October 14, 2006
Volleyball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SYCAMORES FALL TO NORTHERN IOWA AND BRADLEY ON THE ROAD

Peoria, Ill - - - The Sycamores hit the road this weekend to face a pair of conference opponents in Northern Iowa and Bradley. The first match was Friday October 13 against Northern Iowa.

The Sycamores struggled to find their rhythm early in the match and while they proved to be competitive in the third game of the match they ended up falling (0-3) to Northern Iowa. The key contributors to the Sycamore effort were a pair of freshman, Kelli Whitaker with 11 kills and Stephanie Volden with 8 kills and a .583 attack percentage. The Sycamores dropped the first two games (16-30, 16-30) before bouncing back to score 29 in the final game despite losing by a margin of (29-31). UNI was paced by Laura Rowen who had 16 kills on the night. The loss dropped the Sycamores to a record of (4-15, 1-7 MVC) and boosted Northern Iowa’s record to (15-6, 7-1 MVC).

On Saturday October 14th the Sycamores faced another tough conference foe in the Bradley Braves. For the second consecutive night the Sycamores struggled to find their groove offensively. The Sycamores fell in straight games (24-30, 21-30, 25-30). Freshman Kelli Whitaker struggled to get anything going on the night, posting 7 kills and a .033 attack percentage, however Senior Stephanie Roof came on strong leading the team with 10 kills and 5 blocks. Bradley was lead by Amber DeBroux who came away with 10 kills, 6 blocks, and 6 digs. The loss drops the Sycamores to (4-16, 1-8 MVC) and moves Bradley up to (5-16, 2-7 MVC).

The Sycamores are in action again next week facing Evansville on Friday and Southern Illinois on Saturday. Both games will be at home in the ISU arena and both are set to begin at 7pm (Eastern).