EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With its road schedule complete for the 2022 season, the University of Evansville volleyball team returns home to Meeks Family Fieldhouse for its final three matches of the regular season before hosting the 2022 MVC Championship. On Friday, the Purple Aces open the home stretch with a 6PM contest against Murray State before welcoming Belmont for a 5PM match on Saturday with both games slated to be carried on ESPN3.
Making History
- On Oct. 22 against Drake, Alondra Vazquez became the all-time program kills leader, breaking Jessica Kiefer's record of 1,706
- Her current total of 1,813 kills is 4th in MVC history
1) 2,293 Lily Johnson, Missouri State, 2014-17
2) 1,948 Lindsay Stalzer, Bradley, 2002-05
3) 1,919 Michelle Witzke, Missouri State, 1994-97
4) 1,773 Alondra Vazquez, Evansville, 2018-
5) 1,779 Molly O'Brien, UNI, 2000-03
- Earlier this season, Vazquez moved past Julie Groves for the most attempts in program history and now has 5,231, with Groves' mark of 4,401 ranking second...Vazquez' total is second in MVC history
1) 6,610 Lily Johnson, Missouri State, 2014-17
2) 5,231 Alondra Vazquez, Evansville, 2018-
3) 5,060 Erica Haslag, Bradley, 2015-18
4) 4,944 Michelle Witzke, Missouri State, 1994-97
5) 4,914 Ashley Rosch, Illinois State, 2012-15
- Vazquez also moved into the top ten in career digs with 1,495...she is currently 5th
MVC Road Mark
- For just the second time since joining the MVC in 1994, Evansville completed its conference season with a winning road record
- Earning wins in three of the final road matches, the Aces finished at 5-4
- The top road MVC record came in 2000 when Evansville went 6-3
Another Career-Best
- Saturday's match at Southern Illinois saw Giulia Cardona reset her single match kills mark with a total of 25, which bested her previous high of 24 at Indiana State earlier this season
- In the weekend trip to Missouri State and SIU, Cardona averaged 5.50 kills per set to improve her season average to 4.08/set
- For the season, Cardona is third in the MVC with her 4.08 kills average while her total of 1,279 attacks is 5th-highest in the NCAA and is already the 6th-most in a single season in Aces program history
- Defensively, Cardona has shown great improvement, chipping in an average of 2.64 digs per set over the last 18 matches (185 digs in the last 70 sets)
Block Party
- Hannah Watkins put together the best match of her collegiate career at Missouri State on November 4 as she set career highs in kills (8), attempts (16), block assists (10) and total blocks (10.0)
- In the weekend road matches at MSU and SIU, Watkins averaged an unbelievable 2.13 blocks per set, accumulating 17 block assists in eight frames
- She has been credited with at least 3.0 total blocks in seven of the last 11 matches
- Averaging 1.10 blocks/set on the season, her average has jumped to 1.26 in MVC outings
