University of Minnesota Athletics
Friday, October 24
Bloomington, IN
5:00 PM
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Team Stats
MINN
IND
Kills
61
49
Errors
12
15
Attempts
119
119
Hitting %
.412
.286
Points
80.0
62.5
Assists
54
46
Aces
10
10
Blocks
9
3.5
Game Leaders
Kills
17
Aces
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Blocks
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Kills
15
Aces
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Blocks
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Kills
12
Aces
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Blocks
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Kills
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Aces
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Blocks
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Players Mentioned
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No. 20 'U' Handles No. 23 Hoosiers in Four
10/24/2025 7:05:00 PM | Volleyball
Minnesota hit .412 for the night
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The No. 20 Minnesota volleyball team took down the No. 23 Indiana Hoosiers in four sets on Friday night at Wilkinson Hall. The set scores were 25-19, 25-19, 18-25, 25-19.
The victory was Minnesota's 15th straight over Indiana and their first top-25 ranked win of the season.
Carly Gilk (12) and Kelly Kinney (15) led the offense with career-highs in kills. Stella Swenson paced the offense with a career-high 49 assists and five service aces. Julia Hanson went for 17 kills on .441 while Jordan Taylor had nine kills and Lourdes Myers went for eight. Minnesota hit a scorching .412, their second-best tally of the season and best of Big Ten play.
The Gophers (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) outhit the Hoosiers (15-4, 6-3 Big Ten) .412 to .286 and led in kills (61 to 49), digs (44 to 42) and blocks (9 to 3). The two teams tied in aces (10 to 10).
For Indiana, Candela Alonso-Corcelles led the team with 15 kills while Tedora Krikovic had 41 assists. Avry Tatum went for 12 kills.
How It Happened
SET 1 | Indiana started off hot, scoring seven of the first 11 to take an early lead. Minnesota responded, scoring six of the next seven to go up 10-8. Kinney had three kills while Georgia Lee posted an ace in the spurt. IU would score to get it to 10-9 before two more kills from Kinney and one from Jordan Taylor made it 13-9, Minnesota. The Gophers would take a 15-12 lead into the media break after a kill from Gilk and an ace from Kinney. Another Gilk kill made it 16-12 before IU scored three of the next four to make it 17-15. The Gophers then bounced back with three of the next four points, getting kills from Hanson and Myers, to go up 20-16 and force an IU timeout. A Hanson kill on a BIC after that put Minnesota up 21-16 and IU called timeout No. 2. The Gophers would close out the set with a 25-19 win. The Gophers hit .567 for the set with 18 kills and three aces. Kinney led the team with seven kills on .636.
SET 2 | IU went up early again in set two, scoring six of the first 10. The Gophers answered with five of the next seven, getting kills from Kinney, Hanson and Gilk to go up 9-8. With the two teams tied up 10-10, the Gophers went on a 5-1 run, getting two aces and a block from Gilk and a kill from Swenson to go up 15-11 into the media timeout. The Hoosiers grabbed three of the next four out of the break to cut the lead to just two at 16-14, forcing a Minnesota timeout. After the timeout, the Gophers got a pair of kills from Kinney and an ace from Swenson to go up 19-15, leading to IU's first timeout of the set. Swenson would go on to put down three more aces in-a-row to put the Gophers up 22-15. Minnesota would close out set two, 25-19.
SET 3 | The Hoosiers again started hot in frame three, tallying eight of the first 12 points before coach Cook called timeout. IU did not slow down after the break, scoring four of the next five to take a match-high seven-point lead at 12-5. The Gophers would fight back, getting the IU lead to as few as three at 16-13 after an 8-4 run. The Hoosiers scored the next two off a block and a kill to go up 18-13, forcing Minnesota timeout No. 2 of the set. IU scored six of the next seven after the break to go up 24-14 before a 4-0 Gophers run forced a timeout from the home team. IU would close it out, 25-18.
SET 4 | The Gophers came out as the aggressor in set four, scoring seven of the first eight points. Hanson had a pair of kills and blocks in the early-goings. The Hoosiers battled back, scoring five of the next six to make it 8-6, Minnesota. The Gophers would go back up four at 12-8 before three errors made it 12-11. The 'U' went for four straight after that, getting two kills from Kinney, one from Hanson and one from Taylor to go up 16-11. IU called a timeout after that. IU scored three straight on kills to make it 16-14, but they would get no closer. Minnesota accelerated to a six-point lead at 23-17 before closing it out, 25-19.
Game Notes
» Minnesota is now 64-16 all-time against Indiana. Minnesota has won 15 straight in the series.
» The Gophers hit .412 for the night, their ninth time this season hitting over .300. It was their second time over .400.
» The 'U' had 10 aces, their fourth time this year with double digits.
» Lourdes Myers had eight kills on .538. She has 20 kills in the last two matches.
» Jordan Taylor went for a career-high nine kills.
» Julia Hanson went for 17 kills, her 15th match of the season with 10+. It was her eighth with 15+.
» Kelly Kinney had a career-high 15 kills. It was her fifth career 10+ kill match.
» McKenna Garr tallied 12 digs, her 14th match this season with 10+ digs.
» Carly Gilk put down a career-high 12 kills, her third match of the season with 10+.
» Stella Swenson had a career-high 49 assists and a career-high five service aces. It was the most aces for a Gopher in a match since Alex Acevedo had seven last year against Michigan. She also had 40+ assists for the fourth time in 2025.
Up Next
Minnesota travels to No. 11 Purdue (15-3, 6-2 B1G) for a match on Sunday at noon CT. The match will be streamed on B1G+.
The victory was Minnesota's 15th straight over Indiana and their first top-25 ranked win of the season.
Carly Gilk (12) and Kelly Kinney (15) led the offense with career-highs in kills. Stella Swenson paced the offense with a career-high 49 assists and five service aces. Julia Hanson went for 17 kills on .441 while Jordan Taylor had nine kills and Lourdes Myers went for eight. Minnesota hit a scorching .412, their second-best tally of the season and best of Big Ten play.
The Gophers (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) outhit the Hoosiers (15-4, 6-3 Big Ten) .412 to .286 and led in kills (61 to 49), digs (44 to 42) and blocks (9 to 3). The two teams tied in aces (10 to 10).
For Indiana, Candela Alonso-Corcelles led the team with 15 kills while Tedora Krikovic had 41 assists. Avry Tatum went for 12 kills.
How It Happened
SET 1 | Indiana started off hot, scoring seven of the first 11 to take an early lead. Minnesota responded, scoring six of the next seven to go up 10-8. Kinney had three kills while Georgia Lee posted an ace in the spurt. IU would score to get it to 10-9 before two more kills from Kinney and one from Jordan Taylor made it 13-9, Minnesota. The Gophers would take a 15-12 lead into the media break after a kill from Gilk and an ace from Kinney. Another Gilk kill made it 16-12 before IU scored three of the next four to make it 17-15. The Gophers then bounced back with three of the next four points, getting kills from Hanson and Myers, to go up 20-16 and force an IU timeout. A Hanson kill on a BIC after that put Minnesota up 21-16 and IU called timeout No. 2. The Gophers would close out the set with a 25-19 win. The Gophers hit .567 for the set with 18 kills and three aces. Kinney led the team with seven kills on .636.
SET 2 | IU went up early again in set two, scoring six of the first 10. The Gophers answered with five of the next seven, getting kills from Kinney, Hanson and Gilk to go up 9-8. With the two teams tied up 10-10, the Gophers went on a 5-1 run, getting two aces and a block from Gilk and a kill from Swenson to go up 15-11 into the media timeout. The Hoosiers grabbed three of the next four out of the break to cut the lead to just two at 16-14, forcing a Minnesota timeout. After the timeout, the Gophers got a pair of kills from Kinney and an ace from Swenson to go up 19-15, leading to IU's first timeout of the set. Swenson would go on to put down three more aces in-a-row to put the Gophers up 22-15. Minnesota would close out set two, 25-19.
SET 3 | The Hoosiers again started hot in frame three, tallying eight of the first 12 points before coach Cook called timeout. IU did not slow down after the break, scoring four of the next five to take a match-high seven-point lead at 12-5. The Gophers would fight back, getting the IU lead to as few as three at 16-13 after an 8-4 run. The Hoosiers scored the next two off a block and a kill to go up 18-13, forcing Minnesota timeout No. 2 of the set. IU scored six of the next seven after the break to go up 24-14 before a 4-0 Gophers run forced a timeout from the home team. IU would close it out, 25-18.
SET 4 | The Gophers came out as the aggressor in set four, scoring seven of the first eight points. Hanson had a pair of kills and blocks in the early-goings. The Hoosiers battled back, scoring five of the next six to make it 8-6, Minnesota. The Gophers would go back up four at 12-8 before three errors made it 12-11. The 'U' went for four straight after that, getting two kills from Kinney, one from Hanson and one from Taylor to go up 16-11. IU called a timeout after that. IU scored three straight on kills to make it 16-14, but they would get no closer. Minnesota accelerated to a six-point lead at 23-17 before closing it out, 25-19.
Game Notes
» Minnesota is now 64-16 all-time against Indiana. Minnesota has won 15 straight in the series.
» The Gophers hit .412 for the night, their ninth time this season hitting over .300. It was their second time over .400.
» The 'U' had 10 aces, their fourth time this year with double digits.
» Lourdes Myers had eight kills on .538. She has 20 kills in the last two matches.
» Jordan Taylor went for a career-high nine kills.
» Julia Hanson went for 17 kills, her 15th match of the season with 10+. It was her eighth with 15+.
» Kelly Kinney had a career-high 15 kills. It was her fifth career 10+ kill match.
» McKenna Garr tallied 12 digs, her 14th match this season with 10+ digs.
» Carly Gilk put down a career-high 12 kills, her third match of the season with 10+.
» Stella Swenson had a career-high 49 assists and a career-high five service aces. It was the most aces for a Gopher in a match since Alex Acevedo had seven last year against Michigan. She also had 40+ assists for the fourth time in 2025.
Up Next
Minnesota travels to No. 11 Purdue (15-3, 6-2 B1G) for a match on Sunday at noon CT. The match will be streamed on B1G+.
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