Volleyball Falls 3-1 to Towson

TOWSON, MD - The Chicago State volleyball team took on the Towson Tigers and lost 3-1.

Whitney Barnes finished with fourteen kills, while Yanlis Feliz added on thirteen, and Julieta Sandez tallied ten.


Set One - Chicago State 26. Towson 24
The Tigers kicked it off with a 2-0 run
Nonetheless, the Cougars caught up with a 3-1 rally featuring a kill from Feliz and a service ace from Berenice Almeyda
Both teams went on to gain leads however the other would eventually catch up, leading to a 24-24 thriller
Suddenly, the Cougars produced a ferocious kill from Whitney Barnes and with a bad set from Towson, they took the set win

Set Two - Towson 34, Chicago State 32
Towson once again kicked it off with a lead at 1-0
However, the Cougars bounced back thanks to two consecutive attack errors from the Tigers
Once again neither team got an edge on the other and led to a back-and-forth scoring trend
This led to a 25-25 tie which forced a team to win by two
It wasn't until a stunning 32-32 tie that Towson finally won by two to tie up the overall to 1-1

Set Three - Towson 25, Chicago State 18
The Cougars kicked it off with a 2-0 lead thanks to a beautiful kill from Mesalina Severino and a Tigers attack error
The Tigers answered back with one, however the Cougars did as well with a mesmerizing kill from Feliz
Eventually, Towson caught up and next overtook the Cougars 8-10 lead after a 5-1 rally
The Cougars fell short as the Towson rode on this early momentum to win the set and take the lead at 2-1

Set Four - Towson
Chicago State began with a 2-0 run featuring a service ace from Jaclyn Inclan
The Tigers answered back with a 3-1 rally to tie it up 3-3
Towson then went on to produce a 6-0 run and suddenly led 9-4
The Tigers once again rode on momentum and finished on a 6-2 rally to take the set win and match

The Cougars next take on Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY on October 30th at noon.

About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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