CHICAGO (Sept. 14, 2024) – The UIC volleyball team (7-1, 0-0 MVC) fought point-for-point and came out victorious in a five-set thriller against Brown (2-4, 0-0 Ivy) in front of a home crowd at Credit Union 1 Arena Saturday afternoon.
Junior
Ayat Amin (Cairo, Egypt/Al Waha International School) led the attack with 16 kills and three total blocks. Junior
Cleo Lorenzo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Elite) tallied 14 kills and 11 digs in the win. Graduate student
Zahria Woodard (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest) contributed 11 kills and six total blocks.
The full box score and play-by-play recap against Brown can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH JUSTIN INGRAM
"One of the toughest things in a momentum sport like volleyball is to beat somebody by a significant score and keep playing the match. It's an automatic, tough situation you put your team in. We had a very good first set, almost too good. As the match progressed, Brown settled in and became more confident. They also became understanding of some things that could frustrate us. Their lack of errors really kept them in it, and they really did a fantastic job throwing the ball with some power tips and things of that nature to not just keep us on our edge. They were really successful scoring in those opportunities. Credit to those guys, they fought for the entire five sets. We showed some perseverance near the end of that fifth set. I thought we had some great substitutions that came in and did a nice job for us;
Za'Niya Boyles and Antonie Kelnárová to just name a few of them that came in. That's the expectation, to come in, do a fantastic job and be efficient.
COMMENT FROM JUNIOR CLEO LORENZO
"I'm really happy and really proud of the team and the coaches. That was a five-set game, which is a really long game, but we found a way to get through it. We stayed together and did a really good job. Brown is a really good team from the Ivy League."
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- This is UIC's first win against Ivy League program since the Flames 3-2 victory over Harvard at the Fairfield Volleyball Classic in Fairfield, Conn. on Sept. 14, 2002.
- The Flames 7-1 start ties for their best start in recent memory, tying the 7-1 start in the 2019 season.
- Amin's 16-kill, and Lorenzo's 14-kill performances are new season highs for the junior duo.
- Sophomore Hannah Howard (Toledo, Ohio/ Eastern Michigan/Saint Ursula Academy) extends her 10+ dig streak to seven matches. The libero averages 3.38 digs per set.
UP NEXT
The Flames begin a lengthy four-match road trip here in the Chicagoland area, making their first stop at the Jacoby Dickens Center to face off against Chicago State (2-5, 0-0 NEC) Monday at 6 p.m. (CT). Fans are available to stream the match at
NECFrontRow.com. Live stats will also be available at
UICFlames.com.
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