Matches set for Sunday and Monday
Another weekend of road action is on tap when the University of Evansville volleyball team travels to Des Moines, Iowa to face Drake on Sunday and Monday. ESPN3 will have the action for both matches with the opener on Sunday set for 2 p.m. before Monday’s finale starts at 5 p.m.
Last Time Out
– UE left it all on the court on Monday, putting forth a resilient effort as Missouri State rallied for a 3-2 win
– Melanie Feliciano set her season mark with 25 kills while hitting .368 while Alondra Vazquez added 23 kills and a career-high 73 attacks
– Rachel Basinski recorded a career-high 31 digs while Allana McInnis posted 50 assists and tied Brooke Springer for the team lead with three block assists
1-2 Punch
– Alondra Vazquez and Melanie Feliciano have combined to provide the top 1-2 offensive threat in the MVC
– They have combined for 7.57 kills per set, edging Missouri State’s Brooklyn Cink and Amelia Flynn, who average 7.44
– Vazquez ranks 2nd in the MVC with 3.89 kills per set while Feliciano checks in with 3.68, putting her 6th in the league
– One of them has led the team in kills in each match so far in 2021
Setting Things Up
– Allana McInnis recorded a season-high 50 assists in Monday’s 5-set contest at Missouri State and currently ranks 9th in the MVC with 6.45 helpers per set
– She is set to leave as one of the top three setters in program history…her total of 3,283 assists ranks third in the UE record books
Racking up the Digs
– Since being the primary starter as UE’s libero, Rachel Basinski has gotten better and better and is coming off of a career effort at Missouri State where she recorded 31 digs
– Through the first six matches of her freshman season, Basinski finished with 0.95 digs per set, but over the previous six contests, she has registered an average of 4.52
– Over the last five matches, Basinski has notched 1.15 assists/set
