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at Southern Indiana ( 15-4, 8-2):
Illinois Springfield (5-13, 2-8):
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EVANSVILLE, Ind.--- University of Southern Indiana junior outside hitter Lauren DeShaney (Appleton, Wisconsin) had a match-high 12 kills and freshman middle blocker Amy Zwissler (Bloomington, Indiana) hit at a blistering .625 clip with five kills in eight attacks and no errors as the Screaming Eagles volleyball team rolled to a three-set sweep of visiting University of Illinois Springfield on Friday night at the Physical Activities Center.
 
USI improves to 8-2 in Great Lakes Valley Conference action, 15-4 overall. The Prairie Stars fall to 2-8 in the GLVC, 5-13 overall.
 
Sophomore right side hitter Erica Oberbroeckling (Westfield, Indiana), senior libero Kayla Heldman (Greenwood, Indiana) and senior setter Jorae Bradbury (Decatur, Indiana) together combined for 24 of USI's 38 digs, chipping in eight kills each. Bradbury also ended the night with 25 assists.
 
At the net, the Eagles finished the night with 12 total team blocks, led by sophomore middle blocker Abbey Winter (Germantown, Illinois) who tallied eight.
 
The Eagles got off to a relatively slow start in the first set, as the Prairie Stars managed to tally the first two points. USI picked up the pace later in the set, going on a 4-0 run, forcing UIS to call a timeout as the Prairie Stars trailed, 14-9. The break didn't phase the Eagles, coming back to grab game one, 25-18.
 
USI worked for an early 4-1 lead in the second set, but Illinois Springfield continued to fight, tying the score five times before the Eagles ran away with a 17-12 lead. The Prairie Stars could not get it together offensively, committing five-straight attacking errors, giving the Eagles a 24-16 edge. Winter slammed a kill down to seal the second-set win for USI.
 
In the final set, the Eagles outhit UIS .224 to .000. The Prairie Stars called a timeout with USI ahead 23-15. However, it wasn't enough to slow the home team down as DeShaney and Winter put down two straight kills to end the set, and match, in favor of the Eagles.
 
Tomorrow afternoon the Eagles face McKendree University who fell in four sets to Bellarmine on Friday night in Louisville, Kentucky. USI heads back on the road next week to Aurora, Illinois for the GLVC/Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Crossover tournament.