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Game Recap: Volleyball |

Flames Finish UIC Invitational 2-1

Western Michigan Outmatched UIC Saturday Afternoon 3-1

CHICAGO (SEPT. 2, 2023) – The UIC volleyball team (5-1) fell short against Western Michigan (7-0) Saturday afternoon 3-1. The Flames finished the UIC Invitational 2-1.
 
COMMENT FROM UIC HEAD COACH JUSTIN INGRAM
"Our hope is we can put together something defensively that can challenge people greater than what we did today. There were glimpses of good things and batches of good point runs for us. We just have to be a bit more consistent as far as that is concerned. Kudos to Western Michigan, they are pretty good right now and this shows it."

FIRST SET (27-25, WMU) 
  • The Flames and Broncos battled back and forth througout majority of the first set 
  • Sophomore Ayat Amin led the attack for the Flames, earning all of her team-leading four kills early in the set.
  • Senior Abigail Sunga earned the Flames lone ace in the set, her third of the season.
  • Kills from sophomore Cleo Lorenzo, seniors Zahria Woodard and Martina Delucchi pushed the Flames to take the Broncos past the 25th point before Western Michigan came away with the set point. 
SECOND SET (25-14, UIC)
  • UIC began on fire, scoring six unanswered points for an early lead behind two kills from senior Becca Oldendorf and a kill from Delucchi. 
  • Lorenzo also earned an ace during that span, her fourth of the UIC Invitational and the 2023 season. 
  • Sophomore setter Francesca Venturini earned her second kill of the season with a tip among Western Michigan defenders.
  • The Flames continued to push no less than an eight-point lead midway through the set.
  • UIC earned the set point after Lorenzo set up Delucchi for her sixth kill in the match.
THIRD SET (25-15, WMU)
  • Oldendorf collected three more kills throughout the third set to be the first in the Flames' attack to break double digits on the day with 11.  
  • Senior libero Jaclyn Oblena covered ground with four more digs during the set. She finished the match with 20 digs, just two shy from her season-high against St. Thomas back on Aug. 25 (22).
  • Venturini and senior Sohila Wafeek found success in setting up their teammates, earning a collective 14 assists in the set.
FOURTH SET (25-15, WMU)
  • Amin hit three additional kills in the fourth set to finish with 13 kills. The sophomore has now finish with 10+ kills five matches for the Flames this season.
  • The Flames earned three more blocking assists in the fourth set, including Woodard's sixth in the match. She now leads the Flames with 28 this season.
  • UIC finished the set and the match with a .282 % attack percentage with 52 kills in the match. That is the second highest number of kills in a match for the Flames this season.
UP NEXT FOR THE FLAMES
After the Labor Day weekend, the Flames return to Credit Union 1 Arena Tuesday night to host Illinois (2-1) at 6 pm. This is the first time both programs have competed against each other since 1982. 

 The match will be streamed on ESPN+ with Scott Sudikoff back on the call. Live Stats will be available for fans at UICFlames.com.
 
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