Box Score

Northwestern NU 10-2

Loyola Chicago LUC 8-4

Northwestern NU

10-2

Final

Sep. 15, 2018

Loyola Chicago LUC

8-4

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Northwestern NU	19	25	29	25	(3)
Loyola Chicago LUC	25	12	27	18	(1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 9/15/2018 10:38:00 PM

Ramblers Start Fast But Fall To Northwestern, 3-1

Three Ramblers reach double digits in kills, led by Gabi Maciagowski with 11

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CHICAGO (September 15, 2018)

In Short
Nia Robinson produced a match-high 23 kills to help Northwestern (10-2) rally for a 19-25, 25-12, 29-27, 25-18 victory over Loyola University Chicago (8-4) tonight at Gentile Arena in the final match of the Chicago Cup. The Ramblers, who had three players reach double figures in kills tonight, finished the two-day tournament against city rivals with a 1-2 record.

How It Happened
Things couldn't have gone much better for the Ramblers in the first set as they hit .267 (11-3-30) to pick up a 25-19 win. With the score deadlocked at 8-8, Morgan Gresham slammed a kill, which was followed by consecutive blocks, to put Loyola on top to stay. From there, Northwestern scratched its way within two points on a pair of occasions, the last coming at 14-12, but a kill and then a block from Elle Van Grinsven pushed the lead back to four (16-12) and Loyola never looked back.

The Wildcats' offense, which sputtered in the opening set, began to click in set two and put the Ramblers in an early 10-2 hole on their way to a 25-12 victory in which they hit .364 (10-2-22).

Set three was a barnburner, as Loyola overcame a six-point deficit by using a 9-2 run to seize a 16-15 advantage. The teams battled back and forth the remainder of the set before a controversial call took away what would have been set point from Loyola, allowing Northwestern to rally for a 29-27 victory.

Much like in set two, another fast start by Northwestern proved too much for Loyola to overcome as the Ramblers fell, 25-18, in the fourth set. Four straight Wildcats points capped a set-opening 10-4 run that put the contest out of reach.

A Look At The Numbers

Gabi Maciagowski had another efficient outing for Loyola, banging out a team-high 11 kills, hitting .429 (11-2-21) in the process.
Van Grinsven accounted for 10 kills and five blocks, while Quinn Spieker racked up 10 kills and seven digs for the Ramblers, who totaled 12 blocks on the night, led by seven from Heather Kocken.
Van Grinsven, who averaged 3.64 kills and 1.00 blocks per set over the weekend, while hitting a robust .405 (40-8-79), was named to the Chicago Cup All-Tournament Team, along with Alana Walker (Northwestern), Hanna Lesiak (Northwestern), Clare Lamb (UIC), Manuela Conte (UIC) and Isabelle Banez (DePaul).