Preview: Volleyball Set to Host Windy City Classic

The Chicago State volleyball team will host the first home contests of the season for any of CSU's sports, hosting the Windy City Invitational September 1-3 at the Jones Convocation Center in Chicago. Participating teams include Pacific, Eastern Illinois and UIC. The Cougars will host Pacific in the first match of the Invitational on Thursday, September 1 at 4 p.m. UIC will play Eastern Illinois following that match, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The complete schedule listed below:

Thursday, September 1                        
4:00 p.m. Pacific vs. Chicago State    
6:30 p.m. UIC vs. Eastern Illinois   

Friday, September 2
4:00 p.m. UIC vs. Pacific    
6:00 p.m. Chicago State vs. Eastern Illinois

Saturday, September 3
12:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois vs. Pacific
2:30 p.m. Chicago State vs. UIC

Information on how to watch and follow the Cougars below:

Chicago State Cougars vs. Pacific Tigers Date | Time Thursday, September 1 | 4:00 p.m. CT Location Chicago, Illinois Television Watch Live Stats Live Stats

 

Chicago State Cougars vs. Eastern Illinois Panthers Date | Time Friday, September 2 | 6:00 p.m. CT Location Chicago, Illinois Television Watch Live Stats Live Stats

  

Chicago State Cougars vs. UIC Flames Date | Time Saturday, September 3 | 2:30 p.m. CT Location Chicago, Illinois Television Watch Live Stats Live Stats

  

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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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