FORT WAYNE – The IU Indy volleyball team fell to the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons on Tuesday night in straight sets, 3-0. Junior Morgan Ostrowski led the attack with nine kills while Elle Patterson and Maia Long added eight each.
 
The opening set was evenly matched as the Jags and Mastodons traded points back-and-forth. IU Indy took their biggest lead of the match after kills from Ostrowski and Patterson gave the Jags a 16-12 lead. After a service error from the Jags, Carly Doros recorded a kill to maintain IU Indy's four-point lead, 17-13.
 
The Mastodons then cut the lead to one after attack errors from the Jags and a kill, 17-16. After a kill and service ace from Patterson gave the Jags a three-point lead, Purdue Fort Wayne tied the match at 19-19 with kills from Iris Riegel. The Mastodons went on a three-point run to take the lead, and despite kills from Ostrowski and Kate White, Purdue Fort Wayne closed out the set at 25-23.
 
In the second set, the Mastodons took the lead early and held onto it until the Jags tied the set at 19-19. The tie didn't last long as PFW went on a four-point run to retake the lead at 23-19. IU Indy collected two more points before the Mastodons sealed the second set at 25-21.
 
Despite recording their highest hitting percentage of the match in the third set at .150, attack errors still proved costly as the Mastodons capitalized on the errors. PFW also recorded their highest hitting percentage of the night with a .389 mark to seal the match win with a 25-15 third set victory.
 
Ostrowski led the Jags with nine kills while Patterson and Maia Long followed with eight each. Grace Purichia totaled 28 assists and Jordyn Pax collected nine digs.
 
IU Indy is not 6-10 overall and 0-3 in Horizon League play. The Jags will look to bounce back in the win column when they travel to Milwaukee this weekend for back-to-back matches on Friday and Saturday.