EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball is set to take on University of Evansville in the first game of the home-and-home series against the crosstown rival on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

Admission to Thursday's game is available for $10-$12 on the Evansville ticket page. There will be no video stream available for the match.

The Screaming Eagles are coming off their second weekend on the road at the Best Western Invitational at Miami (Ohio) University, taking on Duquesne, Miami (OH), and Middle Tennessee State. Taking all three games at the invitational to four sets, USI secured a win against the host team, Miami (OH), moving to 2-8 for the season.

For her performance at the invitational, freshman Aysa Thomas was named Ohio Valley Conference's Co-Setter of the Week. Over the three games at Miami (OH), Thomas tallied 114 assists, 37 digs, 10 kills, and eight blocks. She earned her first career double-double in the game against Duquesne with 28 assists and 12 digs. Building off that performance, the freshman led her offense to a win against host Miami (OH), and she tallied a career-high 47 assists with 10 digs. To wrap up the weekend, she earned a new career-high 15 digs and another 39 assists in the match against Middle Tennessee State.

Junior Ashby Willis was selected to the Best Western All-Tournament Team for her performance, tallying 57 kills and 37 digs over three games. Willis recorded a double-double in each of the games last weekend. Her best game was in the win against Miami (OH), where she tallied a career-high 20 kills and a season-high 15 digs.

Another Eagle who played a big part in the offense on the road was senior Bianca Anderson. She tallied 37 kills and 16 blocks over the last three games. In her best game, she put down 12 kills and nine blocks, landing her in the top 20 in the country for blocks in a four-set match.

About Evansville:
Evansville leads the all-time series between the two schools, 6-3. Since transitioning to Division I, the series has been split 2-2, with USI taking the last two wins. Last season's team was the first to take a win from Evansville in the D-I era of USI Athletics.

In the first game of the series in 2024, USI took down the Aces in a four-set win where Anderson and Willis each tallied 15 kills and two blocks. To complete the series sweep, the Screaming Eagles took a five-set victory in front of a record crowd in Liberty Arena.

The Aces are 4-6 in their first ten games in 2025; their most recent win was over Western Illinois, a five-set thriller in their UE Home Tournament.  Freshman Brooke Herdes led UE with 15 kills, and sophomore Sabrina Rippled posted 13 in the win against Western Illinois. Junior libero Ainoah Cruz reached 1,000 career digs in the game before, a five-set loss to UAB, and she averages five digs per set in the 2025 season. Freshman outside Hinsley Everett averages the most kills per set for the Aces. Head Coach Zach Weinberg is in his first season with the Aces, after serving as the associate head coach at Tennessee Tech for the last seven years.

To get updates on this week's matches against Evansville, fans can follow USI Athletics on Facebook, Instagram, and X for game coverage and online at usiscreamingeagles.com.