PEORIA, Ill. -

Final Score: Loyola 3, Bradley 0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-17)
Records: Loyola (14-17, 9-9); Bradley (7-22, 2-16 MVC)
Location: Renaissance Coliseum -- Peoria, Ill.
Stats: Box Score  | Season Stats 

In Short
Morgan Reardon slammed 18 kills in her first action since November 6, and Loyola University Chicago hit .333 (47-12-105) as a team to earn a 25-21, 25-21, 25-17 victory over Bradley (7-22 2-16 MVC) tonight at Renaissance Coliseum. The win is Loyola’s second in a row heading into next week’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in Cedar Falls, Iowa and improves the Ramblers’ record to 14-17 overall and 9-9 in Valley play.

How It Happened
Quinn Spieker served four straight points for Loyola in the opening set as the Ramblers notched five unanswered tallies to turn a one-point deficit into a 10-6 lead. The host Braves would slowly chip away at the deficit and closed with one (15-14) before back-to-back kills by Gabi Maciagowski gave the Ramblers a three-point cushion.

Bradley would later pull within a point, at 20-19, but consecutive kills by Reardon, a Bradley attack error, and block by Sami Hansen and Anna Fluent squelched the Braves’ rally as Loyola pulled out a 25-21 victory.

Loyola used an 8-2 run in set two to turn a two-point deficit into a 13-9 lead. The Braves would creep back into it and a kill by Taylor Thiele trimmed the Ramblers’ lead to 20-18, but another kill from Reardon and a service ace from Heather Kocken gave Loyola a bit of breathing room en route to a 25-21 win and a two-set lead in the match.

The Braves got out to an 11-9 lead in the third set but a kill by Reardon touched off a 6-1 Rambler run that gave the Maroon and Gold a 15-12 advantage. Bradley would later find itself within a pair of points at 16-14, but Maciagowski swung momentum back in Loyola’s favor with a kill and ensuing service ace, and Spieker followed with a kill of her own, as Loyola bumped the lead back up to 19-14 and coasted to the victory, 25-17.

Looking At The Numbers
- Loyola’s .333 hitting percentage is its best since posting a .336 (66-22-131) mark in a four-set win over Southern Illinois on October 1.
- Maddy Moser recorded her second double-double of the season with 16 assists and 11 digs.
- Reardon hit a season-high .484 (18-3-31) for the match and in two outings against Bradley this season, totaled 41 kills on a .452 hitting percentage (41-8-73).
- Loyola finishes the season with nine MVC victories, matching last year’s total as the program’s highest since joining the league for the 2013 campaign

Up Next
Loyola will compete in the MVC Tournament in Cedar Falls, Iowa, November 24-26. The Ramblers’ first-round opponent is to be determined.