Chicago, Illinois- The Illinois Tech women's volleyball had a busy Saturday, and played two games. They would win both games by a score of 3-1. The wins move the team to 6-14 overall, and moved level with Millwaukee School of Engineering, after beating them in their first game of the day, in the conference.

The Lady Scarlet Hawks got out to a sluggish start, and lost the opening game, but were able to play solid all-around voleyball in the following three games. The Tech women got a great contribution on offense from Karen-Maruffo Zuburan, who led both teams with 15 kills. The defense also played well, allowing MSOE to make mistakes, which they made 12 service errors compared to Tech's 7, and with blocks at the net. Natalie Freund and Sarah Hassell were the main stalwarts on defense.

Scores for the match: 25-20, 19-25, 28-30, and 22-25

Only four hours after the start of the first match, the Tech women took the court again. They would face St. Mary-Woods in a tough 4 game contest. The opening match went to overtime, and both teams failed to reach 20 points only once (SMWC in the second game). The Tech women got off to a better start, and won the opening two games, but couldn't quite finish their weekend with a sweep. The Scarlet Hawks were efficient from the service line, and scored 13 aces throughout the 4 games, compared to SMWC's 4. Tech was also causing problems at the net, where they recorded 12 blocks assisted compared to SMWC's 2. 

The team was led on offense by Karen-Maruffo Zuburan, who recorded a match high 16 kills. She got quality help from Sarah Hassell, who had 12 of her own. Hassell would also dominate on the defensive end of things, where she had game high's for solo blocks (1), and blocks assisted (4).

The Tech women will host Wisconsin Lutheran this Friday, October 18th, for their next match.