CHICAGO (Nov. 16, 2024) – The UIC volleyball team (20-9, 12-5 MVC) secured a sweeping victory in its home finale on Senior Night, defeating Indiana State (4-25, 1-16 MVC) in Missouri Valley Conference play Saturday.
Sophomore
Gabi Peter (Gilbert, Ill./Hampshire) led the Flames' attack with a dozen kills and a pair of blocks. Graduate student
Natalie Chizzo (Oak Park, Ill./ Oak Park and River Forest/Northwestern) collected eight kills in the win. Freshman
Antonie Kelnárová (Prague, Czech Republic) tallied seven kills and five digs.
The box score and play-by-play recap against Indiana State can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH JUSTIN INGRAM
"First off, the ability to come into the match open minded, it's very difficult to have your last home match. Understanding that, can play with you. I thought we did a good job setting the tone about halfway through the first set. It took us a little bit to get going, but after that it felt pretty steady with our serve and pass as well as our ability to score points. I think as the match progressed, there were certain things we had to adjust to, but that's normal. We came up clutch at the end,
Tamara Kisic ended up serving a couple straight points to help get us that second set. Of course, that third set was smooth sailing after that. I thought a lot of people, including
Gabi Peter were very efficient. They did a nice job out there. I feel very good about moving to Valparaiso on Tuesday."
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FLAMES FACTS
- This is the Flames fourth consecutive 20+ win season, and the fifth since Ingram took over the program in 2017.
- Peter's 12 kills is her seventh double-digit kill performance of the season, and her eighth of her collegiate career.
- The Flames secured the third seed in the MVC with tonight's win over Indiana State, with the 2024 MVC Volleyball Championship set to take place at Northern Iowa's McCleod Center Nov. 23-26.
UP NEXT
The Flames complete MVC play on the road Tuesday, facing off against Valparaiso at the Athletics-Recreation Center 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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