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Ashley Edinger's season-ending injury is a major blow for the Illini's fifth-ranked volleyball team.

CHAMPAIGN – An injury has ended Ashley Edinger's record-setting volleyball career at Illinois.

An MRI test this week on the senior libero's left knee revealed a season-ending ACL tear, the school announced Wednesday. Edinger, the Illini's career digs leader, was injured Saturday during the third set of a Big Ten match at Purdue.

Staff writer Jeff Huth's weekly review and preview of all things Illini:

A football team that began the season firmly in the Top 25 conversation is limping along at 2-6.

A perennial NCAA tournament men's basketball program, infused with an exciting class of freshman talent, still is 12 days away from playing a game that actually counts.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – No. 6 Illinois extended its winning streak to nine – its longest during the Big Ten race since 1992 – with a 25-21, 25-19, 25-14 victory against Purdue on Saturday.

The Illinois volleyball team rose two spots, to No. 6, in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll on Monday

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The block party continues for the Illinois volleyball team.

One night after blocking a season-high 19 shots, the No. 8 Illini stopped 16 more while sweeping Iowa 25-23, 25-15, 25-22 Saturday night. The victory was Illinois' seventh in a row, matching its longest winning streak of the season. The Illini (16-3) completed the first half of the Big Ten race in a tie for second place with No. 9 Minnesota at 8-2.

MADISON, Wis. – A season-best blocking performance carried No. 8 Illinois to a come-from-behind Big Ten volleyball win against Wisconsin on Friday night.