BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Chicago State volleyball team took on the Indiana University Hoosiers Saturday morning, falling three sets to none.
In the first set, the Hoosiers came out shaky and committed four attack errors which gifted CSU a 5-2 lead. Nonetheless, the Hoosiers stormed back and with a kill by Candela Alonso-Corcelles and Kaley Rammelsburg, they came close to tying CSU at 6-5.
The Hoosiers continued on this hot streak and outscored the Cougars 11-3 as they suddenly jumped to a 16-11 lead. Chicago relentlessly fought to come back however Indiana took the set win as various attack and service errors harmed the Cougars. The Hoosiers now led 1-0 with a final first set score of 25-19.
To start the second set, the Cougars started off hot and jumped to a 5-2 lead off of kills by Berenice Almeyda, Whitney Barnes, and Yanlis Feliz. Yet, Indiana did not shy away and quickly regained momentum to tie it up at 7-7. This early action dictated the rest of the set as all throughout it neither team would pull away, which led to a 23-24 score with CSU down one. Ultimately, the Hoosiers closed out the set 25-23 as they were now only one set win away from ending the game at 2-0.
For the third and final set of the match, the Hoosiers came out hot an early on gained an 8-5 lead. However, the Cougars quickly retaliated as they outscored the Hoosiers 6-0 to suddenly obtain an 11-8 lead. Nonetheless, yet again another close ending ensued with a score of 20-20. In the end, Indiana closed out again with the same score of 25-23.
The Cougars next take on Indiana State University today at 4 p.m.
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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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