EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With its sights set on keeping its home success intact, the University of Evansville volleyball team is back at Meeks Family Fieldhouse this weekend to face Southern Illinois and Missouri State. UE welcomes the Salukis on Friday for a 6 p.m. match before playing host to the Bears in a 5 p.m. game on Saturday with both games being carried on ESPN3.
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#2 in the MVC
- For the second time in her career, Giulia Cardona earned MVC Player of the Week honors on Sept. 26
- In the opening two MVC matches, Cardona finished with 5.13 kills per set while hitting an efficient .275...she added 2.00 digs and 0.50 aces per set while matching her single-match kill total with 23 vs. Bradley
- Highlighting the second week of conference action was a 17-kill, 15-dig and 5-ace performance at Belmont before tallying 21 kills at Murray State
- Defensively, Cardona had a career-high 18 digs against Chicago State and has recorded 8 or more digs in 5 of the last 7 matches
- Her season average of 4.07 kills per set ranks 2nd in the MVC
Leading the Way
- Alondra Vazquez missed eight non-conference matches but was back in form to open the MVC schedule
- Averaging 4.13 kills in the first Valley weekend, Vazquez helped UE win both contests
- Despite a pair of losses last weekend, Vazquez had an exceptional 24-kill performance at Belmont and has registered three double-doubles in four league outings
- Vazquez leads the MVC with 4.38 kills per set and sits atop the team stats with 2.68 digs per game
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Top 20
- With four MVC matches under her belt, Kora Ruff is averaging 9.44 assists per set with her season tally sitting a 9.57/set, which is 6th in the league
- Ruff's total of 641 helpers in 2022 ranks 20th nationally
- On Sept. 30 at Belmont, Ruff reset her career mark with 50 assists in the 5-set thriller
- She is averaging 2.01 digs per frame over the entirety of the season, but registered 2.50 in the four conference outings while reaching double figures on three occasions and contributing at least eight each time
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