SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Illinois volleyball fell to Notre Dame at Purcell Pavilion on Thursday nightin a three-set match as a part of the Irish Invitational.
The Fighting Illini dropped to 4-2 on the season and 2-1 on the road with the Fighting Irish improving to 3-2 this year.
As a team, Illinois tallied 35 kills while adding 43 digs, 32 assists and eight blocks Individually, Raina Terry led the way with 18 kills and Brooke Mosher paced the squad with 25 assists. Kennedy Collins recorded a solid performance, tallying seven kills, three blocks and 12 digs.
How it happened
Despite the teams battling back-and-forth to start the match, Illinois called a timeout after a three-point swing favored Notre Dame and put the Orange and Blue behind 14-9. Not going away quietly, the Illini chipped away at the Fighting Irish advantage, adding a block from Collins and Mosher before the opposition took a timeout with Illinois trailing by one. Four-straight Irish points led to Illinois’ final timeout before the team dropped the opening frame 25-21.
Illinois continued to struggle in the second set, and a Terry kill snapped a 4-0 run for the Irish to start the frame. Back-to-back points for Notre Dame led to a timeout for the Orange and Blue with the Illini trailing 12-6. Lily Barry served an ace, helping Illinois to a 4-0 run for Illinois that cut the 17-15 deficit. However, the Fighting Illini rally fell short with Notre Dame scoring three-straight to close out the opening set, handing Illinois the 25-19 loss.
Each team battled point-for-point in the third set, but the Illini trailed 15-13 at the media break. Barry logged her third ace of the match before the Fighting Irish burned a timeout with Illinois ahead, 18-17. However, Notre Dame scored three of the final four points, closing out the 25-22 defeat in the third set and the match.
Notes
- Starters: Brooke Mosher, Raina Terry, Sarah Bingham, Kennedy Collins, Vanessa Pan, Cari Bohm and Lily Barry
- The Illini wore long sleeved orange jerseys for the first time this year.
- Terry tallied an ace in the match, bringing her career total to 133, putting her eighth all-time in the Illinois record books.
- The Illinois volleyball program moved to 5-2 all-time against Notre Dame.
- The third set had 17 ties and three lead changes.
- Four different players recorded an ace during the match with Barry leading the way with three.
- The Orange and Blue dropped to 1-1 in three-set matches.
- Attendance Thursday night was called at 574.
The Fighting Illini dropped to 4-2 on the season and 2-1 on the road with the Fighting Irish improving to 3-2 this year.
As a team, Illinois tallied 35 kills while adding 43 digs, 32 assists and eight blocks Individually, Raina Terry led the way with 18 kills and Brooke Mosher paced the squad with 25 assists. Kennedy Collins recorded a solid performance, tallying seven kills, three blocks and 12 digs.
How it happened
Despite the teams battling back-and-forth to start the match, Illinois called a timeout after a three-point swing favored Notre Dame and put the Orange and Blue behind 14-9. Not going away quietly, the Illini chipped away at the Fighting Irish advantage, adding a block from Collins and Mosher before the opposition took a timeout with Illinois trailing by one. Four-straight Irish points led to Illinois’ final timeout before the team dropped the opening frame 25-21.
Illinois continued to struggle in the second set, and a Terry kill snapped a 4-0 run for the Irish to start the frame. Back-to-back points for Notre Dame led to a timeout for the Orange and Blue with the Illini trailing 12-6. Lily Barry served an ace, helping Illinois to a 4-0 run for Illinois that cut the 17-15 deficit. However, the Fighting Illini rally fell short with Notre Dame scoring three-straight to close out the opening set, handing Illinois the 25-19 loss.
Each team battled point-for-point in the third set, but the Illini trailed 15-13 at the media break. Barry logged her third ace of the match before the Fighting Irish burned a timeout with Illinois ahead, 18-17. However, Notre Dame scored three of the final four points, closing out the 25-22 defeat in the third set and the match.
Notes
- Starters: Brooke Mosher, Raina Terry, Sarah Bingham, Kennedy Collins, Vanessa Pan, Cari Bohm and Lily Barry
- The Illini wore long sleeved orange jerseys for the first time this year.
- Terry tallied an ace in the match, bringing her career total to 133, putting her eighth all-time in the Illinois record books.
- The Illinois volleyball program moved to 5-2 all-time against Notre Dame.
- The third set had 17 ties and three lead changes.
- Four different players recorded an ace during the match with Barry leading the way with three.
- The Orange and Blue dropped to 1-1 in three-set matches.
- Attendance Thursday night was called at 574.
