CHICAGO -- The UIC volleyball team remains on the road this weekend to wrap up a four-game conference roadtrip.

FIRST SERVE
• The Flames open the weekend Friday night at Southern Illinois before closing out the trip with a Saturday evening contest against Missouri State.
• This will be the only time this regular season that the Flames will play either the Salukis or Bears.
• Friday's contest at Southern Illinois will be a homecoming for head coach Justin Ingram. Ingram, in his sixth season at the helm of UIC joined the Flames after spending five years as the head coach of the Southern Illinois program.
• Head coach Justin Ingram became the fourth coach in UIC history to notch 100 career wins with the Flames with the team's 3-1 win over Illinois State on Oct. 2. In his sixth year at the helm of the program, Ingram is now 102-58 all-time with the Flames.
• In UIC's 3-0 sweep of Valparaiso on Monday, Sept. 26, the Flames picked up their first-ever conference win as members of the MVC. UIC did so in impressive fashion, holding the Beacons to their lowest hitting percentage (-.010) in a match since Sept. 1, 2000.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE U(IC)
• The Flames picked up a big win at the UCF Invitational, upsetting Miami, 3-1, in the opening round of competition.
• The Hurricanes entered the weekend as the first team outside the Top-25 in the latest AVCA national rankings.
• The win marked UIC's first win against a Power 5 opponent since defeating Indiana, 3-2, on Sept. 12, 2014.

IN-STATE WINS
• The Flames improved to 5-2 in games against in-state opponents with a weekend sweep of Bradley and Illinois State.
• UIC went 3-2 in non-conference play, defeating Chicago State, Loyola and DePaul. 
• The Flames have won their last three in-state matches after winning against Bradley and Illinois State.