VOLLEYBALLINDIANA HOOSIERS2008 vs. N’western/Wisc

Nov. 21-22

2008 INDIANA VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time/Result

LBSU TOURNAMENT8/29 at Long Beach State L, 0-38/30 vs. Missouri State L, 1-3 vs. San Francisco W, 3-0

ADIDAS CLASSIC9/5 VALPARAISO W, 3-0 WAKE FOREST W, 3-09/6 LOUISVILLE W, 3-2

UK INVITATIONAL9/12 at Kentucky L, 1-39/13 vs. Albany W, 3-1 vs. Eastern Kentucky W, 3-0

TIS BOOKSTORE INVITATIONAL9/19 GEORGE MASON W, 3-1 BALL STATE W, 3-09/20 CINCINNATI L, 0-3

9/26 ILLINOIS* L, 1-39/27 PURDUE* L, 2-310/1 PENN STATE* L, 0-310/3 MICHIGAN STATE* W, 3-110/10 at Minnesota* L, 0-310/11 at Iowa* L, 2-310/17 OHIO STATE* W, 3-110/18 MICHIGAN* L, 0-310/24 at Northwestern* W, 3-210/26 at Wisconsin* W, 3-110/31 IOWA* W, 3-211/1 MINNESOTA* W, 3-211/5 at Penn State* L, 0-311/8 at Michigan State* L, 1-311/14 at Purdue* L, 2-311/15 at Illinois* L, 0-311/21 WISCONSIN* 7 PM11/22 NORTHWESTERN* 7 PM11/28 at Michigan* 7 PM11/29 at Ohio State* 7 PM

All times eastern Home matches in CAPS* – Big Ten match

Friday, November 21, 7 p.m. EST

Indiana (14-14, 6-10 Big Ten) vs. Wisconsin (17-11, 7-9 Big Ten)Bloomington, Ind. - University Gym

Saturday, November 22, 7 p.m. EST

Indiana (14-14, 6-10 Big Ten) vs. Northwestern (8-19, 2-14 Big Ten)Bloomington, Ind. - University Gym

*Live audio available via IUHoosiers.com-- play-by-play by Jeremy Gray and/or Matt Taylor

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vs. Wisconsin/Northwestern

THE OPENING SERVE

The Indiana University volleyball team enters the final home weekend in contention for their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2002. The Hoosiers begin with a Friday night contest against Wisconsin before concluding the weekend with Senior Night on Saturday. Both matches are set to begin at 7 p.m. inside University Gym.

Indiana is on the proverbial “bubble watch” with four regular season matches remaining at 14-14 overall and 6-10 in conference play. The Cream and Crimson are slotted 31st in the most recent RPI rankings and are in a three-way tie for seventh in the Big Ten standings.

MEDIA INFORMATION

Assistant Director of Athletics Communications Kyle Kuhlman is the primary media relations contact for the Indiana volleyball team. He can be reached in his office (812-855-4770), on his cell phone or by email (kkuhlman@indiana.edu).

ALL-TIME SERIES

WISCONSIN NORTHWESTERN IU trails, 19-41 IU leads, 30-25

•Current Streak: •Current Streak: Indiana won last match Indiana won last match

•Earlier This Year: •Earlier This Year: Away - W, 3-1 (22-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-20) Away - W, 3-2 (23-25, 25-23, 27-29, 25-18, 15-10) •Last Year: •Last Year: Home - L, 2-3 (23-30, 20-30, 31-29, 30-28, 14-16) Away - L, 0-3 (23-30, 26-30, 25-30) Away - L, 0-3 (17-30, 31-33, 16-30) Home - W, 3-1 (30-26, 30-26, 22-30, 30-27)

VOLLEYBALLINDIANA HOOSIERS2008 vs. N’western/Wisc

Nov. 21-22

SENIOR NIGHTSenior captains Juli Pierce and Erica Short will bid farewell to Hoosier fans Saturday night, playing their last match inside University Gym. Each of them leaves Bloomington as one of the greatest players in program history and can both be found atop a career statistical category in the IU record books. Pierce’s 1,479 digs are the most ever for a career in IU history while Short’s career kill total of 1,826 is also the top mark of all-time.

Pierce also owns the record for most digs in a single season when she dug 481 balls in 2007. Not to be out-done, Short is just 65 kills away from also snagging an all-time single-season mark. Her 491 put-aways thus far in ‘08 are closing in on the season kills record.

Quick hits about the IU Seniors...

JULI PIERCE• Named the Big Ten Defensive Player of theWeek on Nov. 12, 2007 after averaging 5.83 digs per set over the weekend.•OneofonlyeightplayersinIUhistorytoreachthe 1,000 career dig plateau.• Graduated in May of 2008 and is currentlyattending graduate school.• Has compiled 83 service aces in her career,including a six-ace performance against Western Illinois last season, the fourth most aces ever in a single match at IU.• Provided a little offense as well in 2006,recording a career-high seven kills against Maryland.•HasearnedAcademicAll-BigTen laurels thepast two seasons. ERICA SHORT• Has led the team in kills in each of her fourseasons donning the Cream and Crimson.• Owns three of the top-10 single-season killtotals ever for a Hoosier.•Settherecordformostkillsinathree-setmatchearlier this season, putting down 24 balls in a sweep over Valparaiso inside Assembly Hall.• Iscurrentlyslottedseventhall-time in IU lorewith 313 career blocks.•Hasnevermissedamatchinhercareer.• Her career includes 10 All-Tournament teamselections, including three this season.

DOUBLE RECORD WATCHAshley Benson is quickly stamping her name into the IU record books with her superb blocking skills. Benson, who has 152 blocks thus far in 2008, needs four more rejections to surpass Mandy Eberle (2005) for the most blocks in a single season. Benson set the freshman single-season record a year ago with 140 stuffs.

Caitlin Cox is closing in on a frosh record of her own, just 24 digs away from claiming the top spot on the all-time freshman digs list.

2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS

Kills .......................... Short ............................... 491................................. Benson ............................. 329.................................Wittmer ............................ 223Hitting % ............... Benson ............................ .301.....................................Hall ............................... .210................................... Short .............................. .200Assists ..................Chaudoin ........................... 619..................................Koetter ............................. 575.....................................Cox .................................. 57Aces ........................Koetter ............................... 27.....................................Cox .................................. 21.................................. Pierce ................................ 17Digs ............................Cox ................................ 355.................................. Pierce .............................. 300................................... Short ............................... 205Blocks ................... Benson ............................. 152..........................Chaudoin/Short ....................... 83................................Woodson ............................. 75

YES, THE BIG TEN REALLY IS THAT GOODThe Big Ten has been well represented in the AVCA National Poll all season long with at least five member schools ranked in the top-25 since the start. However, the dominance of the conferfence is exemplified when looking at the latest NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). The RPI is the computer formula-generated rankings that the NCAA selection committee relies heavily on for determing tournament at-large bigs and seeding.

The most recent RPI rankings were released on Nov. 9, and the Big Ten occupies four of the top seven slots in the national ratings (Penn State, 1st; Minnesota, 4th; Illinois, 6th; Purdue, 7th). In addition, Michigan comes in at No. 22 while the Hoosiers are ranked 31st nationally, according to the RPI.

The top-25 in the AVCA poll can be found on page three while the complete top-40 for the RPI is available on page five of these match notes.

MONUMENTAL WINSIndiana’s win over then-No. 13 Minnesota on Nov. 1 was the Hoosiers’ second victory over a ranked opponent this season after also defeating then-No. 21 Wisconsin two weeks earlier.

•Itmarksthefirsttimesince2002thatIndianahas defeated two ranked conference opponents in the same season.•Minnesota is thehighestrankedopponent IUhas beaten since taking out No. 11 Ohio State on Sept. 25, 2002.

ON A GOOD PACEWith four regular season matches remaining, several all-time school records are in danger of being broken. If the following Hoosiers can maintain their current statistical pace, they would find themselves in next season’s media guide and the single-season top ten lists: Short with 561 kills (1st), Benson with 174 blocks (1st), and a .301 hitting efficiency (7th) and Caitlin Cox with 406 digs (4th).

BIG TIMING IN THE BIG TENCaitlin Cox has picked up her game since the Big Ten season got underway. In 16 matches against conference foes, Cox is averaging 3.94 digs per set. That pace ranks as the sixth highest in conference matches only. Cox can be found in the service aces top-ten as well, racking up 16 aces thus far in the Big Ten schedule, good for fourth in the league (tied with teammate Hayley Koetter who also has 16 aces as well in Big Ten play).

IND WISC13.2 .............................Kills ............................... 13.8.205 ........................ Hitting % .......................... .23212.4 ..........................Assists ............................ 12.70.9 ..............................Aces ................................ 1.013.6 ............................ Digs ............................... 13.62.6 ............................ Blocks .............................. 2.5

2008 PER SET COMPARISONS

IND NW13.2 .............................Kills ............................... 12.6.205 ........................ Hitting % .......................... .18312.4 ..........................Assists ............................ 11.40.9 ..............................Aces ................................ 1.013.6 ............................ Digs ............................... 13.32.6 ............................ Blocks .............................. 2.2

2008 PER SET COMPARISONS

ACTIVE CAREER STAT LEADERS

Kills .......................... Short ............................ 1,826................................. Benson ............................. 590.....................................Hall ................................ 506Hitting % ............... Benson ............................ .289.....................................Hall ............................... .184................................... Short .............................. .178Assists ....................Koetter ............................. 623................................Chaudoin ........................... 619.................................. Pierce .............................. 165Aces ........................ Pierce ................................ 83..................................Koetter ............................... 65................................... Short ................................. 45Digs ......................... Pierce ........................... 1,479................................... Short ............................... 669.....................................Hall ................................ 518Blocks ..................... Short ............................... 313................................. Benson ............................. 292.................................Wittmer ............................ 168

VOLLEYBALLINDIANA HOOSIERS2008 vs. N’western/Wisc

Nov. 21-22

BLOCK YOUR SOCKS OFFFor the season, Ashley Benson’s 1.42 blocks per set are the fifth-best rate in the Big Ten and rank 14th nationally. As a team, the Hoosiers’ 2.56 blocks/set are the fourth highest total in the conference and crack the top-30 in Division-I volleyball, coming in at 29th.

Indiana’s sweep of San Francisco earlier this season is arguably the best three-set blocking effort in school history. The school record for most blocks in a three-set match is 15 set back in 1996. However, the 14 rejections against USF were tallied in the new 25-point set era rather than the old 30-points per set format played in previous seasons.

SERIAL KILLERErica Short is second in the conference with her 4.59 kills per set pace and sits at eighth in the national rankings. She has collected double-digit dig totals in 25 of 28 matches this season, including 10 performances with 20+ kills.

Overall.............................................................14-14Big Ten ..............................................................6-10Home ...................................................................9-5Away ...................................................................2-8Neutral ................................................................3-1

Three-Set Matches ..........................................5-7Four-Set Matches ............................................5-4Five-Set Matches .............................................4-3

Hitting At or Above .200 .................................13-5Hitting Below .200 .............................................1-9Out-Hitting Opponent .....................................12-1Being Out-Hit By Opponent ..........................2-13More Digs Than Opponent ...........................10-4Less or Same Digs As Opponent .................4-10More Blocks Than Opponent .........................9-4Less or Same Blocks As Opponent ............5-10More Aces Than Opponent ..........................10-5Less or Same Aces Than Opponent .............4-9

August ................................................................1-2September .........................................................7-4October ...............................................................5-4November ..........................................................1-4December ..........................................................0-0

Wednesday Matches ......................................0-2Friday Matches .................................................8-5Saturday Matches ...........................................5-7Sunday Matches ..............................................1-0

vs. ACC ...............................................................1-0vs. America East ...............................................1-0vs. BIG EAST .....................................................1-1vs. Big West .......................................................0-1vs. Colonial .........................................................1-0vs. Horizon League ...........................................1-0vs. Mid-American .............................................1-0vs. Missouri Valley ...........................................0-1vs. Ohio Valley ...................................................1-0vs. SEC ................................................................0-1vs. WCC ..............................................................1-0

HOOSIERS RECORD IN ‘08 WHEN...

2008 INDIANA VOLLEYBALL ROSTER & PRONUNCIATIONS

No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown Previous School1 Caitlin Cox DS Fr. 5-2 Springport, Ind. New Castle Chrysler H.S.2 Melany Rarey DS Jr. 5-8 Hartford City, Ind. Michigan State4 Juli Pierce DS Sr. 5-8 Georgetown, Ind. Our Lady of Providence H.S.7 Jessica Weeg MB Fr. 6-0 Cincinnati, Ohio Wyoming H.S.8 Mary Chaudoin S Fr. 6-3 Peachtree City, Ga. Starrs Mill H.S.9 Taylor Wittmer OH So. 6-1 Loogootee, Ind. Loogootee H.S.10 Ashley Benson MB So. 6-3 Bloomington, Ind. North H.S.11 Martyna Popik OH So. 6-0 Bielsko-Biala, Poland Liceum Stegana Zeromskiego13 Danielle LaGrange OH Fr. 6-0 Santa Claus, Ind. Herritage Hills H.S.14 Lexi Woodson MB Fr. 6-0 Atlanta, Ga. Woodward Academy15 Erica Short MB Sr. 6-2 Orrville, Ohio Orrville H.S.21 Kelsey Hall OH Jr. 6-0 Murrieta, Calif. UCLA22 Hayley Koetter DS So. 5-7 Floyds Knobs, Ind. Western Kentucky

PronunciationsMary Chaudoin .........................sha - doyn

Hayley Koetter ................................cut - er

Martyna Popik .........................mar-teen-a........................................................ po - pick

Melany Rarey.............................. rare - ee

Head Coach: Sherry DunbarAsst. Coach: Sarah GustinAsst. Coach: Keith SchunzelVol. Coach: David JackDir. of Ops.: Amanda Timmers

STAFF

Bison/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll 2008 Poll #12: November 17, 2008

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points 2008

Record Last Week

1 Penn State (60) 1500 28-0 1

2 Stanford 1425 22-3 2

3 Nebraska 1376 25-1 3

4 Texas 1308 21-3 4

5 Washington 1277 21-4 5

6 Hawai’i 1170 23-3 6

7 California 1137 20-5 7

8 Oregon 1073 21-6 8

9 UCLA 971 18-8 9

10 Southern California 936 16-8 10

11 Wichita State 911 28-0 11

12 Minnesota 773 22-6 15

13 Kansas State 742 22-6 14

14 Florida 724 21-3 12

15 Colorado State 643 22-3 16

16 Illinois 592 20-7 17

17 San Diego 576 20-4 13

18 Purdue 441 21-7 18

19 Kentucky 403 25-4 22

20 Michigan 360 22-6 19

21 Saint Louis 295 24-4 20

22 Utah 228 20-5 23

23 Long Beach State 172 23-4 25

24 Pepperdine 134 19-5 24

25 San Francisco 108 21-6 NR Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: New Mexico State 70; Santa Clara 51;

St. Mary's (Ca.) 27; Tulane 22; Cincinnati 13; Iowa State 7; North Carolina 7; Florida International 4

Eight schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of 27 points. Dropped out: Santa Clara (21) Next poll: November 24, 2008

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AVCA NATIONAL POLL (11/17) LENDING A HELPING HANDSetting up most of those kills is the duo of Mary Chaudoin and Hayley Koetter. Chaudoin averages 5.79 assists per set while Koetter chips in 5.37 helpers. Indiana’s 12.43 team assists/set rank 57th nationally.

BENSON IS EFFICIENTSophomore Ashley Benson is also making her case to be placed in the IU record books with her .289 career hitting efficiency. Sixty matches into her Hoosier career, Benson has connected on 590 kills on 1,380 attempts with 196 errors. The Bloomington North High School product currently owns the second-best career hitting percentage in school history, just .001 percentage points behind Diane Horeth (1989-90) and her .290 hitting efficiency.

YOU GOT SERVEDHayley Koetter has a team-high 27 aces on the year. Her .25 aces per set are the fifth highest pace in the Big Ten. Koetter connected on at least one service ace in four straight matches earlier this season, including a five-ace showing against Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 13). Those five aces placed Koetter into the IU record books with the second most aces ever in a three-set match.

BENSON WINS AGAIN!Ashley Benson earned the Big Ten Player of the Week award once again on Nov. 4, her second straight such award. It marks Indiana’s third weekly conference honor as Erica Short also nabbed the Player of the Week honors earlier this season.Benson led the Hoosiers to a pair of wins over the weekend, including a 3-2 victory over No. 13 Minnesota on Saturday. The sophomore averaged 4.0 kills per set on a .354 hitting percentage with 1.1 blocks and 0.6 digs per set over two matches.

VOLLEYBALLINDIANA HOOSIERS2008 vs. N’western/Wisc

Nov. 21-22

2008 BIG TEN STANDINGS BIG TEN OVERALLTEAM W L Pct. GB W L Pct.Penn State 16 0 1.000 -- 28 0 1.000Minnesota 12 4 .750 4.0 22 6 .786Illinois 11 5 .688 5.0 20 7 .741Michigan 10 6 .625 6.0 22 6 .786Purdue 10 6 .625 6.0 21 7 .750Wisconsin 7 9 .438 9.0 17 11 .607Michigan State 6 10 .375 10.0 14 13 .519Indiana 6 10 .375 10.0 14 14 .500Iowa 6 10 .375 10.0 14 14 .500Ohio State 2 14 .125 14.0 11 17 .393Northwestern 2 14 .125 14.0 8 19 .296

Points Per SetErica Short ................................................1st, 5.15Ashley Benson .......................................10th, 3.93

Kills Per SetErica Short ...............................................2nd, 4.59

Blocks Per SetAshley Benson .........................................5th, 1.42

Aces Per SetHayley Koetter .........................................5th, 0.25

Digs Per SetCaitlin Cox .................................................8th, 3.35

TEAMDigs ..........................................................4th, 13.62Blocks ........................................................5th, 2.56Opp. Hitting Percentage .........................6th, .193Kills ...........................................................7th, 13.22Assists .....................................................7th, 12.43Hitting Percentage ..................................9th, .205

Kills Per SetErica Short ................................................8th, 4.59

Blocks Per SetAshley Benson .......................................14th, 1.42

TEAMBlocks ......................................................29th, 2.56Assists ...................................................57th, 12.43

BIG TEN RANKINGS (Top 10)Opening the weekend against Iowa on Friday, Benson tallied a career-high 25 kills on .477 hitting with a service ace and four total blocks in the come-from-behind victory. Against the nationally ranked Golden Gophers on Saturday, the Bloomington, Ind., native put down 15 kills with seven total blocks and five digs.

BENSON’S PLAY DOES NOT GO UNRECOGNIZEDThe Big Ten Conference named Ashley Benson as the Player of the Week on Oct. 27. She also garnered national recognition when Collegiate Volleyball Update (CVU.com) named her their National Player of the Week.

Benson led the Hoosiers to two wins, hitting .412 with 4.1 kills per set as Indiana downed Northwestern and Wisconsin. The sophomore also contributed on defense, adding 1.9 blocks and 1.1 digs per frame. Against the Wildcats, Benson put down 23 kills in the five-set match, hitting at a .455 clip. She also tacked on nine total blocks and eight digs in the victory. At Wisconsin, the Bloomington, Ind., native tallied 14 kills at a .333 average with a pair of digs and eight blocks as Indiana beat the Badgers in Madison for the first time since 1995.

MARATHON MATCHAs if last a 29-27 fourth set win versus Ohio State wasn’t long enough, the Hoosiers had to work overtime once again the following night against Michigan. After two very tight sets to open the match, the third frame extended all the way to the 38-36 final score. There was a total of 14 unsuccessful set-point attempts. Indiana staved off five match-points while the Wolverines fended off nine set points.

It marked the longest set for IU since Sept. 3, 2005 when the Cream and Crimson came away with a 39-37 win over Loyola-Chicago. The 13 “extra” points needed by Michigan to corral the victory are the most in an IU match since the change was made to rally scoring in 2001.

The Hoosiers then made it three consecutive maches with atleast one set going “extras,” when they dropped a 27-29 third-set decision to Northwestern the following weekend.

HOOSIER HYSTERIAIndiana Volleyball ignited a crowd of over 8,000 with a 3-1 win over Ohio State, kicking off the Hoosier Hysteria festivities with a bang.

It was a complete team effort inside Assembly Hall as five different Hoosiers recorded nine or more kills and six individuals posted nine or more digs. Erica Short’s 16 kills paced the Hoosiers and Caitlin Cox’s 15 digs were tops on the team. Lexie Woodson tallied nine kills, a .412 hitting efficiency and four blocks on the night.

DYNAMIC DUO DOES IT AGAINAshley Benson and Erica Short both nabbed all-tournament laurels for the third consecutive weekend at the TIS Bookstore Invitational after being named to the All-adidas Classic and All-UK Invitational teams the two previous weekends.

IU TAKES ADIDAS CLASSIC TITLEWith a 3-0 sweep over San Francisco in their last match out in Long Beach and a pair of sweeps to open the adidas Classic, the Cream and Crimson entered last Saturday’s contest having won nine straight sets. Indiana then extended that streak to 11 by taking the first two sets versus Louisville. The Cardinals were able to pull even at two sets apiece before Indiana sealed the deal in a 15-12 fifth-set thriller inside Assembly Hall.

Erica Short and Juli Pierce both made the all-tournament squad, in addition to, Ashley Benson. Short was named tournament MVP after racking up 61 kills, eight blocks and 26 digs in the event. Pierce paced the Hoosiers with 49 digs while Benson’s 11 blocks and .420 hitting efficiency (39-5-81) were tops on the team.

NCAA RANKINGS (Top 60)

VOLLEYBALLINDIANA HOOSIERS2008 vs. N’western/Wisc

Nov. 21-22

IU DOUBLE-DOUBLES IN 2008Erica Short (7): 24 kills/13 digs vs. Valparaiso (9/5); 16 kills/11 digs vs. Albany (9/13); 23 kills/11 digs vs. Purdue (9/27); 16 kills/11 digs vs. Ohio State (10/17); 13 kills/11 digs vs. Michigan (10/18); 25 kill/10 digs vs. Iowa (10/31); 23 kills/16 digs vs. Minnesota (11/1)

Kelsey Hall (5): 15 kills/14 digs vs. San Francisco (8/30); 16 kills/13 digs vs. Purdue (9/27); 12 kills/12 digs vs. Michigan State (10/3); 14 kills/11 digs at Iowa (10/11); 11 kills/10 digs vs. Michigan (10/18)

Hayley Koetter (3): 29 assists/12 digs vs. Purdue (9/27); 27 assists/14 digs vs. Minnesota (11/1); 21 assists/11 digs at Purdue (9/14)

Ashley Benson (1): 12 kills/10 digs vs. Ohio State (10/17)

“BIG E” BREAKS BIG RECORDSenior Erica Short began the adidas Classic with a record-breaking performance, putting down 24 kills against Valparaiso to mark the highest total ever by a Hoosier in a three-set match. Short’s 24th kill not only surpassed the previous record by Anne Eastman (Nov. 11, 1994), but also clinched the IU win as the final point of the match. Even more impressive is the fact that Short racked up her 24 kills in the new 25-point sets rather than the 30-point or non-rally 15-point scoring format that was previously used in NCAA matches.

For the entire weekend, Short paced Indiana with 61 total kills (5.5 kps) to go along with a .292 hitting percentage, eight blocks (0.7 bps) and 26 digs (2.4 dps), earning her the Big Ten Player of the Week award.

FIGHT FOR 12The Indiana Volleyball team has one main goal for 2008: “Fight for 12” signifies the next step for the IU Volleyball program, which is to compete in the NCAA Tournament in December (12).

O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAINSeniors Juli Pierce and Erica Short were voted as team captains for 2008 by their teammates. It is Pierce’s second tenure as team captain after serving in that role last year.

SPEAKING OF JULI PIERCE...Pierce had been listed as a senior all of 2007 due to her pending graduation in May. However, she decided to return for her fourth and final year of eligibility this season while attending graduate school. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Sports Marketing and Management.

NEW FACE IN A NEW PLACETransfers Melany Rarey and Hayley Koetter each bring NCAA Tournament experience to the Hoosiers, entering the season as a junior and sophomore, respectively.

Rarey played two seasons at Michigan State, including the Spartans’ 2006 NCAA-qualifying season. Koetter played in all 36 matches as a freshman at Western Kentucky. She was a member of the Sun Belt Conference’s first team to ever earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

MY TWO DADSAshley Benson and Lexie Woodson come from the lineage of their fathers, both of whom are IU Hall of Fame basketball players. Kent Benson and Mike Woodson were each All-Americans, Big Ten Player of the Years and 1,000 point scorers during their time donning the Cream and Crimson. Benson led the 1975-76 Hoosier basketball squad to a perfect 32-0 national championship run. Woodson is currently the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks.

2008 NCAA Women's Volleyball RPI

Through Games of Sunday, Nov. 9 (next update after championship) Generated: Monday 11/10/08 04:11 PM

------- Division I Only --------

Rank Name Conf W-L Road Neut Home Non-Div I

1 Penn St. Big Ten 26-0 8-0 4- 0 14-0 0-0

2 Stanford Pacific-10 21-3 8-2 4- 0 9-1 0-0

3 Nebraska Big 12 23-1 7-1 3- 0 13-0 0-0

4 Minnesota Big Ten 20-6 4-4 4- 0 12-2 0-0

5 Texas Big 12 19-3 8-1 2- 1 9-1 0-0

6 Illinois Big Ten 19-6 8-2 2- 2 9-2 0-0

7 Purdue Big Ten 20-6 7-4 5- 1 8-1 0-0

8 Washington Pacific-10 19-4 6-2 3- 0 10-2 0-0

9 St. Louis Atlantic 10 22-4 7-2 4- 1 11-1 0-0

10 Oregon Pacific-10 20-5 5-5 4- 0 11-0 0-0

11 Florida Southeastern 20-2 8-2 0- 0 12-0 0-0

12 Tulane Conference USA 22-5 9-3 3- 2 10-0 0-0

13 California Pacific-10 20-4 6-3 4- 0 10-1 0-0

14 Utah Mountain West 19-5 8-3 2- 1 9-1 0-0

15 Colorado St. Mountain West 20-3 7-2 1- 1 12-0 0-0

16 Hawaii Western Athletic 21-3 7-0 0- 0 14-3 0-0

17 Kansas St. Big 12 21-5 5-4 5- 0 11-1 0-0

18 Southern California Pacific-10 14-8 3-5 2- 1 9-2 0-0

19 Wichita St. Missouri Valley 26-0 9-0 4- 0 13-0 0-0

20 San Diego West Coast 19-3 6-3 4- 0 9-0 0-0

21 Florida Int'l Sun Belt 24-5 7-2 6- 2 11-1 0-0

22 Michigan Big Ten 20-6 5-5 4- 0 11-1 0-0

23 Middle Tenn. Sun Belt 22-5 9-3 2- 1 11-1 0-0

24 Long Beach St. Big West 21-4 6-3 4- 0 11-1 0-0

25 Rice Conference USA 21-5 7-2 4- 0 10-3 0-0

26 Santa Clara West Coast 17-6 7-4 5- 0 5-2 0-0

27 Pepperdine West Coast 17-5 5-3 6- 0 6-2 0-0

28 Clemson Atlantic Coast 19-7 5-5 4- 0 10-2 0-0

29 Duke Atlantic Coast 20-7 6-4 4- 2 10-1 0-0

30 UAB Conference USA 22-5 7-3 4- 1 11-1 0-0

31 Indiana Big Ten 14-12 2-6 3- 1 9-5 0-0

32 Kentucky Southeastern 23-4 8-2 1- 1 14-1 0-0

33 Cincinnati Big East 24-5 6-4 5- 1 13-0 0-0

34 UCLA Pacific-10 16-8 10-3 4- 1 2-4 0-0

35 New Mexico St. Western Athletic 19-7 9-2 2- 2 8-3 0-0

36 Ohio Mid-American 18-7 7-3 4- 2 7-2 0-0

37 Western Ky. Sun Belt 21-9 8-5 5- 1 8-3 0-0

38 UNI Missouri Valley 21-5 6-4 4- 0 11-1 0-0

39 Iowa St. Big 12 16-10 3-7 4- 0 9-3 0-0

40 Western Mich. Mid-American 21-4 6-3 7- 1 8-0 0-0

41 San Francisco West Coast 18-6 4-3 2- 2 12-1 0-0

42 Dayton Atlantic 10 19-9 5-5 4- 2 10-2 0-0

43 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 17-9 8-5 1- 3 8-1 0-0

44 LSU Southeastern 14-9 5-6 3- 1 6-2 0-0

45 Miami (Ohio) Mid-American 16-10 7-4 3- 3 6-3 0-0

46 Wisconsin Big Ten 16-10 6-5 4- 2 6-3 0-0

47 Arizona St. Pacific-10 12-13 2-5 3- 2 7-6 0-0

MOST RECENT RPI TOP-40

VOLLEYBALLINDIANA HOOSIERS2008 vs. N’western/Wisc

Nov. 21-22

Indiana Volleyball StatisticsIndiana Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 17, 2008)

All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 14-14 9-5 2-8 3-1CONFERENCE 6-10 4-4 2-6 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 8-4 5-1 0-2 3-1

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points

1 Cox, Caitlin 106 1 0.01 1 10 . 0 0 0 57 0.54 21 26 0.20 13 355 3.35 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 22.02 Rarey, Melany 64 1 0.02 0 6 . 1 6 7 5 0.08 3 9 0.05 10 52 0.81 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 4.04 Pierce, Juli 107 2 0.02 1 11 . 0 9 1 34 0.32 17 16 0.16 16 300 2.80 0 0 0 0.00 1 3 19.07 Weeg, Jessica 10 7 0.70 6 29 . 0 3 4 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 2 0.20 0 4 4 0.40 0 0 9.08 Chaudoin, Mary 107 40 0.37 17 126 . 1 8 3 619 5.79 0 0 0.00 0 31 0.29 4 79 83 0.78 6 4 83.59 Wittmer, Taylor 107 223 2.08 109 599 . 1 9 0 6 0.06 3 8 0.03 0 54 0.50 3 70 73 0.68 9 0 264.010 Benson, Ashley 107 329 3.07 106 740 . 3 0 1 6 0.06 7 22 0.07 0 72 0.67 16 136 152 1.42 15 3 420.013 LaGrange, Danielle 34 22 0.65 20 82 . 0 2 4 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 1 18 0.53 0 7 7 0.21 1 1 25.514 Woodson, Lexie 97 96 0.99 66 288 . 1 0 4 2 0.02 0 0 0.00 1 14 0.14 2 73 75 0.77 11 0 134.515 Short, Erica 107 491 4.59 235 1283 . 2 0 0 14 0.13 9 12 0.08 11 205 1.92 19 64 83 0.78 17 0 551.021 Hall, Kelsey 74 196 2.65 81 547 . 2 1 0 12 0.16 4 21 0.05 14 183 2.47 2 22 24 0.32 2 1 213.022 Koetter, Hayley 107 7 0.07 6 23 . 0 4 3 575 5.37 27 51 0.25 0 170 1.59 0 0 0 0.00 0 6 34.0

TEAM - - - - - - - - - - - 13 - - - - - - - - -INDIANA 107 1415 13.22 648 3744 . 2 0 5 1330 12.43 91 167 0.85 79 1457 13.62 46 455 273.5 2.56 62 19 1779.5Opponents 107 1351 12.63 642 3670 . 1 9 3 1265 11.82 79 181 0.74 91 1391 13.00 44 444 266.0 2.49 50 23 1696.0

Team Statistics IND OPPATTACK K i l l s 1415 1351 E r r o r s 648 642 Total Attacks 3744 3670 Attack Pct . 2 0 5 . 1 9 3 K i l l s / S e t 10.5 10.0SET A s s i s t s 1330 1265 A t t e m p t s 3485 3434 Assist Pct . 3 8 2 . 3 6 8 A s s i s t s / S e t 9.9 9.4SERVE A c e s 91 79 E r r o r s 167 181 A c e s / S e t 0.7 0.6SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 79 91 E r r o r s / S e t 0.6 0.7 A t t e m p t s 2113 2194 Reception Pct . 9 6 3 . 9 5 9DEFENSE D i g s 1457 1391 D i g s / S e t 10.8 10.3BLOCKING Block Solo 46 44 Block Assist 455 444 Total Blocks 273.5 266.0 Blocks Per Game 2.0 2.0 Block Errors 62 50Ball handling errors 19 23ATTENDANCE T o t a l 17221 19883 Dates/Avg Per Date 14/1230 10/1988 Neutral site #/Avg 4/233 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 2 -

Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.Aug 29 at Long Beach State L 0-3 19-25,20-25,21-25 1348Aug 30 vs Missouri State L 1-3 24-26,21-25,25-21,21-25 72Aug 30 vs San Francisco W 3-0 25-13,25-12,25-18 610Sep 05 VALPARAISO W 3-0 25-16,26-24,25-19 218Sep 05 WAKE FOREST W 3-0 25-15,25-13,25-19 287Sep 06 LOUISVILLE W 3-2 25-23,25-20,20-25,15-25,15-12 516Sep 12 at Kentucky L 1-3 20-25,28-26,23-25,20-25 834Sep 13 vs ALBANY W 3-1 21-25,25-20,25-21,25-9 111Sep 13 vs Eastern Kentucky W 3-0 25-6,25-16,25-18 138Sep 19 GEORGE MASON W 3-1 19-25,25-10,25-23,26-24 337Sep 19 BALL STATE W 3-0 25-17,25-18,25-16 1002Sep 20 CINCINNATI L 0-3 21-25,21-25,19-25 1089

*Sep 26 ILLINOIS L 1-3 25-18,24-26,22-25,22-25 881*Sep 27 PURDUE L 2-3 25-23,23-25,19-25,25-23,11-15 1442*Oct 02 PENN STATE L 0-3 17-25,18-25,19-25 735*Oct 03 MICHIGAN STATE W 3-1 25-14,23-25,25-21,25-20 667*Oct 10 at Minnesota L 0-3 21-25,17-25,18-25 2218*Oct. 11 at Iowa L 2-3 21-25,25-13,25-23,22-25,12-15 1598*Oct 17 OHIO STATE W 3-1 22-25,25-15,25-18,29-27 8182*Oct 18 MICHIGAN L 0-3 23-25,22-25,36-38 716*Oct 24 at Northwestern W 3-2 23-25,25-23,27-29,25-18,15-10 391*Oct 26 at Wisconsin W 3-1 22-25,25-21,25-23,25-20 4762*Oct 31 IOWA W 3-2 21-25,20-25,25-11,25-19,16-14 412*Nov 01 MINNESOTA W 3-2 22-25,25-22,19-25,25-22,15-9 737*Nov 05 at Penn State L 0-3 13-25,14-25,22-25 1862*Nov 08 at Michigan State L 1-3 18-25,23-25,26-24,15-25 3013*Nov 14 at Purdue L 2-3 21-25,25-13,19-25,25-22,12-15 2493*Nov 15 at Illinois L 0-3 19-25,19-25,19-25 1364

Record in 3-set matches: 5-7Record in 4-set matches: 5-4Record in 5-set matches: 4-3

2008 OVERALL STATISTICS

VOLLEYBALLINDIANA HOOSIERS2008 vs. N’western/Wisc

Nov. 21-22

CAITLIN COX5-2 • DS • freshman

Springport, Ind.

#1

MARY CHAUDOIN6-3 • S • freshmanPeachtree City, Ga.

#8

LEXIE WOODSON6-0 • mB • freshman

Atlanta, Ga.

#14

SHERRY DUNBARHead Coach

MELANY RAREY5-8 • DS • JuniorHartford City, Ind.

TAYLOR WITTMER6-1 • mB / oH • Sophomore

Loogootee, Ind.

ERICA SHORT6-2 • mB / oH • Senior

Orrville, Ohio

SARAH GUSTINAssistant Coach

JESSICA WEEG6-0 • mB / oH • fr./fr.

Cincinnati, Ohio

#7

DANIELLE LAGRANGE6-0 • oH • freshman

Santa Claus, Ind.

#13

HAYLEY KOETTER5-7 • S / DS • Sophomore

floyds Knobs, Ind.

#22

DAVID JACKVolunteer Coach

JULI PIERCE5-8 • DS • Senior

Georgetown, Ohio

#4

ASHLEY BENSON6-3 • mB • Sophomore

Bloomington, Ind.

#10

KELSEY HALL6-0 • oH • JuniorMurrieta, Calif.

#21

KEITH SCHUNZELAssistant Coach

#2

#9

#15

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