CHICAGO (Oct. 26, 2024
) – The UIC volleyball team's (16-7, 8-3 MVC) attack couldn't be stopped Saturday night, as they take down Bradley (10-13, 5-6 MVC) in a three-set Missouri Valley Conference sweep in front of the home crowd at Credit Union 1 Arena
Junior
Cleo Lorenzo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Elite) and freshman
Antonie Kelnárová (Prague, Czech Republic) led the Flames' attack with 14 kills respectively. Sophomore
Gabi Peter (Gilbert, Ill./Hampshire) collected nine kills in the win.
The full play-by-play and game recap against Bradley can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM JUNIOR CLEO LORENZO
"I'm really proud of the team and the coaches, we did a really good job this weekend. This is the part of conference play where it will decide what is going to happen at the end. We just played against teams that were right above us. So, I'm really proud of everything we did. We played together, we stayed together yesterday and today, and we did a really good job."
COMMENT FROM FRESHMAN ANTONIE KELNÁROVÁ
"Yeah, I agree with Cleo. I'm pretty glad we won today 3-0 because yesterday we had a really difficult match where we won 3-2, it was a pretty long match. I am glad we did it today together. We did a good job, and we had good teamwork."
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
FLAMES FACTS
- After her 14-kill performance, Lorenzo leads UIC with 217 kills in the season.
- Tonight's victory is the Flames' fifth three-match sweep in the season, and the fourth against an MVC opponent.
- The Flames remain red hot at Credit Union 1 Arena, having gone 7-2 with two more home matches on the horizon.
UP NEXT
The Flames begin a two-week road trip heading to Carbondale beginning next Friday to take on Southern Illinois (10-12, 3-8 MVC) at 6 p.m. (CT) The match will be available to stream on ESPN+ and live stats will be available at
UICFlames.com.
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