MURRAY, Ky. – The UIC volleyball team (10-13, 6-5 MVC) traveled south to take on the Murray State Racers (5-18, 3-8 MVC) in Missouri Valley Conference action. Inside Racer Arena, the host came out strong as the Racers went on to defeat the Flames 3-0.
Tamara Kisic led the Flames in kills with 12 while tying for the lead in service aces with one.
Martina Cerrato followed with six kills.
Judy Asar ended the night leading the Flames with 17 kills and 10 digs.
UIC opened the match, taking a 6-2 lead in the first set, with
Ana Petrides and
Mihaela Harizanova recording service aces. After multiple score ties, momentum shifted in favor of the hosts. Notching a kill to take a 9-8 lead, the Racers went ahead and never looked back, going on to take set one 25-20.
A back-and-forth set two followed between the Flames and Racers, with nine ties throughout the set. After trailing, the Flames came back to tie the set at 15-15 off a
Larissa Ortiz service ace. From there, seven more ties followed. With the score tied at 24-24, the Racers picked up the final two points to take set two 26-24.
Action went in favor of the Racers in set three as they took an early 10-2 lead. The Flames would come back to tie the set at 11-11 with a kill by
Sasha Pellettieri off a
Paulina Ströh assist. The offensive push continued for the Flames, as they took off on a 4-1 run, with kills coming from Cerrato and
Gabi Peter. Murray State then came back, tying the set at 15-15. Nine ties followed as the set turned into a back-and-forth affair. In the end, the Racers took the final two points, securing the match sweep over the Flames
The entire play-by-play and box score can be found
here.
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The Flames return to the court Saturday when they travel to Nashville, Tenn. to take on the Belmont Bruins (12-9, 9-1 MVC) at 2:00 p.m. CT inside the Curb Event Center. The match will be streamed on
ESPN+ with live stats available on
UICFlames.com.
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