UE looks to make more history this weekend

Aces welcome Drake and UNI

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Next up for the University of Evansville volleyball team is a pair of home matches against the top two teams in the Missouri Valley Conference with Drake and UNI coming to Meeks Family Fieldhouse.  Friday evening will see the Purple Aces welcome the Bulldogs for a 6PM match with Saturday’s contest against the Panthers slated for a 5PM start time; both matches will be carried on ESPN3.

Just Four Away

– Alondra Vazquez is just 4 kills away from setting the UE career program kills record

– Vazquez is second in program history with 1,703 kills and is approaching Jessica Kiefer’s mark of 1,706…Kiefer played at UE from 1997-2001

– Her current total is 11th in MVC history

Win #1 in Normal

– For the first time in program history, the Aces defeated Illinois State on the road when UE earned a 3-0 sweep over the Redbirds on Oct. 15 inside Redbird Arena

– Evansville lost its first 29 road matches versus ISU before picking up the 3-0 win

 

Dominant Numbers

– Alondra Vazquez has been on an absolute roll over the last four matches, averaging 5.75 kills per set over that span

– Her season average of 4.68 per frame continues to pace the MVC while ranking 10th in the nation

– In the home win over Missouri State, Vazquez recorded 31 kills, just one shy of her career-high and the highest total for a MVC player in 2022

Putting up the Numbers

– Kora Ruff is putting up some of the top assist numbers in the nation as she continues to adjust to the college game

– In the last four matches, Ruff has recorded an average of 11.56 assists per set while raising her season average to 9.92/set (5th in the MVC)

– Ruff’s MVC assist average is currently 10.37 per frame

– With a total of 853 helpers, she ranks 5th in the NCAA

– Ruff is averaging 2.21 digs per frame over the entirety of the season, but registered 2.71 in the conference outings while reaching double figures on six occasions and contributing at least eight each time

New Career-High

– Giulia Cardona recorded a career-high 24 kills in the road win at Indiana State, besting her previous mark of 23, which came in two contests against Bradley last season

– For the season, Cardona is third in the MVC with 4.06 kills per set while her total of 989 attacks is 8th-best in the NCAA

– Always one of the top servers in the sport, Cardona has a total of 41 service aces, which is 9th in the country…her average of 0.48 aces per set paces the league