TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Kira Holland led Indiana State with 11 kills and 15 digs Friday night, but the host Sycamores were defeated by IUPUI in four sets (25-17, 23-25, 25-18, 26-24) in front of an overflow crowd at ISU Arena.
 
Ella Scott and Kaitlyn Hamilton added nine kills each for the Sycamores, while Hannah Baudin notched a double-double with 34 assists and 11 digs. Macy Lengacher also had double-digit digs in the match, finishing with 14.
 
Indiana State got off to a good start in the opening set, with kills by Jadyn Smith and Jamie Brown giving the Sycamores an early lead. The Trees extended that lead to 9-6 following an ace by Scott and a kill from Brown, but a four-point run saw IUPUI go in front midway through. The Jaguars broke the set open with an eight-point run and went on to take the opener 25-17, despite Scott adding a kill and an ace late in the set.
 
The Sycamores and Jaguars traded early runs in the second set before IUPUI went ahead 11-7. Kills by Hamilton and Holland helped Indiana State even the set at 12, and Karinna Gall added a kill of her own as the Sycamores went ahead 15-13 at the media timeout. Indiana State extended its lead to 21-18 following kills by Scott and Holland, but IUPUI rallied back with three straight points to tie it at 21-all. Hamilton and Holland tacked on late kills for the Trees, and Asia Povlin gave the Sycamores a 25-23 win in the second with an ace that clipped the net and barely dropped in the court of play.
 
IUPUI score the first four points of the third set, but the Trees batteled back with kills by Gall and Baudin. Back-to-back kills by Gall and Holland tied the set at eight, and consecutive IUPUI attack errors later gave Indiana State a 12-11 advantage. Similar to the first set, IUPUI went on a long scoring run to take a 22-14 lead, and despite three kills between Holland and Scott late in the set, went on to win the third 25-18.
 
Indiana State took an early fourth-set lead, using an ace from Holland and a pair of kills from Gall to go ahead 8-5. Back-to-back kills by Scott and Madisen Perry, along with an ace from Scott, extended the Sycamore advantage to 11-7, but IUPUI came back to take a 15-13 lead at the media timeout. Kills by Soctt and Holland helped Indiana State retake a 21-20 lead late, and Hamilton added a pair of kills to fend off a set point. IUPUI won three of the last four points, though, to take the set 26-24 and win the match.
 
Inside the Numbers

• Kira Holland notched her first career double-double Friday, finishing with 11 kills and 15 digs.
• Ella Scott finished with nine kills on 18 attempts, marking the third time this season that she recorded a hitting percentage of .500 or better on more than 15 swings.
• Jamie Brown and Madisen Perry both returned to the Sycamore lineup after not featuring in last week's Comfort Inn-Vitational. Brown had three kills and two blocks, while Perry added a pair of kills in the fourth set.

 
News and Notes

• Friday's crowd of 651 was the largest to attend a match at ISU Arena in its current configuration.
• Friday's match marked the fifth straight that Kira Holland led the Sycamores in kills.
• Friday's match was the lone non-conference home match for Indiana State this season. The Sycamores' remaining nine home matches are all against MVC foes.

 
Up Next
Indiana State opens Missouri Valley Conference play with four straight road matches, starting next week with trips to Belmont (Sept. 22) and Murray State (Sept. 23).
 
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