Nov. 13, 2008

UIC Volleyball Match Notes

Chicago, Ill. - The UIC volleyball team hosts Milwaukee and Green Bay in its final two regular season matches this weekend at the Flames Athletic Center.

The Flames host the Panthers on Friday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., followed by a 4 p.m. matchup against the Phoenix on Saturday afternoon.

UIC (13-15, 5-9) is looking to feed off a 3-1 victory over SIU Edwardsville on Nov. 11 in this weekend's final regular season matches.

Casie Sullivan leads UIC's attack and ranks ninth in the Horizon League with 2.8 kills per set. Appearing in two league categories is Katerina Hanackova. The junior ranks second in service aces (0.4 saps) and ninth in digs (3.1 dps).

Lana Lobdell owns 10th place with a .250 attack percentage, while middle blocker Epiphany Davis ranks ninth in blocks (0.9 bps).

League-leading Milwaukee (18-8, 11-3) squares off against UIC with a three-match winning streak on the line. Becky Peters is second in the league with 3.6 kills per set.

Green Bay (8-16, 4-10) is looking to snap an eight-match losing streak on Saturday afternoon. The last time the Phoenix picked up a victory was during the first week of October. Megan Elfering leads the league with 5.6 digs per set.

UIC heads to Cleveland, Ohio next week for the 2008 Horizon League Tournament. Hosted by Cleveland State, the event starts on Wednesday, Nov. 19.

Tournament seeds will be announced following this weekend's Horizon League action.

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