Loyola takes on (RV) College of Coastal Georgia tomorrow at 11:00 a.m.
With the stands filled of family, friends and supporters, the Loyola University New Orleans volleyball team welcomed Brewton-Parker College to First NBC Court on Friday evening for Senior Night.
The Wolf Pack (13-18, 7-9 SSAC) celebrated the big night by dominating the Barons (1-20, 0-15 SSAC) 3-0 (25-12,25-9,25-14) to snap a four-match losing streak.
Up 2-0 to start the set, Loyola manufactured eight-straight points - thanks in large part to some great serving by Katie Philippi (SR/Metairie, La.) - to take the commanding 10-0 advantage in the opening frame. The home team held a double-digit advantage for the remainder of the set and used a 5-0 spurt to close out the first set 25-12.
The second set proved to be much of the same, with the Wolf Pack jumping out to a big 10-2 lead early on. Up 13-5, Loyola used numerous Baron errors paired with kills from Layne Estes (FR/Metairie, La.), Accacia Grant (SO/College Park, Ga.) and Arielle Lewis (SR/New Orleans, La.) to end the set on a 12-4 run to take the 25-9 victory.
Set three was the closest of the night as Loyola was only able to grab a two-point advantage early on. Up 15-12, the Wolf Pack turned it on down the stretch with a 13-2 run to take the set 25-14 and the match 3-0.
The Wolf Pack collected a .300 (35-14-70) hitting percentage with 28 assists, 29 digs and three total blocks on Friday.
Malea Howie (FR/Greenwood, Ind.) led Loyola with nine kills on 13 attempts (.538) while Maddie Huekels (SO/Dyer, Ind.) handed out a match-high 15 assists. Katie Philippi paced the Wolf Pack defense with eight digs and Sunni Blanchard (FR/Pierre Part, La.) added nine helpers in the victory.
Destinee Benton was tops on Brewton-Parker with four kills on Friday night.
The Wolf Pack return to First NBC Court tomorrow, Oct. 29, to take on (RV) College of Coastal Georgia at 11:00 a.m.
