UE Welcomes Drake And UNI
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In its final home weekend of the regular season, the University of Evansville volleyball team will host Drake and UNI at Meeks Family Fieldhouse. Action gets underway on Friday with a 6 p.m. contest against Drake before UE faces UNI at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Senior Day
– Saturday’s match against UNI will see a pair of players recognized on Senior Day
– Cecilia Thon and Elena Redmond will be honored for their contributions to the program while their classmate Alondra Vazquez will be walking with them as part of their class
– Vazquez will be returning for her fifth season in 2022
Last Time Out
– Battling until the final point, the Purple Aces fell by a 3-1 final at Bradley on Saturday evening in Peoria
– Giulia Cardona led the way with 19 kills while Melanie Feliciano and Alondra Vazquez recorded 18 and 15, respectively
– The Braves opened the night with a 26-24 win before taking the second game by a 25-13 final
– Evansville got on the board with a 27-25 win in the third, but Bradley clinched the match in the fourth set with a 25-21 win
1K for Feliciano
– Junior Melanie Feliciano reached 1,000 kills for her career in the Oct. 30 match against the Ramblers
– She now has a total of 1,052 and is quickly approaching the top ten with Brooke Maher holding the #10 position with 1,254
Moving Up the Ranks
– Alondra Vazquez continues to add to her kill total and currently stands with 1,280 in her Aces career
– Her last kill of the evening at Bradley gave her a tally of 1,280 in her career, which put her 7th on the UE all-time list
– She is quickly closing in on the top five with Samantha Butler ranking sixth (1,318) and Ashley Ring currently fifth with 1,338 in her career
Still Going Strong
– Over the last 23 sets of work, freshman Giulia Cardona has recorded a total of 16 service aces, an average of 0.70 per set
– Her season average has risen to 0.49 per set, which leads the MVC and is 19th in the nation
– She is currently on an offensive streak that has seen her record at least 12 kills in each of the last 12 matches while raising her season average to 3.94 per set
– Aside from leading the Valley in aces, she is second in points per set (4.58) and third with her kill average (3.94/set)
