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Morgan Gresham
0
Evansville UE 8-16 (2-9 MVC)
3
Winner Loyola Chicago LUC 13-9 (5-5 MVC)
Evansville UE
8-16 (2-9 MVC)
0
Final
3
Loyola Chicago LUC
13-9 (5-5 MVC)
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Evansville UE 19 18 17 (0)
Loyola Chicago LUC 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Ramblers Roll Past Evansville, 3-0

Loyola totals 12 blocks as it picks up its second straight win

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CHICAGO (October 20, 2018)
 
In Short
Loyola University Chicago (13-9, 5-5 MVC) received nine kills apiece from Morgan Gresham and Gabi Maciagowski and totaled 12 team blocks to sweep visiting Evansville (8-16, 2-9 MVC), 25-19, 25-18, 25-17 tonight at Gentile Arena. The win, Loyola's second in a row after a five-match slide, gives it a season-series sweep of the Purple Aces and the Ramblers now boast an eight-match improvement in the win column from last season with at least eight matches left to play.
 
How It Happened
Maciagowski, Gresham and Quinn Spieker provided the bulk of the firepower in an 11-5 start that helped push the Ramblers to a 25-19 victory in the match opener. Evansville rallied to get within a pair of points on a couple of occasions, the last coming at 21-19, but a kill from Gresham and then three consecutive blocks capped the win.
 
A stretch of four unanswered points allowed Loyola to wipe out a two-point deficit and grab a 12-10 lead it would never relinquish on the way to a 25-18 decision in set two. The Ramblers, who hit .360 (13-4-25) in the set, salted away the outcome courtesy of an 8-2 run that turned a one-point lead into a commanding 21-14 edge. 
 
Spieker provided a kill and an ace to spark a set-opening 5-1 run that put Loyola ahead to stay in the third set. After the Purple Aces sliced the Ramblers' lead in half, Heather Kocken came up big in a 6-0 spurt, tallying a kill, while also teaming up with Delilah Wolf for a pair of blocks, as Loyola reclaimed control and extended its advantage to 14-6 on the way to a 25-17 victory.
 
A Look At The Numbers
  • On night after hitting .338 and accounting for nine blocks, Loyola hit .291 and totaled 12 blocks in tonight's victory over Evansville.
  • Elle Van Grinsven led the way on the blocking front with seven rejections, while Kocken and Gresham tallied five each.
  • Spieker saw her streak of eight straight matches with double-digit kills come to a close, but she still managed seven kills and six digs in the winning effort.
  • Maciagowski hit .562 (9-0-16) and pitched in four blocks in her second consecutive impressive performance.
  • Rachel Tam produced a match-high 18 kills to lead Evansville, which hit just .117 on the night.
 
Up Next
The Ramblers get back on the road next weekend when they visit Drake (Oct. 26) and Missouri Valley Conference leader UNI (Oct. 27).
 
 
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