CHICAGO (Oct. 5, 2024) – The UIC volleyball team (10-5, 2-2 MVC) couldn't fend off UNI's (9-7, 4-0 MVC) attack in front of a home crowd Saturday night, falling in three consecutive sets in Missouri Valley Conference competition Saturday night.
Junior
Cleo Lorenzo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Elite) collected eight kills. Sophomore
Gabi Peter (Gilbert, Ill./Hampshire) tallied four kills and graduate student
Zahria Woodard (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest) contributed five total blocks.
The full box score and play-by-play recap against UNI can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH JUSTIN INGRAM
"We didn't recover from the Drake loss. There was a lot of things that was not physical that we have to work on to prepare for our next opponent. Valparaiso is coming up quickly. That's a team that went five last night with Northern Iowa. They are playing really well, they are playing good defense, and they are playing with some energy, as Valpo always does. Today was not a good performance by us and a tremendous performance by Northern Iowa. They came out here and absolutely hammered us. Their offense was flawless and made very few errors. It was very hard to do anything in transition because their offense was so dialed in tonight."
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
FLAMES FACTS
- After a five-block performance, Woodard leads all of MVC with 74 blocks on the season.
- Lorenzo has 143 kills in the season, ranking her second on the team this season.
- Sophomore libero Hannah Howard (Toledo, Ohio/Eastern Michigan/Saint Ursula Academy) has 208 digs in the season, with 13 double-digit dig performances for the Flames.
UP NEXT
The Flames return to Credit Union 1 Arena to host Valparaiso (9-6, 1-2 MVC) for a 6 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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