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Game Recap: Volleyball |

Flames Fall Short in Four Sets to Drake Friday Night

The Flames move to 9-4 with a conference-opening victory against the Sycamores.

CHICAGO (Oct. 4, 2024) – The UIC volleyball team (10-5, 2-1 MVC) went toe-to-toe with Drake (7-7, 3-0 MVC) in front of a loud home crowd at Credit Union 1 Arena Friday night, falling in four sets in Missouri Valley Conference play.
 
Junior Cleo Lorenzo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Elite) led the Flames attack with 16 kills and 12 digs. Junior Ayat Amin (Cairo, Egypt/Al Waha International School) tallied a dozen kills. Graduate student Zahria Woodard (Oak Park, Ill. Oak Park and River Forest) contributed nine kills and three total blocks.
 

 
The full box score and play-by-play recap against Drake can be found here.
 
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH JUSTIN INGRAM
 
"We knew it was going to be a tough match because we knew Drake was going to be very steady. They didn't have a lot of ebb and flow coming in, and not a lot of highs and not a lot of lows. We knew they were going to be really consistent. We were very volatile and even though we were high in kills and we outkilled them, we were very high in error. Giving 33 points on attack only is far too many to even be considered in the hunt. So, we are going to need to go back to the drawing board and figure out personnel that isn't going to make that type of error through a course of a match. It's not just attack, I also thought there were key serving times to where we also missed out on opportunity. Looking ahead, we have to be better, we have to be more efficient and less error prone."
 
 
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FLAMES FACTS
 
  • 16 kills is a new collegiate-high for Lorenzo, surpassing her 15-kill performance against Drake on the road a season ago.
  • Amin's 12-kills is her fifth double-digit kill performance of the season.
  • Junior setter Francesca Venturini (Bergamo, Italy/Liceo Classico Paolo Sarpi) has collected nine service aces in the past two matches for the Flames. She leads the team with 23.
 
UP NEXT
 
The Flames are back in action Saturday night at Credit Union 1 Arena when they host UNI (8-7, 3-0 MVC) for a 5 p.m. (CT) first serve. The match will be available to stream on ESPN+ with live stats available at UICFlames.com.
 
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For more information, fans are encouraged to visit UICFlames.com, or follow the Flames on social media through X (@UIC_Volleyball and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_volleyball and @uicflames).
 


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