NORMAL, Ill. – Led by 13 and 11 kills from seniors Aida Shadewald and Hannah Reichensperger, and 17 digs from classmate Arianna Rossi, the Illinois State volleyball team swept past the Indiana State Sycamores on Saturday afternoon on senior day for ISU's four seniors on the roster.
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Set (25-19): ISU jumped out to leads of 3-0 and 5-1, and the Redbirds kept a firm grip on the lead in the six-point set win.
Second Set (25-20): Indiana State led for their only time in the match during the set, as the Sycamores led by four at 10-6 before ISU ran off seven consecutive points to push back to a lead that it would not give up for the remainder of the match.
Third Set (25-15): The third set saw ISU score three of the first four points, and never tie or trail in the period. The Redbirds steadily increased its lead behind an 81 percent side-out percentage to secure a second consecutive weekend sweep for the Redbirds.
KEY STATISTICS
- The game was the final scheduled home game for Illinois State seniors Arianna Rossi, Colleen Hege, Hannah Reichensperger, and Aida Schadewald
- The team had an attack percentage of .273 while allowing an attack percentage of .108
- The attack percentage snapped a three-game streak of hitting .300 or better, which is the second-longest streak since 1996
- The attack percentage allowed snapped a three-game streak of holding the opponent to an attack percentage under .100, which is tied for lowest by the team since 1994
- Illinois State improved to 74-10 all-time against the Sycamores, and have won the last eight meetings between the two schools, the last five on 3-0 sweeps
- Shadewald knocked down a team-high 13 kills, the eighth time this season she has led the team in kills, including four of the last five matches
- She added two service aces, giving her 126 for her four-year career, one behind ISU legend Laura Doornbos for 12th-most in program history
- Reichensperger had 11 kills, her seventh match this season with double-digit kills, while hitting .500, and she has hit above .350 in each of her last four matches
- She added five blocks, the fourth time in her last five matches she has had at least four blocks
- Rossi's 17 digs are her 20th match this season with double-digit digs, including in each of her last six matches
- She added a team-high-tying two service aces in the contest
- Three other Redbirds: Ruth Ziegler (6), Logan Grevengoed (6), and Oliwia Caputa (5) each had more than five kills in the three-set contest
- Ella Craggs led the team with 18 assists, while Audrey Clark had 14 and Rossi five
- Two others, Shadewald and Caputa, had eight digs
NEXT UP
The Redbirds head to the road to button up the 2025 regular season, traveling to Valparaiso on Friday, November 14 and to UIC on Saturday, February 15.
