IU Athletics Release
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The non-conference portion of this year’s schedule ends this weekend as the Indiana volleyball team (5-2, 0-0 B1G) heads down south to play Coastal Carolina and NC State. Since the beginning of 2023, IU is 33-9 against non-Big Ten opponents. The Hoosiers are riding a three-game winning streak into the action in South Carolina.
Second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager continues to raise her play as she develops into the team’s primary attacker this year. She averaged 4.67 kills per set while hitting .415 in a pair of sweeps against Cal Poly and Eastern Illinois at last weekend’s Indiana Invitational. She’s top 10 in the conference in kills per set (3.72) over the first seven matches of the season.
Her second-year counterpart, setter Teodora Kričković has raised the floor of her game as well. The Serbian guided IU’s offense to a pair of hitting percentages above .375 in the two wins in Bloomington. She has scored 36 points this season (23 kills, 7 aces and 12 blocks) while dishing out 10.28 assists per set.
IU has entered conference play with at least seven wins in the previous four seasons. It can do so again with a pair of wins against Coastal Carolina and NC State over the weekend. The contest with the host Chanticleers is set for 6 p.m. on Friday (Sept. 18) evening. The matchup with NC State (Sept. 19) is IU’s fifth against a power conference opponent this year.
Gameday Details
Coastal Carolina (4-3) vs. #21 Indiana (5-2)
Friday, September 18th | 6 p.m. ET | HTC Center (Conway, S.C.)
TV: ESPN+ (Jack Calhoun)
NC State (7-1) vs. #21 Indiana (5-2)
Saturday, September 19th | 2 p.m. ET | HTC Center (Conway, S.C.)
TV: No Stream
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