdue accolade for Haverly through the first six weeks rivalry, the Hoosier Volleyball team fought and of her career. The Cherry Valley, Ill., native won clawed their way to a 15-13 fifth-set winner in the same distinction for the week of Sept. 14. West Lafayette. ACTIVE CAREER STAT LEADERS Haverly averaged 3.90 kills and 2.25 digs per set Kills ........................ Benson ............................. 906 It was everything one would expect in a last week. She shined brightly on the national .....................................Hall ................................ 681 rivalry match, going to a fifth set for the third stage, putting down 19 kills while hitting .395 in .................................Wittmer ............................ 534 consecutive time. Speaking of the rivalry, the IU’s 3-2 win at Purdue which was broadcast on Hitting % ............... Benson ............................ .311 Hoosiers take a half point lead in the 2009-10 the Big Ten Network. With 10 digs against the .................................Thrower ........................... .230 Smithville Crimson and Gold Cup standings by Boilermakers as well, Haverly recorded her fifth .................................Thomas ........................... .223 coming out on top in the first meeting between double-double of the season. Assists ..................Chaudoin ........................ 1,281 the two schools this season. ................................ Granado ............................ 346 BENSON BREAKING RECORDS .....................................Cox ................................ 119 THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE Junior Ashley Benson may go down as the Aces ...........................Cox .................................. 46 Five different Hoosiers can be found in the greatest Indiana University volleyball player .....................................Hall .................................. 31 Big Ten’s statistical rankings top-10. Ashley EVER. She has already begun her inevitable .......................... Benson/Matula ....................... 24 Benson’s .376 hitting efficiency is the sixth best onslaught of the IU record books. Benson’s Digs ............................Hall ................................ 734 in the conference (33rd in the nation); and she career hitting efficiency of .311 is 21 percentage .....................................Cox ................................ 716 ranks seventh with 1.15 blocks per set. Taylor points higher than any other Hoosier. She also ................................. Haverly ............................. 179 Wittmer is slotted sixth (53rd nationally) with her owns the top single-season blocks record, a Blocks ................... Benson ............................. 398 1.18 blocks/set pace. feat she accomplished in just her second season .................................Wittmer ............................ 240 at IU; and is on pace to break once again this ................................Chaudoin ........................... 159 Benson also paces the Hoosiers with 3.46 kills year. Her current hitting percentage of .376 per set, which places her sixth in the Big Ten would shatter the previous season mark in that rankings (Jordan Haverly ranks seventh at 3.44). category. 2009 PER SET COMPARISONS Laura Matula and Caitlin Cox have each cracked the conference top-10 in aces per set, ranking Additionally, Benson is just 94 kills and two IND Psu seventh and tenth, respectively. blocks shy of becoming just the fifth player in 13.4 .............................Kills ............................... 14.9 IU history to record 1,000 career kills and 400 .235 ........................Hitting % .......................... .421 In addition, Cox’s 3.88 digs/set are the seventh- digs. Did I mention she is only