The Hoosiers finally found a groove offensively in the fourth set, riding a .304 team hitting percentage (20-6-46) to make a dent in the UC-Davis lead. Junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum, on her birthday, provided the match-winning kill on an electric swing. Junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles had a match-best 16 kills, including six in the final game.
Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary was stout defensively, racking up 24 digs (6.0 p/s) in the victory. The Hoosiers had 63 digs to the Aggies’ 60. Senior setter Camryn Haworth tallied her first double-double of the season with 41 assists and 14 digs. She was productive offensively with six kills and three service aces. Five different Hoosiers had six-or-more digs.
It’s learning as it goes for the Hoosiers this season. Head coach Steve Aird is replacing key components of his roster in the back row and at middle blocker. IU’s two middles were involved more offensively this evening, combining for 14 kills. Freshman middle blocker Ella Boersema also racked up four blocks.
There’s no rest for IU as it prepares for the biggest test of the season to date. IU will make the trip to Austin to face the two-time defending national champions Texas. While there, Aird and company will meet Miami (Fla.) in a rematch of a thrilling five-set contest last season.
Set Breakdown
Set 1: Indiana 25, UC Davis 16
A big crowd at Wilkinson Hall boosted the Hoosiers to a strong start in the opening game of Monday’s match. Despite a handful of attacking errors, IU still compiled 14 kills and had three aces. Candela Alonso-Corcelles provided five kills and two blocks. UC-Davis was held to a hitting percentage of .000 with just six kills.
• Camryn Haworth helped get IU into a groove with a strong run at the service line. The Hoosiers went on a 7-3 run to force a UC-Davis timeout, led by an ace from Haworth and kills from Avry Tatum and Madi Sell.
• Ramsey Gary and Emma Segal blew the set open, keeping the visitors out of system offensively. Segal served five-consecutive points after being inserted as a substitute. Alonso-Corcelles had a big solo block to make it 23-12, handing the Hoosiers a big advantage in game one.
Set 2: UC Davis 33, Indiana 31
As wild as a set that Wilkinson Hall has ever seen, UC Davis edged out the Hoosiers well into extra points to tie the match. IU ran out of subs, forcing Segal to play front row and Luca Fickell to serve as a temporary middle blocker. IU had four aces, in addition to six service errors from UC Davis, in the game to keep it within reach. However, the Hoosiers were outhit .238-.163 as the visitors came back to tie the match.
• IU went down by as many as four before Haworth served the home team back into the match. Avry Tatum handed the Hoosiers a two-point lead at 22-20 with back-to-back service aces, part of four in the set from IU.
• On set point, IU brought Fickell on to serve. UC Davis fended off the first point, taking the Hoosiers completely out of substitutes. With no changes left, Segal was forced to stay in and play opposite for Tatum while Fickell remained in the middle in place of Ella Boersema.
• The Hoosiers had seven set points in game two but an incomplete lineup kept them from closing the deal. UC Davis scored the final three points with a pair of kills and a service ace from Mia Starr. The 64-point set was the highest-scoring frame in Wilkinson Hall history.
Set 3: Indiana 25, UC Davis 16
The defense for IU came alive in the third set, holding the Aggies to a negative hitting percentage (.-135) and 10 attacking errors. Mady Saris provided three kills while Gary had nine digs to keep some long rallies going. Haworth had five digs and six assits.
• A back-and-forth beginning of the set gave way to a runaway IU advantage. Leading 12-11, the Hoosiers closed on a 13-5 run with Gary doing some heavy lifting from the service line. The Hoosiers went up by as many as 10 points before Alonso-Corcelles closed out the frame with a kill.
Set 4: Indiana 27, UC Davis 25
In what looked like a victory for UC Davis, the Hoosiers mounted a furious comeback to secure a four-set victory on Monday night. Down 17-23, IU closed on a 10-2 run to finish off the visitors in four games. IU hit .304 in the final set, led by six kills from Alonso-Corcelles. Haworth dished out 15 assists and had three digs and three kills to open up the offense.
• Mia Starr helped UC Davis to a big advantage down the stretch of the fourth set. The Aggies went up by as many as six points after a big kill from Diersbock. From there, it was all Alonso-Corcelles.
• Boersema gave IU a kill out of the middle to send Alonso-Corcelles to the service line. She forced UC Davis into the block of Haworth and Boersema before a timeout. Out of the break, IU got three-straight kills along with an attacking error from the Aggies. At 25-all, Tatum, the birthday girl, pounded back-to-back kills to hand IU the match.
Top Hoosier Performers
#10 Haworth, Camryn
41 assists, 14 digs, 3 kills, 3 aces
#3 Alonso-Corcelles, Candela
16 kills, 9 digs, 2 blocks, 1 ace
#32 Gary, Ramsey
24 digs, 2 aces, 6 assists
Notes to Know
• The Hoosiers have won four-straight home openers, dating back to 2021. IU knocked off Alabama A&M in 2021, Indiana State in 2022, New Hampshire in 2023 and UC Davis in 2024. It’s also the second-straight 3-0 beginning to an IU season, the second time its happened in the Steve Aird era (2018-19).
• Camryn Haworth recorded the 25th double-double of her career, supplying 41 assists and 14 digs on the night. She also tallied six kills and three aces to help the offensive effort. For her career, she has 2,993 assists and 171 assists. The Fishers, Ind. will pass 3,000 in her next career start and is 27 away from breaking the all-time aces record.
• Candela Alonso-Corcelles had a match-high 16 kills in the win over UC Davis. Dating back to last season, the Spaniard is on a run of 19-straight matches with 10+ kills. During that stretch, nine of those contests have seen her record 15-or-more kills.
• Monday’s match saw the Hoosiers and Aggies play a 64-point second set. UC Davis was victorious in what ended up as the highest-scoring set in Wilkinson Hall history. In the 25-point rally era (2008-Present), it matches the most combined points in one set during an IU match. It’s also the highest scoring non-conference set since a 31-33 loss to Mississippi State in 2021.
#1 Texas
Team Stats
Game Leaders
CANDELA ALONSO-CORCELLES
AVRY TATUM
MADY SARIS
MADI SELL
Players Mentioned
Candela Alonso-Corcelles
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Ella Boersema
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Luca Fickell
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Ramsey Gary
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Camryn Haworth
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Mady Saris
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Emma Segal
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Madi Sell
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Avry Tatum
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