EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Indiana State continued its dominance of in-state rival Evansville Saturday night at the Carson Center, defeating the Purple Aces 3-2 (25-18, 25-21, 25-15, 21-25, 15-11) for their second Missouri Valley Conference win of the season.

The victory marks the Sycamores' eighth-straight win over Evansville (4-16, 0-7 MVC), moving the all-time series to 42-28 in favor of Indiana State.

Senior Bree Spangler continued her strong play as she led the Sycamores (8-10, 2-4 MVC) with 14 kills and 14 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. The Coldwater, Michigan native sits just eight digs away from the 1000 for her career. She would become the fourth player in program history to join the 1000 kill and dig club.

Spangler was one of a trio of Indiana State players to reach double-digit kills as Kynedi Nalls (13) and Sarah Peterson (10) each helped propel the Sycamores to the victory. Rachel Griffin and Lueck Halle each accounted for 20+ assists. Halle tallied 23 while Griffin went for 22.

A defensive battle for much of the match, the Sycamores hit just .161 on the night while holding the Aces to just .140. Each set that Indiana State won, the Sycamores jumped out to early leads where Evansville was unable to overcome the early deficit.

Indiana State came out on fire to start kick things off in the opening set, taking advantage of several unforced errors from the Aces throughout. Nalls finished the first set with five kills while hitting 1.000. As a team, the Sycamores finished the set with a .500 attacking percent.

The Sycamores trailed by as many as six points in set four, before Stephani Bindernagel came up with two aces to pull Indiana State within three points. The UE lead was too much to overcome as the Aces called a timeout to cool the Sycamore momentum and force a fifth and deciding set.

It was all Sycamores in the finale as the Indiana State attacking front put forth their best set since the opener, hitting at a clip of .241. Peterson would lead INS to the win as she recorded a team-high four kills in the set while Spangler would collect three of her own.  

Indiana State will return to the ISU Arena next weekend as the Sycamores welcome Missouri State and Wichita State. First serve against the Bears is set for Friday at 7 p.m. (ET).