LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Indiana State volleyball team begins the 2025 season on August 29-30 in Louisville, Ky. in the first of four tournaments in the year.
 
The opening weekend will be played at Knights Hall, hosted by Bellarmine University. The other two schools the Sycamores will see are SIUE and Miami (OH). Indiana State opens with Bellarmine on Friday, August 29 at noon ET and will follow with SIUE at 5 p.m. ET. The lone match on Saturday will be played at 11 a.m. ET against Miami (OH).
 
Head coach Ashlee Pritchard's squad features 19 on this season's roster, composed of three seniors, six juniors, four sophomores, and six freshmen.
 
Emily Weber and Cadence Gilley are joined by senior transfer Kimora Whetstone, coming from Kansas City but is an Indianapolis native. Other transfers include junior Taylor Knuth (Lamar, Harper College) and redshirt freshman Sophia Mayo (FIU).
 
Weber, Gilley, juniors Ella Scott and Macy Lengacher, and sophomores Curry Kendall and Chloe Gilley all found themselves inside the top 21 in MVC rankings at the end of last season. Both Weber and Scott played in every set for the Sycamores one season ago (107); Scott started all 30 matches.

• Weber: 7^th in assists
• Candence Gilley: 17^th in service aces
• Scott: 5^th in digs, 21^st in hitting percentage
• Lengacher: 14^th in digs
• Kendall: 21^st in kills
• Chloe Gilley: 20^th in digs

 
Schedule
Friday, August 29

• Miami (OH) vs. SIUE – 9:30 a.m. ET
• Bellarmine vs. Indiana State – noon ET (streamed)
• Indiana State vs. SIUE – 5 p.m. ET (not streamed)
• Bellarmine vs. Miami (OH) – 7:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, August 30

• Miami (OH) vs. Indiana State – 11 a.m. ET (not streamed)
• Bellarmine vs. SIUE – 2 p.m. ET

 
About Bellarmine

• The Knights are coming off a 7-19, 4-12 ASUN season.
• They return their leaders in kills (Natalie Bland, 369) and assists (Kylie Van Hoy, 813) and their second-most leader in digs (Payton Parsons, 345).

 
About SIUE

• SIUE finished 12-18, 7-11 OVC in 2024.
• The Cougars lost their top two in kills but return middle blocker Ainsley Ranstead (3rd, 253). Senior Bree Schreimann was named to the 2025 OVC Preseason Watch List.
• SIUE lost 84.5% of their assists from a season ago.
• The Cougars in 2024 had five players all record between 217 and 286 digs (69.6%) – only one-of-five return, Olivia Hogan.

 
About Miami (OH)

• Miami (OH) finished 8-21, 2-16 MAC one season ago.
• The Redhawks return their top three-of-four leaders in kills (Chelsea Williams, Raegan Lantz, and Gentry Warrick). Top two-of-three leaders in assists return (Hayden Hicks, Sophie Crawford); the two accounted for 55.5% of the assist total from last season.

 
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