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Game Recap: Volleyball |

Volleyball Sweeps Southern Illinois on the Road Friday Night

The Flames improved to 9-3 in Missouri Valley Conference play.

CARBONDALE, Ill. (Nov. 1, 2024) – The work of the service line worked in favor of the UIC volleyball team (17-7, 9-3 MVC), completing a three-set sweep against Southern Illinois (10-13, 3-9 MVC) Friday night at Davies Gym to kick off a two-week road trip of Missouri Valley Conference play.
 
Junior Cleo Lorenzo (Belo Horizonte/Brazil) and freshman Antonie Kelnárová (Prague, Czech Republic) co-led the attack with nine kills apiece. Junior setter Francesca Venturini (Bergamo, Italy/Liceo Classico Paolo Sarpi) tied her career-high in service aces with seven. Graduate student Zahria Woodard (Oak Park, Illinois/Oak Park and River Forest) tallied seven total blocks in the win.
 
 
The full play-by-play and recap against Southern Illinois can be found here.
 
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH JUSTIN INGRAM
 
"We love when multiple student-athletes can go back to serve two or three times in a row. The quality of the serve will ultimately determine our success rate of winning defensive points. We kept the Saluki receivers on their heels all match. We know how valuable or serve is for us in order to be successful."

COMMENT FROM JUNIOR CLEO LORENZO

"The win today was very important four our team. I'm very proud of us and the whole staff for how we played and how we pushed until the end. At this point of the conference, every match is really important because it will impact our place for the conference tournament. Being away and traveling far is always a little bit harder, especially against great teams like SIU. I'm just glad we all did a great job and stayed together until the end. Now let's go to the next match against Missouri State, another great team, and focus on doing our best."
 
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FLAMES FACTS
 
  • Led by Venturini, the Flames collected a dozen service aces, tying their team season-high in their four-set win over Evansville on Sept. 28. Venturini leads the entire conference with 44 service aces in the season, averaging 0.48 service aces per set.
  • The Flames have collected six three-set sweeps on their opponents, and five of them against MVC opponents. Tonight's victory marks UIC's first season sweep against a conference opponent.
  • The Flames trailed early in the second set, 8-3 before a timeout was called by Ingram. UIC rallied after the break, tying it up at the 15th point and outscoring the Salukis 10-3 to win the set.
UP NEXT
 
The Flames travel to Springfield, Mo. to face off against Missouri State (10-14, 4-8 MVC) at the Hammons Student Center for a 5 p.m. (CT) first serve.
 
 
The match will not be televised but fans are encouraged to follow live stats on UICFlames.com or to follow UIC Volleyball on social media through X (@UIC_Volleyball and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_volleyball and @uicflames).

Fans are strongly encouraged to support NIL opportunities for UIC student-athletes through contributions to The Chicago Collective.
 
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