Jacqueline Quade
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In hard-fought five-set battle in the opening round of the 2019 NCAA Championship, the Illinois volleyball team battled until the end, before falling to Utah, 3-2 (23-25, 26-24, 27-25, 23-25, 10-15) in Smith Fieldhouse on the campus of BYU on Friday (December 6) night.  The Illini finish the season with a 16-14 overall record and an 11-9 mark in the Big Ten Conference, while advancing to their third-straight NCAA Tournament under head coach Chris Tamas.

Senior Jacqueline Quade wraps her outstanding career with a team-high 23 kills on a .298 hitting percentage and two service aces.

For the second-straight season, Illinois volleyball senior Jacqueline Quade has collected American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Northeast Region accolades, the organization announced on Tuesday (December 10).

Earlier, four members of the Illinois volleyball team collected Big Ten Conference postseason honors, the league announced on Wednesday (December 4). Senior Jacqueline Quade repeated as an All-Big Ten First-Team selection.  In her final season in the Orange & Blue, Quade has paced the Big Ten and ranks 32nd in the NCAA with 4.19 kills per set and has totaled 474 kills on a .210 hitting percentage. She has served the third-most aces in the conference with 43 and ranks fifth with 0.45 aces per set, while registering 544.0 points on the season to rank 21st in the nation. The All-Big Ten Preseason and 2019 Big Ten/Pac-12 All-Tournament honoree has also totaled the third-most digs on the team with 255 to go along with 50 blocks and 12 assists. She has tallied 10 double-doubles on the year, as well as posting seven 20-kill matches.