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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With a 3-0 win in Monday's season opener, the University of Evansville volleyball team looks to sweep the season series when Indiana State comes to Meeks Family Fieldhouse on Friday evening at 5 p.m.
Last Time Out
- Evansville opened the season with a 3-0 win at ISU on Monday with the final tallies being 25-20/25-23/27-25
- Alondra Vazquez led the Purple Aces with 13 kills and finished with a double-double as she recorded 15 digs
- Melanie Feliciano also finished with a double-double as she totaled 11 kills and 14 digs
- Laura Ruiz led the way with 17 digs with Hannah Watkins adding two solo blocks and three block assists
Let's Get Rolling
- UE is coming off of a 2019 campaign that saw the team go 16-14 on the way to its first MVC Championship berth since 2008
- The Aces picked up a 6th place finish in the league and put up a resilient effort against Illinois State in the opening round of the tournament in November of 2019 in Cedar Falls, Iowa
- With the finish, the Aces cemented their first winning record since going 17-13 in 2010 while earning the most conference victories (7) since winning nine Valley contests in 2009
Non-Conference
- Evansville will play an abbreviated non-conference schedule in the spring, taking on Saint Louis and Western Kentucky in a pair of matches in Bowling Green, Ky. on January 31
Career Marks
- Monday's opener featured some notable performances including Laura Ruiz, who had 17 digs - as a freshman, her top total was six at Illinois State
- Chloe Bontrager posted a 7-kill effort, passing her top freshman tally of five, which came at Bradley
Double-Double Machine
- Alondra Vazquez had 17 double-doubles in 2019 and got the 2021 spring slate started in similar fashion, registering a match-high 13 kills to go along with 15 digs
- As a sophomore in 2019, she got the job done on both sides of the floor...she finished third on the team with 3.27 kills per set while ranking second with 3.45 digs per game
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