CHICAGO – The UIC women's volleyball team earned its best start in Division I program history on Saturday morning with a 3-2 (27-25, 25-22, 23-25, 17-15, 15-10) victory over South Florida in its second match of the DePaul Invitational. The win was head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley's 105th, as the team continues its best start under the coach's tenure.

Senior Alyssa Ehrhardt recorded a match-high 24 kills, the second-highest of her career. Ehrhardt also gathered nine digs and three service aces. Graduate Transfer Kelsey Groot notched her seventh double-double (16 kills, 11 digs), and leads the Flames in the category.

Senior Kara Johnson paced UIC with a match-high 22 digs, her most since her career-high mark against LA Tech (Aug. 26). Sophomore Gaia Gbola brought in 15 digs, while redshirt-junior Nicole Johnson added 14 digs alongside her 52 assists.

Saturday morning's match featured 16 tied scores and 10 lead changes, in what was arguably one of UIC's hardest matches thus far.

The Flames will face host DePaul at 7 p.m. for the night cap. Live video links for the match can be found on the UIC schedule page.