CHICAGO (Sept. 16, 2024) – The UIC volleyball team (7-2, 0-0 MVC) couldn't spark any offensive momentum falling in four sets against Chicago State (4-6, 0-0 NEC) at the Jones Convocation Center Monday night.
Graduate student
Zahria Woodard (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest) tallied eight kills and four total blocks. Junior
Ayat Amin (Cairo, Egypt/ Al Waha International School) contributed six kills and four total blocks. Junior
Cleo Lorenzo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Elite) and sophomore
Tamara Kisic (Belgrade, Serbia) each collected five kills.
The full box score and play-by-play recap against Chicago State can be found
here.
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- Woodard now sits at 105 kills in the season, the first member of the Flames to hit the 100-kill mark.
- Sophomore libero Hannah Howard (Toledo, Ohio/Eastern Michigan/Saint Ursula Academy) extended her 10+ digs to eight straight matches with 13 digs against the Cougars.
- Senior Kayanna Jones (Normal, Ill./Normal West) has tallied 55 kills so far in the season, already more than her first three seasons at UIC combined.
- Junior setter Francesca Venturini (Bergamo, Italy/ Liceo Classico Paolo Sarpi) has tallied 227 assists in the season, having tallied 20+ assists in each match this season for the Flames. She has averaged 6.14 assists per set, ranking ninth in the Missouri Valley Conference.
UP NEXT
The Flames stay close to home, participating in DePaul's Chicago Cup beginning Thursday, Sept. 19 against Loyola (3-6, 0-0 A-10) at 5 p.m. (CT) at
McGrath-Phillips Arena. Live stats will be available at
UICFlames.com.
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