Titans Earn First Home Victory with Sweep Over Roosevelt

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Indiana University South Bend volleyball earned its second Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference victory and first inside the Student Activities Center this season on Tuesday, March 2, after sweeping Roosevelt (25-17, 25-18, 25-14) and improving to 2-1 overall and in conference play.

The Titans attacked at their best in the second set with a .405 clip, defeating the Lakers by eight points. During the set, IUSB registered three errors while Roosevelt added five with a .216 attacking percentage. For the night, IUSB attacked at a .303 rate while holding its opponent to just .019.

Inside the SAC, senior Hannah Marchand led all players with 13 kills off 29 attempts while junior transfer Amber Jacobs and senior Alexis Issette both added double-digits kills of 11 and 10, respectively.

Junior McKenzie Powell dished out a game-high 39 assists and junior counterpart Courtney Lengacher added 14 digs. Three Titans collected one rejection, including senior Julie Brown, Powell and Issette.

With the victory IUSB is now 1-1 in South Bend and will remain home on Thursday, March 4 for a 2019 CCAC Tournament championship rematch with the Trinity Christian Trolls. First serve inside the SAC is slated for 7 p.m. Following Thursday, IUSB will hit the road on Saturday, March 6 to play at Cardinal Stritch for a 1 p.m. EST start.