INDIANAPOLIS – Sophomore Maia Long slammed the door on the Sycamores as she closed out the five-set match with back-to-back kills, sealing the Jags' 3-2 win over Indiana State. Morgan Ostrowski added a career-high 16 kills to lead IU Indy to a reverse sweep.
 
IU Indy (5-6) came out slow to start the match dropping the first two sets. Service errors hurt early as the Jags totaled seven service errors in the opening set. After dropping set one, 25-20, the Jags' errors hurt in set two as well. IU Indy struggled on the attack in the second set, hitting just .049, falling 25-21.
 
With the Sycamores one set away from the match win, the Jags and Indiana State traded the lead back-and-forth to open set three. After the Sycamores tied the set at 8-8, IU Indy went on a five-point run, forcing an Indiana State timeout. Kills from Briana Brown and Elle Patterson as well as a service ace from Grace Purichia powered the five-point run, giving the Jags a 13-8 lead. The Jags held onto that lead, closing out the set with a kill from Patterson at 25-19.
 
After extended the match to the fourth set, IU Indy quickly took the lead, opening the set on a 8-1 run. Indiana State wouldn't recover as the Jags held the momentum, taking the set 25-18.
 
With the match tied at two sets apiece, Indiana State took control of the fifth and deciding set. After taking a 13-10 lead, the Jags closed out the set with six straight points. Long helped finish the job with a block and back-to-back kills.
 
Ostrowski closed out the match with a career-high 16 kills followed by Patterson with 14 and Brown with 12. Purichia totaled 39 assists, four service aces and 15 digs.
 
The Jags are now 5-6 overall and will next travel to Southern Indiana for the USI Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 21.