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Michigan State University
17-4,7-4Big Ten
Indiana
13-7,6-5Big Ten
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 19 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 3 |
| Michigan St. | 25 | 25 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 |
10/30/2026 9:28:00 PM | Volleyball
EAST LANSING, Mich. -Â No. 25 Michigan State volleyball could not hold off a furious comeback from No. 19 Indiana, falling in five sets (19-25, 15-25, 25-19, 25-19, 15-7) Friday night inside the Breslin Center.Â
Suffering just its fourth loss of the season, MSU drops to 17-4 overall and 7-4 in the B1G with the result, while Indiana improves to 13-7 and 6-5.Â
The Hoosiers hit .277 for the match and held MSU to .174 hitting while leading in kills (55-51), digs (49-47) and total blocks (12-9). The Spartans held a slight 12-11 advantage in service aces.Â
Freshman outside hitter Madi Andrews led the Spartans in kills with her sixth-straight double-digit kill match, posting 12, while also adding eight digs and a career-high five service aces. Senior middle blocker Zora Hardison recorded nine kills alongside senior outside hitter Alanna Bankston, while junior middle blocker Breccan Scheck tallied eight and junior opposite Hayley Ogden posted five kills along with a team-high six total blocks. Â
Redshirt sophomore setter Malayah Long provided a team-high 36 assists and just missed a double-double with nine digs. Senior libero Lia Schneider led MSU in digs with 10.Â
Senior libero Ky Clayton tied Andrews with a team-high five service aces, setting a season high while also tying her career high.Â
After MSU used kills from Long and Andrews and an IU attack error to take a one-point lead at 6-5 following a 5-3 lead from Indiana, neither team was able to take more than a one-point advantage until the Hoosiers used back-to-back kills to take a 15-13 lead at the media timeout. MSU tied the set back up out of the timeout with a block from Hardison and Ogden and an IU service error and used a 4-1 run with kills from Andrews and Hardison and an Andrews service ace to take a 20-18 lead and force an IU timeout. The Spartans fired off back-to-back points out of the timeout off of a block from Bankston and Carmen Waye and a Bankston kill to force a second IU timeout at 22-18. IU followed with a kill out of the timeout to cut the MSU advantage to three, but a kill from Long and back-to-back solo blocks from Waye helped the Spartans finish off the set on a 3-0 run to take the first, 25-19.Â
IU called timeout early in set two after the Spartans used a kill from Long, Clayton service ace and block from Waye and Long to take a 4-1 lead. MSU continued its run out of the timeout with Clayton behind the service line, firing off six-straight points to force a second Hoosier timeout at 10-1. A kill from Ogden and IU attack error gave the Spartans a 10-point, 15-5 lead at the media timeout. IU put down a pair of kills out of the timeout to cut the lead to seven, but MSU followed with back-to-back kills from Hardison and Andrews before three-straight Andrews service aces to take a 20-7 lead. The Hoosiers got as close as nine at 24-15 after stopping MSU's first set point before a Scheck kill ended the set for the Spartans, 25-15.Â
MSU took a timeout after IU jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the third set. The Hoosiers went on a 6-0 run after an Andrews kill to take a 15-5 lead at the media timeout and forced another MSU timeout at 18-6 after a 3-1 run out of the timeout. IU called timeout after a pair of kills from Mumcular, a block from Scheck and a Hoosier attack error cut the IU advantage to 10 at 20-10. MSU got as close as eight, but Indiana finished off the set with two kills to take the third, 25-15. Â
IU forced an MSU timeout in the fourth after starting the set on a 5-0 run. The Spartans used a 3-0 run with kills from Andrews, Bankston and Scheck to cut the IU advantage to two at 12-10 before the Hoosiers responded with a 3-1 run to take a four-point, 15-11 lead at the media timeout. A Bankston kill out of the timeout trimmed the IU advantage to four, but the Hoosiers responded with three-straight kills to force an MSU timeout at a six-point, 18-12 IU lead. Back-to-back Andrews kills, a Hardison kill and Clayton service ace helped MSU to a 4-1 run out of the timeout to force IU into a timeout of its own at 19-16. IU finished the set on a 6-2 run to take the fourth and force a fifth set, 25-19.Â
The Spartans called a timeout after IU once again started the set on a 5-0 run. Back-to-back MSU points out of the timeout with a kill from Scheck and service ace from Andrews cut the IU lead to three before the Hoosiers responded with three-straight points to force a second MSU timeout at 8-2. A Scheck kill out of the timeout cut the Hoosier lead to five, but IU continued to hold off the Spartans to win the fifth, 15-7.Â
Up next, MSU hosts No. 1 Nebraska on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 4:30 p.m. inside the Breslin Center. The match will stream on B1G+.Â
