CHICAGO – The first trip to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship started off as an outstanding success for the University of Evansville volleyball team, who defeated Sam Houston by a 3-0 final on the campus of Chicago State University.
With the victory, the Purple Aces clinched win #20 of the season, the first such campaign since 1988 and the sixth time UE has done so in program history. Evansville advances to Friday's second round, which will begin at 7 p.m. CT against the winner of tonight's Bradley/Chicago State match.
"Our team played great tonight.