Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Peacocks put together a solid first day at the Capital Classic hosted by the University of Illinois-Springfield on Friday. Upper Iowa swept Purdue University-Northwest and then defeated Illinois-Springfield in four sets to improve to 5-1 on the season. The Peacocks scored the 3-0 win over the Pride in the opening match by scores of 25-18, 25-19, and 25-11 and then posted a 3-1 win over the Prairie Stars in the nightcap by scores of 25-17, 25-15, 20-25, and 25-18.
 
Following the matches, Head Coach Aaron Nelson said, "This morning we did a nice job of handling the ball in serve receive and defensively which allowed us to be aggressive with our attack. This evening started off strong and we played pretty clean volleyball in the first two sets. UIS raised their level of play and we got a little undisciplined with our blocking and defense, but we buckled down in the fourth and rose to the challenge for another nice road win. Great team effort today."
 
Upper Iowa will return to the court tomorrow to line up against McKendree University at 1 p.m. and No. 8 Northwest Missouri State University at 4 p.m.
 
Upper Iowa 3 – Purdue-Northwest 0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-11)
The Peacock offense dominated the match with the Pride hitting .303 as a team with 44 kills and only 11 errors. Defensively, UIU also controlled the flow forcing PNW into a .041 hitting percentage with only 21 kills and 17 attack errors.
 
Madelyn Rettler (10), Maggie Streightiff (9) and Zoe Semelroth (9) combined for 28 of UIU's 44 kills in a balanced attack. Nicole Pozorski set up the hitters and recorded 35 assists and added 10 digs on defense. Charisma Herr led the back line with 15 digs, while the team tallied six total blocks at the net.
 
Upper Iowa 3 – Illinois-Springfield 1 (25-17, 25-15, 20-25, 25-18)
UIU dominated the first two sets with 27 kills and only 5 attack errors to hit. 502 and .333 while posting wins of eight and 10 points. The tables turned in the third set when the Prairie Stars tallied 14 kills and held the Peacocks to just eight kills and a .100 hitting percentage. Upper Iowa bounced back in the fourth set to register 13 kills and commit only the errors on the way to the deciding seven-point win to claim the match. 

Streightiff (10), Kylie Willis (9), Rettler (9), Kaitlin Niedert (8) and Semelroth (7) led a balanced attack for the Peacocks accounting for 43 of the team's 48 kills. Willis hit .529 in the match, while Streightiff was hitting at a .476 clip.

Pozorski handed out 36 assists in the match, while Herr was instrumental in UIU's defense with 20 digs. Willis and Semelroth each recorded six blocks at the net.