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UE Volleyball opens 2022 season on Friday

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Looking to build on the success of the 2021 fall season, the University of Evansville volleyball team opens its 2022 campaign this weekend at the Marshall Invitational in Huntington, W.Va. After opening on Friday morning at 11AM versus Wright State, the Purple Aces face Marshall at 5PM CT on both Friday and Saturday. Both contests versus the Thundering Herd will be streamed on ESPN+.

Top Pick
- Earning its highest-ever preseason ranking since joining the Missouri Valley Conference in 1994, UE was chosen to finish second in the preseason coaches poll
- Alondra Vazquez and Melanie Feliciano both received MVC Preseason All-Conference Team recognition

One More Time
- Alondra Vazquez returns for her fifth season with the Purple Aces on the cusp of back-to-back spots on the All-MVC First Team
- Last fall, Vazquez set the UE single-season record with 494 kills, which led the MVC and was 15th in the nation
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