INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis volleyball team put on an offensive show against Milwaukee on Saturday (Oct. 4), hitting .318 on the day in cruising to a 3-0 win (25-19, 25-20, 25-21) over the Panthers inside a pink clad Jungle. The Jaguars wore pink in support of the Karen Wellington Foundation, while also distributing pink towels to fans in attendance. The crowd was treated to an offensive barrage from the outset on a day that the Jaguars extended their winning streak to three-in-a-row. 

"I think we really got into a good rhythm," head coach Andrew Kroger said. "Our offense was putting a lot of pressure on what they were doing. We also settled in from the service line and that was a big point of emphasis for us. If we can get them uncomfortable by putting pressure on them, both serving and attacking and not giving them easy balls, it's really tough to keep up your level of execution. 

"We were able to challenge them and they're a really good team. That really accumulated and led to a good result at the end."

Freshman Jillian Tippmann led the Jaguars with 15 kills and Ninah Miranda delivered 12 kills while hitting .476. Senior Morgan Ostrowski finished with 10 kills and junior Grace Purichia had 45 assists and 14 digs. Freshman Laura Roeder had a team-high 15 digs from her libero spot. 

The Jags (9-8, 3-2 HL) never trailed in the opening set, getting three straight points to push an 11 all tie into a 14-11 advantage. Senior Jordyn Pax contributed an ace ahead of a Purichia kill to prompt a Milwaukee timeout. The Panthers crept back within two at 17-15 before Elle Patterson responded with a kill. Later, back-to-back Tippmann kills pushed the lead out to five before the Jags finished off a 25-19 opening set victory. 

Like the first set, the Jags never trailed in set two and built a 9-4 lead, sparked by an Ostrowski solo block and a Patterson kill. Things got tight at 13-10 before Miranda and Tippmann sandwiched kills around a Laura Roeder service ace to extend the lead to six. The lead grew to 21-13 when Chloe Macias and Patterson combined on a block on a heels of a Milwaukee service error. The Panthers made things interesting by getting it to 23-20 before a Tippmann kill ended the guests' momentum and a Milwaukee (3-15, 3-2 HL) attack error ended the set. 

The third set was nip-and-tuck early before the Jags rattled off four straight points with Purichia on the service line. The lead grew to 17-10 on back-to-back Milwaukee attack errors, giving the Jags more than enough cushion to ultimately claim a 25-21 final set victory. Fittingly, Tippmann put down the winner, capping another double-digit kill effort. 

"It feels really awesome. This is a very good team in our conference and we've just been working in practice on focusing and starting off strong, so I feel like that's something we really implemented today and yesterday and we were just focusing on the little things. Trying to make every play perfect and I feel like we really did that," Purichia said of Saturday's win. 

Bella Lipski led Milwaukee with 12 kills, hitting .647 for the match, and Kara Erdmann had a team-high 13 digs. 

The Jaguars will return to action for a two-game trip to RMU next weekend when they face the Colonials on Friday (Oct. 10) and Saturday (Oct. 11). Both matches are scheduled to air on ESPN+.