Irish Sweep Indiana at Home| Highlights vs Indiana | Notre Dame Volleyball

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish advance to 7-1 on the season after a big sweep (25-15, 25-20, 30-28) over the Indiana Hoosiers on Friday, Sept. 20 in Purcell Pavilion. The win over the local B1G opponent puts the Irish at a perfect 3-0 at home to start the year.
Senior Phyona Schrader is on a roll as she recorded her fourth triple-double of the season with 11 kills, 19 assists, and 15 digs.
The freshman outside hitter, Morgan Gaerte, led the Irish with a team-best 12 kills, with senior Sydney Palazzolo and Lucy Trump adding nine kills a piece. Trump also recorded a team-high five kills in the three-set win.
The Irish were off to a hot start in the match, hitting an impressive .565 in set one. Trump tallied four kills in the first set, hitting .667. Despite the Hoosiers leading 6-5 to start the set, it didn’t take long for the Irish to take control. A 10-2 run put Notre Dame in front 15-8 at the media timeout. The Hoosiers worked to close the gap, but an Anna Bjork service ace secured the set one win 25-15.
It was a back-and-forth start in the second set. While the Irish lead 11-7, a 5-0 Hoosier run put them in front 12-11 and forced the Notre Dame timeout. Responding with a 5-1 run in return, the Irish forced the Indiana timeout as they led 16-13. With Notre Dame up 23-16, the Hoosiers closed the gap to four at 23-19. Kills from Palazzolo and Gaerte gave the Irish their final two points of the match to take the 2-0 advantage heading into the third.
The Irish recorded a match-high 19 kills in the set as the battle for the set three win was on in Purcell Pavilion. While Notre Dame had the 22-15 advantage, the Hoosiers continued to rally as they closed the gap to 23-19 and forced the Irish timeout. While a Gaerte kill broke up the Hoosier scoring, Indiana brought it within one at 24-23 to force Notre Dame’s final timeout of the set. Tied at 24-all, 25-all, 26-all, 27-all, and 28-all, both teams were relentless in their efforts to take set three. A kill from Schrader gave the Irish a 29-28 edge and a block from Trump, Bjork, and Gaerte sealed the deal to take set three and complete the sweep.
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